Afro-American quotes

As a matter of racial pride we want to be called blacks. Which has replaced the term Afro-American.Which replaced Negroes.Which replaced colored people. Which replaced darkies.Which replaced blacks.

-Feiffer,Jules
Quoted in William Safire Language Maven Strikes  Again (1990).

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