As an Afro-Canadian (is that what you call an “African American” who lives in Canadia?) he certainly has a perspective on race and racism in North America that is worth sharing.

African-American or Afro-American still work, as Canada is in North America. Still, I typically use ‘Black’ in the absence of a preferred self-identification (or in the presence of a self-identification that is contra-functional to the purpose in question), as that’s how the category is usually constructed in practice (for example, it’s not JUST – or even necessarily – about genetic or national heritage: if it was, we’d never hear debates about whether e.g. Obama is “too Black” or “not Black enough”, while purely genetic or national group constructions would not allow for such things, as they’re matters of empirical data), and it’s applicable transnationally to cultures that make similar racial-group constructions. (I also always capitalize or single-quote constructed social categories/identifications in order to differentiate them from natural qualities of the same name e.g. Black people are not actually black, and White people are not actually white.)

Not the most fun April fool prank tho’.

Greg: I’ve been grooving on the April 1 posts all morning but didn’t realize it was a full circle until I started from here. You guys had this better organized than I thought! Not quite up there with last year’s PZ/Cuttlefish extravaganza, but still very good!

I believe that I hear where he’s coming from. Let it be.

Your last comment, Greg – “please leave a comment telling Mr No Color what a clueless moron he is being” – to me – appears to be rather unsensitive and down right mean.