I also dislike using the term "African American".
If I trace my roots back far enough, I'm also "African American", despite being a whitey. To me it singles out the group as not being from around here. No matter how many generations a black family has lived in North America, calling them "African American" implies they are some different, irregular type of American.
Not to mention someone may hardly identify themselves as any type of African descendant, yet they have darker skin, so are labeled as such.
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