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Yuri Bezmenov's avatar

Preach! What do you think of removing the hyphen? We are all Americans first, so instead of Black or African-American we should say American of African descent. Or just plain American.

Elevate MLKs dream and end BLMs nightmare: https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/inspiring-speeches-mlk-i-have-a-dream-gonzlira

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Diane Kern's avatar

Point taken. It strikes me as a variation of ‘ooh a black doctor, way to go man!’ The undercurrent tells all. And as you noted, the concept is so very ripe for exploitation. Nice to meet you, I’m Diane and grr, I’M A SHORT PERSON, when do I get a month?! (Is there an emoji for ‘season with humor?’)

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