Who insisted? Are you actually trying to say that blacks don't use African American to describe themselves?You won't get this so let me explain: To @Dawg 's point, is Ubuntu an African-American?
Don't disappoint me and say, "Oh come on! You know what is meant by the term!" The term is yours--Progs'. Progs came up with it. Progs have to live with the racism it communicates. Racism??? Why yes. The term is racist. Not all African-Americans are black. To ignore the overlap is to be racially insensitive. That much should be crystal clear.
Why the hell did you Progs insist everybody use that term anyway?
The origin of African American
The terms earliest known appearance in print is in an eighteenth-century sermon.
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