Thread: Black or African-American?
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Old 04-24-2007, 08:47 PM   #22
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Re: African American: The "American" supposedly refers to "The Americas" which is basically the Western Hemisphere. So, Canadian Blacks should be called African American. The term is to distinguish ethnicity, not nationality, so Canadian whatever shouldn't be used IMHO.
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