I think that "black" is more precise and, ultimately, more politically correct.
I think that "black" is more precise and, ultimately, more politically correct.
Thus i use "black musician" to mean what USA citizens refer to as
"African-American musician". If no nationality is provided, then it means that
the black person is from the USA (this book is mostly about the USA, so it would
be redundant to keep repeating "black USA musician").
I write both "black" and "white" lower case.
Occasionally i lapse into the "African-American" thing myself, but that should
be in a broader context (when i am indeed talking about the two continents).