OT - A rose by any other name...

Ayy yo,

I want to know do you prefer to be referred to, thought of, or addressed as an African-American, Black, Colored, or ?  Why or how come that works for you?

To my brothas and sistas who just happened to be made up of two or more backgrounds or those of you out there who just happen to be parents of children who are made up of two or more nationalities, what do you prefer to be considered - African-American, Black, Colored, or ?  Is there one heritage that you identify with moreso than another?  Why or how come that works for you?

Holla atcha boy.



PS...  I didn't answer this myself yet because I don't want to be accused of influencing the responses. 

I always check the box for hispanic because my father is Cuban but I prefer to be called I guess Black or African-American, but not colored. I consider myself "mixed" sometimes but for the most part I am BLACK. It works for me because that is my belief of who I am as a person.

I hear ya, Homie. 

Now let me ask you this, do Cubans outside of your family consider you to be Cuban or American?

For me the proper way to be addressed is by African American. Who came up with this term African American? Now Black depends on who is saying it. One because I have never seen a so called black person in my life, I have seen some dark skin toned people but I have never seen a BLACK person.( p.s i know that this is throwning this out of content). As far as COLORED hel! what color do you want me to be. (ok i'm just being silly but for real)

I believe it was Jessie Jackson at the Democratic Convention in his speach the year he ran for president. 

Personally, I prefer "Black"!  In fact I rarely hear us referring to ourselves as African-American, mostly other folks call us that.  To me, Black is just fine. 
(I grew up with "colored"though ... shhhhhhh tellin' my age again  LOL)

Oh that's nothin.  I remember when they used to say, "***** please..." on The Jeffersons.

C'mon now, Faith.  Spill.  Spill.

Disclaimer:  These are MY personal opinions.

I personally do not care for the term colored...I colored with crayons in kindergarten and elementary school.  I guess some  people used to look at it (and some still do) that our skin is different shades of colors.  I like food so let's see our skin tone ranges from...caramel, butterscotch, honey, light and dark chocolate, for #1 MM and Mrs. Rhonda butter or milli vanilla comes to mind....LOL.   I think I may have met a couple of people in my lifetime who was pretty close to being black.  The term African-American is to say that some where down the blood line someone in our family came from Africa to America. Once in America, we have been "mixed" with so many other ethnicities.  One of my great-great grandfathers was white and the other great great grandfather was Cherokee Indian and black.  I guess I am African-American-Caucasian-Indian...LOL, I am confused about what I need to be called. I guess I need to check "other" LOL.  If you cut anyone no matter the skin color, we all bleed the same color of blood...RED. There's my spill Double_Ayy.