Everyone is from Africa. That's where our species hails from. For a Black person to call themselves African American is lame. 99.9% have never been to Africa and couldn't afford a ticket there even if they wanted to go. You don't see White folks saying they are Europe American or Australia American. That expression is just a laid back way for Blacks to remind White folks that they want MORE reparations. And you are right - not all Blacks are gangsta. But even though Black males make up a mere 7% of the people in America, they manage to commit 50% of the murders, 50% of the rapes, and 55% of the assaults. So if Blacks want to stop being perceived poorly, they need to pull themselves up by the bootstraps and tackle the following issues:
1. They are the most criminal race in America.
2. They are one of the most under educated races in America.
3. They use section 8, welfare, food stamps, and other entitlement programs in quantities highly disproportionate to their share of the population
4. They need to step away from the anti-White racism perpetuated by bigots like Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Farrakhan, the Black Panthers, etc.
5. They need to stay married. Most blacks are single parent households and most black dads are deadbeats.
Obviously Whites cannot solve these Black problems. These are cultural problems and can only be solved within these Black communities by themselves. Affirmative Action didn't work, and neither has any other idea Whites have come up with.