The whole African-American thing is another oxymoron and myth. One of the things you learned in a 1972 Black History class was the history of the many cultures and civilizations in Africa. You learned that the vast majority of Africa was not populated by the Negro or black cultures until the the development of sickle cell anemia in the black populations permitted an explosive populaton growth in the very late Middle Ages and early Enlightenment period. before then Africa was peopled by the Medditerranean, Semitic, Arab, Bushmen-Hottentot, Negroid, and other peoples. ven now Africa is peopled in great part by cultures other than the Negro or black populations. so, to identify all African-American people as necessarily being Negro in race is factually false and misleading iin the extreme.
Good point. Thanks for the education!