Can you be indigenous American and utilize the term black or African American as an identification for your lineage? The short answer is , No!
In 1805 Haiti government drafted within their constitution, that all people of Haiti was classified as Black! It wasn’t until 1850 that the United States began using the term, Black as an identification within the census as free Colored or enslaved person status! Simply put, we are not black, we are indigenous Americans! Since Haitians are from African descent and were sold to the French colonizers, it’s disrespectful to claim black or African without having that distinction as being such!
Going forward, it must be noted that indigenous Americans are not African nor black! The United States Corporation reclassified us out of disrespect to the Haitian community in regards to their constitution rights as is being black! So when you hear about the black diaspora wars, those discussions do not include indigenous Americans.
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