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2. BlackPlanet - Wikipedia

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   BlackPlanet is an African-American social networking service for matchmaking and job postings. The company website also contains forums for discussion on political and social issues. [2] BlackPlanet was launched by internet analyst Omar Wasow on September 1, 2001. Wasow had previously created a pre-web community dubbed New York Online in 1993 ...

3. African Americans - Wikipedia

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   The term African American, popularized by Jesse Jackson in the 1980s, although it was in regular use as far back for the ethnic group in the 18th and 19th centuries, for example, in post-emancipation holidays and conferences, and carries important social implications. Earlier terms also used to describe Americans of African ancestry referred ...

4. Interracial marriage in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Even though the disparity between African American and Asian American interracial marriages by gender is high according to the 2000 U.S. census, the total numbers of Asian American/African American interracial marriages are low, numbering only 0.22% percent for Asian American male marriages and 1.30% percent of Asian female marriages, partially ...

5. Race and sexuality - Wikipedia

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   In a qualitative study conducted by Paul, Ayala, and Choi (2010) with Asian and Pacific Islanders (API), Latino, and African American men seeking men, participants interviewed said that racial preference was a common criterion in online dating partner selection.

6. Black Hispanic and Latino Americans - Wikipedia

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   Black Hispanic and Latino Americans, also called Afro-Hispanics, Afro-Latinos, Black Hispanics, or Black Latinos, are classified by the United States Census Bureau, Office of Management and Budget, and other U.S. government agencies as Black people living in the United States with ancestry in Latin America, Spain or Portugal and/or who speak Spanish, and/or Portuguese as either their first ...

7. Racism against African Americans - Wikipedia

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   Discrimination. In the context of racism in the United States, racism against African Americans dates back to the colonial era, and it continues to be a persistent issue in American society in the 21st century. From the arrival of the first Africans in early colonial times until after the American Civil War, most African Americans were enslaved.