Thank you everyone for the insight! It's very very helpful. Since I mainly have a mild intolerance (It makes my hand split like a bunch of tiny paper cuts all over and try out really bad.) perhaps the lack of processing will help. It's true that we over process everything here.

On a side note

You should say "black" which is acceptable in the UK, or I think in the USA, the ideal expression to use is "African - American".
As an American I personally prefer "black" when an identifier must be used. I dislike the term African-American because black Americans, and any other ethnic group, are just as American as I am. And I don't call myself a German-American, British-American, etc. I personally find sticking X in front of American make it almost sound less "American" if that makes sense.

I like the British way better. xD