In Canada, it went from Indian to Native to Aboriginal to Indigenous. First Nations is also used.Indian to Amerind to Native American
I went to school with an Iranian in the seventies, just after the Revolution. He said that they call it Persia.Persian to Iranian
Negro was derived from "Negroid", a now disused term for people of dark skin tone. ( likely developed from the Latin nigreos, which means "black".)Any thoughts on the Negro sequence?
I happen to be Jewish. I suppose American Jew or Jewish American could be used, but I have never heard it used for an individual, only in reference to a group.Negro was derived from "Negroid", a now disused term for people of dark skin tone. ( likely developed from the Latin nigreos, which means "black".)
This devolved into into the derogatory term with the similar sound.
Because of the similarity, "Negro" became associated with that other term, and thus "black" began to be used instead as a more acceptable substitute.
African-American most likely arose from a desire to be less identified by outward appearance and more by ancestral origins. After all, You have German-Americans, Italian-Americans, etc. (I happen to be Finnish-American), so why would one group be any different just because of their skin-color? ( unless whole the point is to differentiate them just because of their skin color)
As far as African-Americans in Canada, What's wrong with African-Canadian?
Personally, I have no problem in calling people what hey want to be called.
Because the earlier ones were put on by oppressors and enemies of the group in question, and intended to diminish the wearer. The next one or two were offered by allies from the privileged class. The most recent were chosen by members of the group themselves and accepted by the mainstream as descriptive/applicable/harmless.Why the name changes?
There, you have either a religious label or an ethnic one or both or neither.I happen to be Jewish. I suppose American Jew or Jewish American could be used, but I have never heard it used for an individual, only in reference to a group.