Dasa, the final evolution of Ados

In 2017 Yvette Carnell announced that African Americans are a distinct black ethnic group, like Haitians or Jamaicans, Eritreans or Somalis. At the time I was a regular listener of her call-in show, which she hosted with technical support from Irami Osei-Frimpong. I can't recall how I found her show, except that it was during this year that she came up with the name "DOS," meaning "descendants of slaves" while quoting MLK. Quickly she realized that "dos" is the Spanish word for "two," and that it wasn't a great move to name your ethnic group after the #2, so she tacked an "A" onto the front and it became "ADOS."

The only problem with this is that “ADOS” means “adolescent” in French. That's better than "DOS", but not quite there. I personally don't want my family, or black people in general to be thought of as children or second-best. This is why I believe that the name should change one more time, from "ADOS" to "DASA"; "DASA" means "Descendants of American Slaves from Africa".

Whereas "ADOS" means "child" and "DOS" mean "two," "DASA" means "slave," and thus it captures the history of black Americans and honors the ancestors. Even better is that "Dasa" comes from Sanskrit, a dead language (like Latin), which doubles as a liturgical language (like Latin). This means that no one is born learning Sanskrit as a first language, and its use is confined to religious ceremony (in this case Hinduism). As stated before, I feel this word helps us honor our slave ancestors, while avoiding the missteps of calling ourselves children (ADOS) or #2 (DOS), and I hope to spread its use over the coming years.

Below is a table I created while looking for the proper name:
 

Acronym/Name	Meaning	Foreign Translations/ Miscellaneous	Viability/Comments (Good/Bad/Ok)	Is it taken or available?
DOS	Descendants of Slaves	T/L: Spanish: dos Meaning: two	Bad Nobody wants to call their people the number two.	Available *DOS changed to ADOS
ADOS	American Descendants of Slaves	T/L: French: ado Meaning: adolescent; teenager	Bad I personally don’t want to reinforce the idea that black people are children.	Taken
DASA	Descendants of American Slaves from Africa	Sanskrit: dasa Meaning: servant; slave *Sanskrit is a dead language	This word perfectly captures the lineage of black Americans, honors the ancestors, and you'll never hear someone speaking Sanskrit on the street.	Taken *If we can get 15 million DASA onboard with the name, I'll get a tattoo.
DAS	Descendants of American Slaves	T/L: German: das (gender: neuter) Meaning: “the”	Ok	Taken *A group calling themselves “DAS” tried to foster a "treaty" between themselves and an ADOS Chapter. They believe they’re their own country. A toothless declaration.
DAAS	Descendants of African-American Slaves	T/L: N/A Sounds like: German “das” (see above)	Ok	Available
ABDOS	American Black Descendants of Slaves	T/L: Sundanese: abdos Meaning: porto (a port or port wine)	How do you feel about wine or ports? (the Sundanese live in Indonesia and number about 40 million, putting their group in a 5:4 ratio to the 32 million DASA)	Available
BADOS	Black American Descendants of Slaves	Literally has the word “bad” in it	Bad -os	Available