User:Afrimerican
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Afrimerican is a term that was created, and defined in 1989 by Bruce Ameil Williams. An Afrimerican is not an African-American. An Afrimerican is a Negroid person born in the United States of America of African descent that is generations removed from any direct African Nativity. An African-American is a person, Black and/or White, born in Africa that immigrates to the United States and becomes a Naturalized American Citizen.
Afrimerican is defined as a member of the race of humanity, born in the United States of America, descended from African immigrants, classified and characterized according to such physical features as skin tone, hair texture, and skeletal build...
In 2005, the Afrimerican Word and Definition was submitted to the United States Census Bureau, and on Nov 9th, 2005, The U.S. Census Bureau added "Afrimerican" to the Census Racial Classification Code Index, making it an officially recognized term by the United States government.
Afrimerican is the first and only term created by a member of the race it describes, and it is the only term that both academically, and legally defines Afrimericans as American born, as compared to the terms African-American, Afro-American, Black, Colored, and Negro which are all terms given to Afrimericans that legally define persons born in Africa.
Afrimerican was created and offered as an alternative nomenclature that an individual is free to accept or reject.
