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Black-American 

If you are black and your family has lived in America for so long that they don't know the country in Africa their ancestors originally came from, this is you. Black-Americans are often mistaken for African-Americans.These are two completely different things.
Black American: So I hear you're from Africa.
African: Yes
Black American: So am I!
African: Really?
BA: Yeah
African: What part?
BA: (silence) I don't know but I know my great-great-great-great grand mother moved here from somewhere in the east.
Black-American by Blaise Z. January 12, 2005

black-american 

What people mean when they say "african-american"
Barack Obama is the first black-american president.

Black American Princess 

Black American Princess is a somewhat pejorative term used to describe a young woman or girl who has been born into a middle class or upper class family of African-American descent.
oh Shirwanda is such a Black American Princess, just becasue she sporting a new clothes everyweek

Black American English (BAE)

Black American English (BAE) is a legitimate, culturally rooted, and rule-governed dialect of American English that developed historically within Black American communities. It possesses its own consistent grammar, pronunciation patterns, vocabulary, and cultural expressions. Linguists recognize BAE as a fully developed and systematic variety of English—not as “slang,” “broken English,” or “incorrect English.” BAE is shaped by Black Americans’ linguistic heritage and the history of Black communities in the United States. As an ongoing cultural innovation, BAE functions both as a mode of communication and as a marker of identity, community, and artistic expression. Its distinct phonological, syntactic, and lexical features reflect the influence of Black American linguistic traditions, shaped by the sociopolitical conditions of enslavement and segregation, as well as the continuous creativity within Black American culture. Like any other recognized English dialect, BAE follows internally consistent grammatical rules and serves as a symbol of cultural identity, solidarity, and resilience. It has also significantly influenced broader American English through its impact on music, literature, slang, and digital communication.
Many linguists argue that Black American English (BAE) should be taught and understood as a legitimate dialect with its own rules rather than dismissed as informal speech.

Foundational Black American

A non-immigrant Black person who descended from enslaved person in America. Foundational Black Americans usually have lineages to Africa and Black indigenous people of North America.
"I'm not an immigrant to the U.S, I'm a Foundational Black American."

The Black American

The Black American also the African American who claims to be black indian because his ancestors married native American women during slavery and colonization of the Americas. A foreign individual with no true ancestral ties to the distinct homogeneous DNA of the copper colored American Indians who were anything but copper indians.
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