Why aren’t white people called European Americans?

[KamikazePilot]

Because In the 80s Jesse Jackson said we should call ourselves African-American and it made white people feel better about their guilt so it became the PC name for Black person.

That’s why you’ll find even in the UK or Other countries People will call the Africans there African-American even though there not American whatsoever.

White people never needed to call themselves anything else because they’re seen as the default Americans most people (outside of America) don’t even know natives exist.

 

[OperationNumbNutts]

Always wondered this.

Learn your history. Europeans fled Europe so they can do their own shyt. They disassociated themselves.

 

[Admiral Ackbar]

It's a thing, they just don't use it so everyone else can be hyphenated to create a sense of "other."

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

How 'White' People Became Caucasian.....

Cliff notes: 'Caucasian' denoted the twin attributes of European institutional slavery (from before the time of Herodotus), and beauty. The term began to fall out of use in the early 19th Century, but was 'resurrected' by P.T. Barnum (:laff::laff::laff:) and attached to 'White' in America...

www.thecoli.com

 

[BobbyWojak]

Because In the 80s Jesse Jackson said we should call ourselves African-American and it made white people feel better about their guilt so it became the PC name for Black person.

That’s why you’ll find even in the UK or Other countries People will call the Africans there African-American even though there not American whatsoever.

White people never needed to call themselves anything else because they’re seen as the default Americans most people (outside of America) don’t even know natives exist.

African American is an important ethnic designation, when it comes to history and sociology.

 

[Yaboysix]

....same way Porn is standard "White" and its specified when there is another Race involved.

 

[Forsaken]

Because the only real Americans are "native" Americans.

 

[Cadillac]

edit: read thread wrong

european is a term for whites sometimes tho, it just depends entity to entity. some "fill out race" sections i seen have european.

that and white was used as a class to distinguish them from us. and those that just got here who werent considered totally "white" had something to aspire to and eventually got it being accepted into whiteness

 

[Cadillac]

That’s why you’ll find even in the UK or Other countries People will call the Africans there African-American even though there not American whatsoever.

Isnt that just because they will confuse them for us. I heard from some people alot of those africans/caribbeans/latinos copy our identify?

that and you have your usual ignoramus who will just think anyone of african descent- African american.


outside of those circumstances i hardly heard of africans called African Americans.

 

[Fill Collins]

It wasn't a serious question. Unless the OP was in the ED

i just meant in general, the annoying part is that a lot of ppl love messing with semantics to stir the pot

 

[Cadillac]

It’s not. It’s anyone of African descent that lives in America

Which is why it’s trash

whats funny is, those people pannies try to incoporate with us dont even want the "african american" title

straight from the horses mouth

....same way Porn is standard "White" and its specified when there is another Race involved.

i mean isnt most porn consumed by "whites" and wasnt it made by them?(only right something degenerative was made by them)

thats kinda should be expected.

 

[Elim Garak]

Because they think they found this country when it already existed.

 

[KamikazePilot]

African American is an important ethnic designation, when it comes to history and sociology.

African-American is to broad a name when discussing the Ethnic origins and history of Black Americans it’s a terrible name for that purpose.

Isnt that just because they will confuse them for us. I heard from some people alot of those africans/caribbeans/latinos copy our identify?

that and you have your usual ignoramus who will just think anyone of african descent- African american.


outside of those circumstances i hardly heard of africans called African Americans.

African-American is the PC replacement for Black, Negro, Colored etc.

We are the biggest “Black” representation on earth in terms of visibility and so the terms we use get used In other places by guilt ridden whites when trying to have a name for black people.

So they’ll sometimes call non-American black people African-American because it’s PC.

They’ve even done studies showing white people prefer the term African-American because it helps With guilt they’re such a silly bunch

 

[Starman]

Funny how “American” is understood to be “white”

Well, White's established "America" so it makes sense.

But you have to specify “Native American” to refer to the “Indians”

"Native Americans" did not establish "America".

 

[Remy LeBreh]

Ethnic White Americans call themselves Italian-American, Irish-American, Jewish-American etc.

I have literally never heard an Irish or Jewish person say that, they always leave off American.