never been a Cali thing in regards to terminology. African American was never a preferred term, it was a label created by those that thought just saying Americans wasn't good enough. I just popped back over to edit my statement because I felt it would be offensive to those that it didn't apply to, such as yourself. That being said, USA is the only country that still refers to folks generations removed from another country as that ethnicity. For instance, Italian, German, Irish American, and the number one idiotic term, African American. If you have to count the years in 100s to get back to your so called "motherland", then you're just American. Obama's father is/was Kenyan born and raised, his mother USA, that still makes him African American, unlike the rest of the black folk that just like that term because they think it comes with some type membership to a secret society. Just for the record, Charlize Theron is African American as well. (thrown in for the African American wannabes reading this) In closing, Barrack never referred to Kenya as his country, his wife did. But I'm guessing your wife never stated something you didn't agree with.