Word: afrindeur
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Others contend that African American comes no closer to capturing a unique heritage than the word it would replace. S. Allen Counter, a Harvard University professor of neurology, has coined the term Afrindeur Americans to reflect the mingling of African, Indian and European bloodlines. "Historical, biological and cultural integrity is what's in a name," says Counter. "We must be true to all of those." In Los Angeles entertainer John KaSondra has embarked on his own crusade in favor of "Dobanians" -- short for descendants of black African natives in the American North...
Genetically, almost all of today's "Black Americans" are a racial mixture of African, Native American Indian and European bloodlines. Regardless of the surface color (phenotypy), we are a unique genetic creation of this hemisphere, and America is our only home. Perhaps the name Afrindeur-American would be more precise. Dr. S. Allen Counter Director, Harvard Foundation
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