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Old 12-19-2010, 02:23 PM   #3077
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Originally Posted by TheMercenary View Post
One thing is for sure, the term African American is not accurate anymore.
I met an elderly black woman who went on a ten minute rant about how she wasn't African American, she was black. She was American. Her ancestors weren't from Africa, etc. etc. and She rounded up the whole thing with a slight leer and an Alberta Hunter quote "You can't tell the difference after dark."

If she'd been even 30 years younger I'd have gone for it.
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