What Are "African Americans" Called In Other Countries?

[Mathguy]

I think it's ironic that if you heard what "african americans" are called in a lot of other countries....you'd be looking at the US a lot differently.

[faabala]

Originally Posted by TDNY

My friend's wife is from the Philippines. Since there aren't any black people there , the only way she had any exposure to black people was from rap music. And what do many rappers call themselves?

So yes, the people there, at least where she grew up, referred to black people as ******s, not as a derogatory term, but because that's what they thought black Americans called themselves. When she came here my friend had to quickly inform her that it wasn't socially acceptable to call black people that here.

Weird story, but true.

Which is sadly ironic because ******s is what Filipinos were called by US Army Soldiers during the Philippine American War.

There are black people in the Philippines, the aboriginal Aetas of Luzon. Known to Tagalogs disparagingly as "Baluga".

They use the word "Itim" for African Americans. It just means "black" but can be derogatory.

[tb4000]

Originally Posted by buddy5

Yeah me too. I'm darker than 'flesh', and have lots of freckles.

Wouldn't life be a drag if we were all the same?

Yeah, but some people probably wouldn't hate the idear.