By the same logic, African-American never comes up without race being a significant part of the context.<p>I&#x27;m mostly surprised because &quot;African-American&quot; is a mouthful compared to just &quot;blacks&quot;, so I&#x27;m suspicious that in common language it is somehow limited only to racists.<p>&quot;Blacks&quot; is also more accurate if you just want to refer to people by skin color (for whatever damn-fool reason).