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Spanish translation: negro/s

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English term or phrase:	Black
Spanish translation:	negro/s
Entered by:	liz askew

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13:40 Mar 30, 2010

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Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / ethnicity

English term or phrase: Black

African American is specific to American blacks who originate from Africa although some south African whites have started to call themselves African-American and Black would be everyone else who chooses to identify themselves this way

No estoy segura de cómo traducirlo para que no sea ofensivo para nadie.

Muchas gracias

Laura D KudoZ activity Questions: 272 (5 open) (34 closed without grading) Answers: 194 Argentina
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negro/s

Explanation:
Based on the fact I interpret for Black Africans here in the United Kingdom, and they call themselves "noirs".....they call British whites "blancs"..

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All the black people I have met are proud to be black.

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