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02-13-2010, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by alanX View Post
Actually, my friend, the world "black" is a synonym for "African-American"
African-American, as defined by Princeton University means "pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry;"

Rihanna, has neither ancestries, therefore Rihanna isn't black.
At the risk of getting slightly off-topic with semantics. . . I believe the other poster was actually right by defining Rihanna as 'black'. The term isn't synonymous with 'African-American' at all, or at least not in all cultures/countries. I can understand how to an American it might equate with 'African-American', but to many people it doesn't. I had a friend in school who was black, but he was born and raised in England, so even though he probably had African ancestry at some point, he was by no means 'African-American'. It'd be foolish to call him 'African-English', and he's certainly not white, asian etc. so he's 'black'. Therefore despite being neither African, nor American, Rihanna could still be classed as 'black'.
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