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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]African American is a term that applies to US blacks whose ancestors were brought over during slavery. We don't have a reliable way to trace our exact country of origin in Africa, so African America is a nod/tribute to our ancestors who toiled in the US.

African American does not apply to: African immigrants, Jamaicans, Haitians, Bahamians, white people from Africa, etc. It ONLY applies to US blacks whose ancestors were enslaved in the US.

Where did this rule come from.  It seems another way to divide.   The African slavery trade ran heavily through the Bahamas, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad, Anquilla, etc.  I know it is called the Carribbean, but are they not also a part of the Americas.  If they are also considered a part of the Americas, why are they not African Americans.  Again, I just think it is another way to divide.  And the people from these countries can know more pinpoint the exact origin in Africa from which they hailed than you can.  But those slave ships put all those people on the same ships until they overflowed to capacity and then did drop offs up and down the Atlantic Ocean coast.  [/quote]

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