Posted on 10/12/2017 6:43:36 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Negro superseded colored as the most polite word for African Americans at a time when black was considered more offensive....n particular, this update concerns the definitions of racial/ethnic categories.
Ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino origin.
White Americans.
Black and African Americans. African-American is a Race... so it did not exist before 1776? he he
:-)
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