Dean tries to provoke a discussion about the term “Black”, arguing that it’s a term that only applies to the African Americans in the US and not to Africa. It’s similar to debates we’ve had here at TI in the past, especially this one.
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Fox News pundit Glenn Beck: ‘African-American is a bogus, PC, made-up term. I mean, that’s not a race.’
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What is an African-American? Tariq takes the time to explain, asserting that the label represents an ethnic heritage to which Barack Obama really cannot lay claim. I respond, arguing that perhaps the term, “Black-American” is a better label, since AA is arguably a broad brush term and reclaiming it for a narrower identity definition is essentially impossible.
