Thread:LoveWaffle/@comment-821254-20130729211341

Hello,

Black is an encompassing term for people of African heritage and while the term African American refers to a specific nationality of black people it is still relevant. I started a talk page to find a more encompassing term to refer to all people of African heritage, such African Americans, Afro-Arabs, Afro-Latin Americans, Afro Caribbeans, Black British, French Blacks, Black Canadians, Siddi (India) etc...

If I may ask how do you measure the usefulness and purpose of this or any page? There are pages that distinguish people nationality, this is a way of accessing information more efficiently.

For me personally I like being able to specifically access information about Black characters, the few of them that there are without having to sift through page after Americans, Vampires, X-Men, black hair, brown eyes, and a host of other esoteric category.

If it's a matter of distinguishing them as Black, there is nothing wrong with that, they are black people or characters. Unless you find something shameful or negative about being black, which I as a black person myself, do not. I take pride in these characters.

Perhaps the titled should be shorted to just Black, but I considered it relevant to add the category.

Thank you,

Blinkn 