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- noun Plural form of
Afro-American .
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Examples
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Does that mean that Afro-Americans have a stronger propensity for crime than their white compatriots -- with all reservations as to this strange classification of members of the human race -- or, on the contrary, that even today, a person of color is more readily condemned, in the United States of the 21st century?
Bernard-Henri Lévy: And to Think That We Still Have to Argue Against the Death Penalty Bernard-Henri Lévy 2010
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"You were the first woman writer to tell the painful history of Afro-Americans."
Toni Morrison Inducted Into France's Legion Of Honor AP 2010
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Because of a common inheritage of discrimination, many Afro-Americans are in favour of Jews and Israel.
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Dems can treat Afro-Americans like second class citizens all day
Obama: That wacky Harry Reid. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2010
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His description would have been vague: two tall, thin Afro-Americans in the early 20's, one in a red hoodie, the other in a black one.
Getting It Wrong vic fortezza 2011
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His description would have been vague: two tall, thin Afro-Americans in the early 20's, one in a red hoodie, the other in a black one.
Getting It Wrong vic fortezza 2011
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He makes special mention of the Latinos and the Afro-Americans that are among those most affected by the crisis.
José Fernando López: A Solution to the Mortgage Crisis? José Fernando López 2011
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By the by, Afro-Americans, Hispanics, Latinos, hav also been apart of tea parties so u need to eat ur words and hav some tea! jmk |
Jimmy Carter on race, the South and President Obama (Blog for Democracy) 2009
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According to him the explanation lies on that the Latinos and the Afro-Americans seek the American Dream and are influenced by social pressure and unscrupulous agents, the underlining is mine, they invested a great part of their resources on their homes.
José Fernando López: A Solution to the Mortgage Crisis? José Fernando López 2011
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• Caucasians tend to start graying earlier (in their early 30s), than Asians (late 30s) and Afro-Americans (mid-40s).
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