African Americans are an ethnic group in the United States who have ancestors from Africa, though most African Americans also have ancestors from other ethnic groups, especially European Americans. The term African American is often used interchangeably with black people; however, black people live in all parts of the world, but African Americans are people born in the United States or citizens through naturalization. Furthermore, some black people living in the United States do not identify as... więcej

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