Black Americans 

A term usually used to referred to Americans of African ancestry. Most in the Americas (and Caribbean) are the descendants of slaves that were brought to the New World by Europeans during the Trans-atlantic Slave Trade. There has been some small controversy over whether to identify Black Americans as African-Americans, as a result of the little identity that many Black Americans have to Africa(e.g., in most Black families, you have to go back an ample number of years to actually find the AFRICAN ancestry; Also, most Blacks in the Americas are not just pure African, as a result of the slave trade and other race mixing throughout the years.) The terms however are used interchangeably, although Black Americans, for example are not able to aply for some of the same scholarships as actual Africans. This, as everyone else, is a unique group of people. Many members of this race are unfairly discriminated against, as a result of racial stereotyping, however, unlike many perceptions, many do not let this stop them from achieving their full potential. However, this, as previously stated, is a wonderful race of people, that has achieved much in the long struggle for equality. Unlike other definitions, ALL Black people are not trifling, uneducated, lazy, ignorant, and other degrading adjectives.

Anonymous Person #1: Is there a difference between Black Americans and Africans that come here?
Anonymous Person #2: Well, there are but the terms African-American and Black American are used interchangeably.

Black Americans by {IntellectuallyThreatening} June 25, 2008

black americans 

A black person who’s ancestors had lived in america for a long time. Not to be confused with African Americans

Black Americans are those black people that have those southern accents. I decided to write a definition because most people do not know the difference. Black Americans are those people that swear or aren’t afraid to speak their minds. African Americans on the other hand are typically people whose ancestors haven’t lived here long. Most African Americans speak other languages and are well behaved. If you see a black person who is out of line, chances are they are Black Americans. Please do not get these two confused as they are kind of different.

black americans by smart2000skidz August 26, 2019

Black Americans 

A group of amazing people thats so intelligence and talented. The group is like champions who defeated all rivals in general. Black americans has good personality and style. Black americans are the american dream and gonna get what they need and want seriously.

Black Americans
Person 1 yo them group of people are very talented. They must be from african americans descent.
Person 2 hell yea i like what they do.
Person 3 they like that in real life too u know.
Person 4 yea i know shits awesome.

Black Americans by Greatest ppl champ June 16, 2018

Black Americans 

A group of badasses who took political to a whole different level ; took the city , state and country .

Yep black Americans is in charge; their no way around it .

Black Americans by Greatest ppl champ February 3, 2019

Black Americans 

A group of people that’s Fresh in the city and great quality; acceptable by people; a group of people who runs shit and cool in style .

Yo black Americans is fresh as hell and cool ; you know they run shit .

Black Americans by Greatest ppl champ February 3, 2019

Fossilized Black Americans (FBAs) 

A "Pretendian" is a term often used by Indians to describe someone who falsely claims Indigenous ancestry or cultural identity without any legitimate basis. This term is often applied to individuals who disrespectfully appropriate/change Indigenous cultures or traditions for personal gain (in an effort to seem more exotic or interesting than they really are.)

Similar to a “pretendian”, Black Americans have a play on the term "Foundational Black Americans" (FBAs) — "Fossilized Black Americans."

Just like “Pretendians”, Fossilized Black Americans cling to any minuscule amount of African DNA remnant from their ancestors, to try to legitimately claim that they are part of the black identity in the present (Even if authentic, dark-skinned Black Americans don’t see them as black; Even when they don’t look black; Even when they’re extremely distanced from blackness and black culture)

They are fossils of the former identity that their ancestors embodied.

“Yeah sure, they’re ‘FBA' alright – Fossilized Black Americans (FBAs)”

Fossilized Black Americans (FBAs) by TonalTruths April 4, 2024

Foundational Black Americans/FBA 

An ethnic group/lineage of Negroid(wooly-haired and melanated) people of whom one group are descendants of the Negroid people brought over to North America from the continent of Africa via the Trans-Atlantic slave trade as bondmen and bondwomen. This aforementioned group's lineage goes back to at least the early 1600's on the continent of North America. Then there is a second group whose ancestors inhabited the lands of North America indigenously for thousands of years. This aforementioned group of Negroid's ancestors mixed in with the Manchurians (Chinese) whom arrived on the west coast of North America in 499 led by a Chinese Buddhist missionary named Hoei Shin. Hoei Shin named this land now known as North America 'Fusang'. The mixing in of the two groups of Manchurians (Chinese) and indigenous American Negroids produced the group of people known today as the American Indians. Over time the Indigenous Negroids of North America and those Negroids that arrived on the continent as bondmen and bondwomen intermingled and had an ethnogenesis which produced a unique culture and people being described presently as Foundational Black Americans/FBA. Other immigrant groups, especially other Negroid groups, have tried to characterize Foundational Black Americans/FBA as a cult, a hate group and as xenophobic. All of these characterizations are patently false. Foundational Black Americans/FBA are indisputably an ethnic group/lineage.

Those Negroid people brought over to North America via the Trans-Atlantic slave trade as well as those descendants of the Negroid indigenous groups that inhabited North America before the arrival of European colonizers; they both comprise the ethnic group/lineage now known as Foundational Black Americans/FBA.

Foundational Black Americans/FBA by Jahkwon Makk El May 2, 2025