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AFRO-AMERICAIN [1 record]

Record 1 2014-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Human Relations
  • Anthropology
  • Demography
DEF

An American citizen of African descent.

OBS

African-American: preferred term for US blacks in the second half of the eighties.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
  • Anthropologie
  • Démographie
DEF

Américain d'origine africaine.

OBS

Afro-Américain; Afro-Américaine : nouveau nom donné aux Noirs américains.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología de las relaciones humanas
  • Antropología
  • Demografía
DEF

Norteamericanos de raza negra.

OBS

La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que las palabras "negro" y "afroamericano", tal y como registra el Diccionario académico, son adecuadas para referirse a los norteamericanos de raza negra, mejor que "personas de color" o "morenos", ya sea como sustantivos o como adjetivos.

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