"There aren't any African Americans in Britain Azizi, because British citizens aren't American. The contested language most often used in the racial discourses in other parts of the world doesn't match the contested language in the US.

OK--now is the part where you come back and say you already knew that..."

I already knew that terms used to define "race" in the United States aren't necessarily used by non-United Staters..

Of course as Carol points out there are some people who are of African American descent who live outside of the United States...

And GUEST, you said "there is no such thing as...
Why 'thing' and not people???!!!

Also if you will note my post of 11 Aug 05 - 05:13 PM, I used the word "negative" and not the word "racist".