The biggest impediment to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, dream of a
society in which color is not considered important is the continued used
of the extremely racist term "African-American". The term implies
the descendants of slaves are a separate race whose members belong in
Africa rather than the United States even though many have ancestors
who were living in North America long before the American Revolution.
The term "African American" arbitrarily segregates people by
skin color. The term treats people with dark complexions as if they
only had African ancestors even if more of their ancestors came from
somewhere else. For example, sportscasters call Asian ancestry golfer Tiger Woods
"African American" even though his mother is Asian and his father had
Asian and North American ancestors as well as African ancestors.
. The only inherent difference between black and white Americans is a half dozen genes that control skin color. A person can have a dark complexion even though a majority of skin color genes come from European ancestors because the genes that code for dark complexion are dominant and only a couple are needed for a relatively dark complexion. One of the genes that codes for a dark complexion is common among peoples of North America and Asia as well as Africa
. The only inherent difference between black and white Americans is a half dozen genes that control skin color. A person can have a dark complexion even though a majority of skin color genes come from European ancestors because the genes that code for dark complexion are dominant and only a couple are needed for a relatively dark complexion. One of the genes that codes for a dark complexion is common among peoples of North America and Asia as well as Africa
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