African-American???  

So, I was watching this movie today, and the cops in the movie find a dead guy in a car who had been shot to death.
The man also happened to be black.
When the one cop called it in, he said,
"male.........African-American......5'10".......etc."

I also notice this on the news. Let's say a black person commits a crime or a black person is missing........they always list them as African-American under the description.

Why is it be assumed that just because they're black they must be African-American???

How do we know they're not Jamaican-Brazilian???

Or French-Somalian???

Or Cuban-Antarctican???

And if they're a U.S. citizen, shouldn't they just be American.....maybe black American........but American all the same.

I mean we don't call a white man Irish-American or English-American or Scandinavian-American, so why is it we classify a black person as African-American???

I know there's such a thing as dual citizenship but I high ly doubt the vast majority of black people in this country are also citizens of Africa.

Maybe I should have posted this under "Things That Make You Go Hmmmmmmm"

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