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.

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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
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