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Unlike the touchy Americans, South African Blacks are happy to be called black.

White people are called white, people of mixed race are called coloured, SE Asians are called Malay (even if their ancestors came from Indonesia) and South Asian Muslims are happy to be called Indian. Unlike the touchy Americans, South African Blacks are happy to be called black.

White people are called white, people of mixed race are called coloured, SE Asians are called Malay (even if their ancestors came from Indonesia) and South Asian Muslims are happy to be called Indian.

Mind you, it is common in Nguni languages to double up a name for emphasis, so the national football team is Bafana-Bafana, the Rugby team, Ama boka-boka ( Springboks geddit?) the paraplegic olympic team Ama Kroka-kroka. There are game parks called Mala-Mala and Sabi-Sabi so why not Darkie-Darkie?

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