I just got a message from someone who thinks that I should change the page name from "Black" to "African Heritage".
She feels that everyone else is identified by their ethnicity, but that page is identified by color and so she doesn't feel comfortable recommending the website to children and young people because she doesn't feel that the label is suitable.
One of the reasons I have "Black" is that not all those who are called "Black" are African or of (recent) African heritage. The indigenous people of Australia are considered Black, as are the native peoples of the Philippines.
Also, honestly, I am U.S. based and Black is how most of my brothers and sisters refer to themselves.
Please be super honest with me. If you need to rip a hole because I'm wrong, wrong, wrong, then please do tell me. I'm a big girl, I can handle it.
Thanks so much, Ruth
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