African-American
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2.8
- noun
- /ˌæfrɪkən əˈmɛrɪkən/
- US
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afroamericano
- Many African Americans participated in the civil rights movement during the 1960s.
- an African-American student
- African-American and Hispanic
- African-American and Caucasian
It's like the way African Americans took back the N word.
- It's like the way African Americans took back the N word.
- The Benny Seed restaurant is all run by African Americans and Matthew Rayford.
- And no Texas law firm hires African Americans.
- Interesting thing, deeply engaged millennial African Americans, none of whom said they were going to vote.
- But in fact, the most compelling number was the number of African Americans in prison.
- They endorse a policy that has killed more African Americans than slavery and lynching combined.
- And that the longest journey has belonged to African Americans because we first had to prove our humanity.
- You mentioned that in part you're troubled by the term African American.
- It's three young black African Americans dead over drug deal.
- And it's a long list, you know, black colored, Afro, American, African American Negro, etcetera.
- It's still more than twice as likely Latino, African Americans, four to five times as likely.
- So the whole idea of women trending, no, no trending, African Americans trending, no, no trending.
- I mean, you got the first sort of mainstream African American.
Examples
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There were five African Americans that were in the jury pool.
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Look, in one respect, women have full rights and African Americans have full rights.
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Voters especially, it turns out, African American voters.
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First stop is South Central and the African-American community.
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Finally, most research surrounding urban issues in education focuses on the experiences of African American youth.
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70% of the league is African-American.
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The study revealed no significant impact between the attitudes of African-American students toward their teachers and reading skills performance.
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72% of new buyers are African-American.
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In this study, we focused only on African-American and Hispanic students.
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Through a mini-study, we learned that many African-American males in our school felt unwanted.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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3.5
A person with dark skin, often of African ancestry
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1.3
A person in the United States whose family comes from Africa, often for many generations
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2.0
An American person whose family comes from Africa
A person in the United States whose ancestors came from Africa, often from families of enslaved people
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word African-American comes from joining African, meaning 'from Africa', and American, meaning 'from America'. It began in the 20th century as a respectful name for a person in the United States whose family has roots in Africa, often because their ancestors were brought here as slaves, showing both their African roots and that they are American.