I would get rid of African-American. Africa is a continent and the term really makes no sense. We have developed our own traditions and culture, and if it is imperative to someone that they identify themselves as being associated with the African continent, I think they should at least choose a country. Just like all blacks aren’t alike, neither are all Africans.

Regardless of how blacks in America came to be, we are a mixture of different racial groups (obv the majority being black), whether by choice or by force, and ignoring that by only acknowledging “African” heritage doesn’t negate that fact. “Black” which I prefer, although arguably another misnomer, is the term I feel most comfortable with and use to describe myself.

I would probably have the term replaced with Afro-American which means OF African descent and to me, is a more accurate depiction of the descendant blacks of slaves in America.