ken hanly wrote: > Are the similar terms to Afro-American in other countries? Are there > Afro-Mexicans.Afro-Brazilians, Afro-French. I would consider an > Afro-Canadian to be a Canadian with a weird hairdo.
As I understand it, awhile back, many US blacks decided that because "Afro" referred to a hairdo, the term "African American" was better, going along with "Italian American," etc. -- Jim Devine / "In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite." -- Paul Dirac _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
