A member of an ethnic group consisting of Americans of black African (particularly Niger-Congo) descent.
Supreme Court -- waiting 32 days to disenfranchise African-American voters is waiting too long. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026... clarence thomas' IDEA, STALL until it's TOO LATE!!!
My intrigue will be around Williams in particular. I do not know how much of his antics were to retain popularity as an African-American GOP representative. Said antics did not allow him to retain a seat.
A member of an ethnic group consisting of Americans of black African (particularly Niger-Congo) descent.
African-American means: A member of an ethnic group consisting of Americans of black African descent.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
African-American means: A member of an ethnic group consisting of Americans of black African descent.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
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#MothersDay Cradle (Mother and Three Children), circa 1970, by African-American artist John Thomas Biggers (1924-2001). Graphite and Conté crayon on paper 76 x 57 cm #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
African-American means: A member of an ethnic group consisting of Americans of black African descent.. Register: neutral, standard English. Common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; always check the context before producing it yourself. A formal-English equivalent (a synonym or descriptive phrase) is usually safer in writing. When in doubt, paraphrase rather than reuse the slang form.
“There will be no African-American Rs in the House next year. The 4 - count 'em, 4 - now are running for other offices or retiring. So, yeah, vanishingly unlikely.”
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(US, broadly, proscribed, sometimes, offensive) Any black American person; by extension, any black person.
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(of a person) Pertaining to the African-American ethnicity.
The rioters overshadowed the message of peaceful protesters on prior days: They had called for justice for Gray, a 25-year-old African-American man who died from spinal injuries after police arrested him this month.
“Supreme Court -- waiting 32 days to disenfranchise African-American voters is waiting too long. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026... clarence thomas' IDEA, STALL until it's TOO LATE!!!”
“My intrigue will be around Williams in particular. I do not know how much of his antics were to retain popularity as an African-American GOP representative. Said antics did not allow him to retain a seat.”
“#MothersDay Cradle (Mother and Three Children), circa 1970, by African-American artist John Thomas Biggers (1924-2001). Graphite and Conté crayon on paper 76 x 57 cm #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt”
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