noun : an American of African and especially of black African descent;
A Black American of African ancestry;
an American whose ancestors were born in Africa
adjective :used to describe African-Americans; pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry
Usage Note: The Oxford English Dictionary contains evidence of the use of black with reference to African peoples as early as 1400, and certainly the word has been in wide use in racial and ethnic contexts ever since. However, it was not until the late 1960s that black (or Black) gained its present status as a self-chosen ethnonym with strong connotations of racial pride, replacing the then-current Negro among Blacks and non-Blacks alike with remarkable speed. Equally significant is the degree to which Negro became discredited in the process, reflecting the profound changes taking place in the Black community during the tumultuous years of the civil rights and Black Power movements. The recent success of African American offers an interesting contrast in this regard. Though by no means a modern coinage, African American achieved sudden prominence at the end of the 1980s when several Black leaders, including Jesse Jackson, championed it as an alternative ethnonym for Americans of African descent. The appeal of this term is obvious, alluding as it does not to skin color but to an ethnicity constructed of geography, history, and culture, and it won rapid acceptance in the media alongside similar forms such as Asian American, Hispanic American, and Italian American. But unlike what happened a generation earlier, African American has shown little sign of displacing or discrediting black, which remains both popular and positive. The difference may well lie in the fact that the campaign for African American came at a time of relative social and political stability, when Americans in general and Black Americans in particular were less caught up in issues involving radical change than they were in the 1960s. ·Black is sometimes capitalized in its racial sense, especially in the African-American press, though the lowercase form is still widely used by authors of all races. The capitalization of Black does raise ancillary problems for the treatment of the term white. Orthographic evenhandedness would seem to require the use of uppercase White, but this form might be taken to imply that whites constitute a single ethnic group, an issue that is certainly debatable. Uppercase White is also sometimes associated with the writings of white supremacist groups, a sufficient reason of itself for many to dismiss it. On the other hand, the use of lowercase white in the same context as uppercase Black will obviously raise questions as to how and why the writer has distinguished between the two groups. There is no entirely happy solution to this problem. In all likelihood, uncertainty as to the mode of styling of white has dissuaded many publications from adopting the capitalized form Black.
A Black American of African ancestry;
an American whose ancestors were born in Africa
adjective :used to describe African-Americans; pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry
Usage Note: The Oxford English Dictionary contains evidence of the use of black with reference to African peoples as early as 1400, and certainly the word has been in wide use in racial and ethnic contexts ever since. However, it was not until the late 1960s that black (or Black) gained its present status as a self-chosen ethnonym with strong connotations of racial pride, replacing the then-current Negro among Blacks and non-Blacks alike with remarkable speed. Equally significant is the degree to which Negro became discredited in the process, reflecting the profound changes taking place in the Black community during the tumultuous years of the civil rights and Black Power movements. The recent success of African American offers an interesting contrast in this regard. Though by no means a modern coinage, African American achieved sudden prominence at the end of the 1980s when several Black leaders, including Jesse Jackson, championed it as an alternative ethnonym for Americans of African descent. The appeal of this term is obvious, alluding as it does not to skin color but to an ethnicity constructed of geography, history, and culture, and it won rapid acceptance in the media alongside similar forms such as Asian American, Hispanic American, and Italian American. But unlike what happened a generation earlier, African American has shown little sign of displacing or discrediting black, which remains both popular and positive. The difference may well lie in the fact that the campaign for African American came at a time of relative social and political stability, when Americans in general and Black Americans in particular were less caught up in issues involving radical change than they were in the 1960s. ·Black is sometimes capitalized in its racial sense, especially in the African-American press, though the lowercase form is still widely used by authors of all races. The capitalization of Black does raise ancillary problems for the treatment of the term white. Orthographic evenhandedness would seem to require the use of uppercase White, but this form might be taken to imply that whites constitute a single ethnic group, an issue that is certainly debatable. Uppercase White is also sometimes associated with the writings of white supremacist groups, a sufficient reason of itself for many to dismiss it. On the other hand, the use of lowercase white in the same context as uppercase Black will obviously raise questions as to how and why the writer has distinguished between the two groups. There is no entirely happy solution to this problem. In all likelihood, uncertainty as to the mode of styling of white has dissuaded many publications from adopting the capitalized form Black.
by Docta Peppa Gangsta Chimp4Life December 26, 2004
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Uneducated Foreigner: football? they stole our name :'(
American Scholor: Incorrect, the name was actually created due to the large amount of running the ball in early football history.
American Scholor: Incorrect, the name was actually created due to the large amount of running the ball in early football history.
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by TimD8866 March 26, 2009
Get the Halfrican American mug.American football is the most mentally involved game in the history of the world.for those who think it just about a bunch of big fatties runnig into each other, try reading a zone defense. players have to remember hundreds off different plays, formations,and what to do on a certain play, depending on what the defense does.in fact, the biggest men on the field,offensive linemen, have to be the smartest players and have the best techniqe.it is a game of leverage and angles.it is the greatest teamsport in the world. in order to have a good team, every body on the team has to be eaqualy important. not only is it mentaly demanding, it is one of the most physically demanding ones too. it is because not only do you need endurance and running ability like soccer, you need strength and agility. if american football players did not wear pads, not only would many people die,but more than the early 1900s when they wore no pads. players are bigger stronger and faster.and even though you wear pads, it is still more painfull than every sport , except rugby,wrestling(not wwf, real stuff)and ufc, or cage fighting,boxing.if you dont agree with me on the physicallity, watch any high schools 2 a a day summer practice.or even better try it.you guys are just mad because it has not only become americas pastime, but americas obsession.and pads make it harder to run too. there is only 25-35 seconds between plays, timeouts are 1-2 minutes long,2 min between quarters, and 10 min half. not 5 mins. between plays like you little bitches said, and im talking to all who undermined football, dont judge it unless you've played the real thing, and you have played it and you still dont like it, you a least respect it.simply said, it is the best sport in the universe!!!!!!!!!
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Qwan~ "Sean and Padraic, yall my 2 favorite Halfrican Americans"
Padraic~"what the hell do you mean"
Qwan~"well your half black and half white, right"
Padraic~"yeah, i guess but i'm black when i get pulled over by the cops"
Padraic~"what the hell do you mean"
Qwan~"well your half black and half white, right"
Padraic~"yeah, i guess but i'm black when i get pulled over by the cops"
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Sarah: Let me let you in on a little secret, it's called the American Piggybank.
Chase: Will this help my financial situation or the Dow Jones?
Sarah: No, but your country needs you.
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Chase: Will this help my financial situation or the Dow Jones?
Sarah: No, but your country needs you.
by Prentzels July 15, 2011
Get the American Piggybank mug.A human rights violation. The baby boomer teachers working there are complete narcissists, who think you owe them every bit of respect for nothing more than them being older than you. They talk down on you and treat you worse than dogshit. You're loaded with fucking stacks and stacks of work just so the boomer teacher narcissists can punch in your grade and get their paycheck.
They don't care about your future. They act like they want you to get into college. Schools put you through mental, social, and emotional torture. Hell, even they physically torture you when they make you hold your piss in order to not be "rude by disrupting the class".
I will NEVER in my life send my kids here. I'm going to homeschool them so they actually fucking learn something and don't get put through hard labor. I'm going to send smart, intelligent, and happy kids out into the real world, unlike these douche bags in the public schools. They put traumatized and depressed young adults into the world. And then we wonder why young adults are so mentally unwell. They encourage left wing ideals, homosexuality, and everything else God disapproves of.
I have respect for the good teachers, you know exactly who you are. I've had a few good teachers, and them simply respecting me and not being a narcissist can do SO much to change my attitude for their class. All they have to do is not be a narcissist, and they've already got loads of my respect.
But sadly, those teachers are a minority at this point.
They don't care about your future. They act like they want you to get into college. Schools put you through mental, social, and emotional torture. Hell, even they physically torture you when they make you hold your piss in order to not be "rude by disrupting the class".
I will NEVER in my life send my kids here. I'm going to homeschool them so they actually fucking learn something and don't get put through hard labor. I'm going to send smart, intelligent, and happy kids out into the real world, unlike these douche bags in the public schools. They put traumatized and depressed young adults into the world. And then we wonder why young adults are so mentally unwell. They encourage left wing ideals, homosexuality, and everything else God disapproves of.
I have respect for the good teachers, you know exactly who you are. I've had a few good teachers, and them simply respecting me and not being a narcissist can do SO much to change my attitude for their class. All they have to do is not be a narcissist, and they've already got loads of my respect.
But sadly, those teachers are a minority at this point.
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