African-Annoyed
My freshman year in college, there is a foreign exchange student from Kenya also attending the school. After a while, the two of us strike up a little friendship and hang out from time to time. She tells me about Kenya, and I answer questions about the US.
One day, I notice she is looking a bit annoyed.
Me: “Is something wrong?”
Friend: “I have been trying to get people to stop calling me African-American. I am not American! I am Kenyan! I’d like it if people would just call me Kenyan. Or call me Black. But not American!”
Me: “I can see how that would be annoying.”
Friend: “And today, someone called me African-American-African!”
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