I don’t know and I don’t care. Most of them don’t even have 1% African in them, after generations of being born in America. If they are people from Africa, then yeah, I’d call them African Americans. But if they aren’t From Africa, or African why would I? Doesn’t make sense. People I’ve talked to didn’t care. They either refer to themselves as that or don’t mind I say it when talking about current events, etc. and they never corrected me. If someone did then sure I’d stop saying it around that particular person. And I’m sure the N word is in the same plane as saying calling Asians yellow or Native Americans red. Doesn’t have to do with it being a color word. IMO, calling someone black is the same as saying Asain. It’s a describing word and it’s not offensive.