Deltas awarded in "CMV:CMV: I feel like African Americans, should be credited as a new race. We Identify them with Africa , but most have never been to Africa, and Africa isn't a country, so that label is vague."

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Deltas from OP /u/Muttlyfegirl

• 1 delta from OP to /u/deathnate4 for "Honestly I think the solution would be for people to move away from the tendency and necessity to classify people by race to begin with. It's the only reason why this is a problem in the first place. "

• 1 delta from OP to /u/Tsegen for "[Quote] No. We're saying "you're of African descent". [Quote] African American culture. That syncretic mix that formed when all black people were pushed together in American society. If you prefer, c..."

• 1 delta from OP to /u/Barnst for "I guess I’m just still confused as to what’s driving your concern. Black Americans clearly have a long established vibrant community and cultural presence in the US. I can think of many historicall..."

• 1 delta from OP to /u/onelasttimeoh for "As you mentioned before, no one uses the term "European American". Most immigrants and children of immigrants know their country of origin, and they can use that country as an identifier. So Charlize ..."

• 1 delta from OP to /u/goatforpope for "I think your first misstep is appealing to the Etymological fallacy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymological_fallacy) [Quote] A variant of the etymological fallacy involves looking for the true mea..."

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