One of the most annoying terms known to man. People use it when they are afraid that calling someone "black" is racist. What they don't know is that by calling a black person "African American", they are assuming that the person is both African and American.
by Star Riley April 28, 2010
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A ridiculous and ill applied label that was accepted with a thoughtless rush just to make white people feel at ease and slightly noble.
A ridiculous and ill applied label that was accepted with a thoughtless rush just to make white people feel at ease and slightly noble.
Those African Americans are great!
by David Cross19484 October 6, 2009
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Person A: Do you remember Mark from the party last night?
Person B: No, what did he look like again?
Person A: He was the African American gentleman in the blue shirt.
Person B: No, what did he look like again?
Person A: He was the African American gentleman in the blue shirt.
by WalterWhitman December 7, 2013
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Get the fellow african american mug.since i dont have a pipe i place a nug in my right nostril, and use my left nostril as a carb and light it like a jolly-african american for a straight to the dome finish.
by theycallmetilatequila## December 7, 2010
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