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The Center for American Progress reports:
African Americans, a group plagued by significantly high rates of obesity, heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, and other physical ailments. A recent study suggests the answer may lie in the diets of their counterparts across the Atlantic Ocean in the rural parts of the Motherland.
In a study conducted at the University of Pittsburgh, 20 African Americans and 20 South Africans switched diets for two weeks. In this time, the Africans consumed traditional American food--meat and cheese high in fat content--while African Americans took on a traditional African diet--high in fiber and low in fat, with plenty of vegetables, beans, and cornmeal, with little meat.
After the exchange, researchers performed colonoscopies on both groups and found that those in the African diet group increased the production of butyrate, a fatty acid proven to protect against colon cancer. Members of the American diet group, on the other hand, developed changes in their gut that scientists say precede the development of cancerous cells.
[...]"we used biomarkers and looked at the proliferation rate that has been tied to cancer," Dr. Stephen J. O'Keefe, the lead researcher, told ThinkProgress. "We were astounded by the gravity and the magnitude of the changes [which] happened within two weeks."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 17 2015, @03:13PM
More importantly, the generally accepted Out of Africa hypothesis implies that all Americans are "African Americans". Serious question: Why do so many Americans not want to say "black"?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday May 17 2015, @03:21PM
Maybe because saying "black" in Spanish has been ruled as politically incorrect? Black, negro - if one is bad, the other must be bad too. It does get insane.
(Score: 1) by CortoMaltese on Sunday May 17 2015, @03:52PM
Since when? Many people I know prefer being called negro before african-X, the only place where I've seen it being used as an insult is Argentina and they have... few black people.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 17 2015, @04:24PM
"Neger" (NL) comes from "niger" which means black in Latin. Even whole countries have been named after this word: Niger (pronounce the French way: Nigèr) and Nigeria.
Maybe if that "N-word" is burdened by history we could call black people Aithyops again ('Αιθίοπες', that's where Ethiopia has its name) because that Greek word is probably forgotten by now.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday May 18 2015, @12:22AM
Scorched faces? Hmmmmm - the Greeks originated those stupid jokes about leaving the bread in the oven to long? It was probably the Romans who fired back, saying that the white Europeans weren't left in the oven long enough.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 17 2015, @03:27PM
In the case of black vs. African American, I suspect that most probably don't care, but some do, and those that do would prefer the latter term. Yes, this has changed a couple times over the past several decades.
I try to address people the way they prefer to be addressed, unless it is patently ridiculous (such as "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince"). Whether they use the same form of address among themselves isn't especially relevant.