[SJSAMPLE]

There was a CNN anchorette speaking with a guest and they were talking about a man from Africa. The guest said “black” the anchorette corrected him, saying “the term is African-American” with some authority. The guest made it clear the guest was not from America and the anchorette just sat there, like a stump.

[Inyo-Mono]

I used to, in my capacity as a case manager, visit several reservations in Northern California and found that the residents most-commonly referred to themselves as "Indian". Whether it's geographically accurate at it's inception, it's a term that is commonly used and accepted.

I live right next to a reservation in Northern California and everyone one calls themselves "Indians." They only use the term "Native American" when speaking to government officials.

[MarkL]

I was born in New York. My mother was born in Kansas City. My father was born in NY.

I AM a native American. I also happen to be Jewish.

I once remember seeing a dim-witted news reporter tying herself into knots trying to come up with a term for a Black man from South Africa. She kept referring to him as an African-American African, even though this man had never even visited the USA!

Mark

[freekitty]

Either they are Americans or they are not.

[TexasKamaAina]

My wife is Chinese (from Honolulu). I remember hearing her one time asking her sister, “When did we stop being Oriental and become Asian?” She prefers Oriental.