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The ethnic description of Americans of African descent has shifted from colored to Negro to Black and, at the recent urging of Jessie Jackson, African-American.  There are immigrants who feel that they should be included as African-Americans, although they do not share the history of slavery and discrimination.  Is this new movement among immigrants based on ethnic pride or an effort to benefit from the civil rights movement?

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Defining Race