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[[image:Freddouglas.jpg|225px|thumb|[[Frederick Douglass]], historic [[Abolitionism|abolitionist]] activist, historic member of the [[Republican Party]] of the United States.]]

[[image:Freddouglas.jpg|225px|thumb|[[Frederick Douglass]], historic [[Abolitionism|abolitionist]] activist, historic member of the [[Republican Party]] of the United States.]]

'''African American''' is a [[politically correct]] term some use to describe the ethnic background of Americans with [[Africa]]n ancestry. The  great majority of African Americans are descended from Africans brought to North America as [[slavery|slaves]] beginning four centuries ago.  Others (like [[Colin Powell]]) were twentieth century immigrants from the [[West Indies]] or Africa. Some criticize the use of terms such as "African American" or "Mexican American," collectively referred to as "[[hyphenated American]]ism," because the terms "put America second" and emphasize racial differences over common national identity.<ref>https://www.americanthinker.com/2010/05/on_becoming_an_unhyphenated_am.html</ref>

'''African American''' is the term some use to describe the ethnic background of Americans with [[Africa]]n ancestry. The  great majority of African Americans are descended from Africans brought to North America as [[slavery|slaves]] beginning four centuries ago.  Others (like [[Colin Powell]]) were twentieth century immigrants from the [[West Indies]] or Africa. Some criticize the use of terms such as "African American" or "Mexican American," collectively referred to as "[[hyphenated American]]ism," because the terms "put America second" and emphasize racial differences over common national identity.<ref>https://www.americanthinker.com/2010/05/on_becoming_an_unhyphenated_am.html</ref>

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