African-American is not a sensible term. it's just a word in a long row of never ending new acceptable words to call black people, because blacks don't want to be seen as who they are so they think by altering the word they alter the definition. Nigger -> Blacks -> African Americans -> coloured People -> People of Colour. No matter what the next word is, they'll find a reason to be offended and invent a new word until this new word will lose its charm again and the cycle begins all over again