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  African American - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Many African Americans began to abandon the term "Afro-American", which had become popular in the 1960s and '70s, for "African American," out of desire for an unabbreviated expression of their African heritage that could not be mistaken or derided as an allusion to the afro hairstyle.
The collective economic status of African Americans is a matter of intense debate, with statistics simultaneously suggesting the effects of both historical marginalization and sustantial progress for sections of the population in the United States, and the greater affluence of the group when compared to populations outside of the United States.
White Americans, Indians, other Asians and Arabs are traditionally not considered African American in the United States, though they or their ancestors may have emigrated from the African continent after generations of residence.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/African_American   (6195 words)

  
 Jew   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The word Jew (Hebrew: &1497;&1492;&1493;&1491;&1497;) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes.
The Hebrew for Jew, &1497;&1492;&1493;&1491;&1497;, is pronounced ye-hoo-DEE.
Jews were subject to explusions from England, France, and the Holy Roman Empire throughout the Middle Ages, with Most of the Population moving to Eastern Europe and Poland.
jew.iqnaut.net   (4155 words)

  
 African American - Voyager, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
From its music and dance, to speech, demeanor, and foodways, African American culture bears the strong imprint of West Africa, particularly in rural portions of the Deep South and Sea Islands of Georgia and South Carolina.
African American music is one of the most pervasive African American cultural influences in the United States today.
In sum, how Americans have determined whether a person is African American (that is, a member of the U.S. Black endogamous community) or White (that is, a suitable marriage partner for Whites) has changed dramatically over the centuries and may be changing still.
www.voyager.in /African-American   (5038 words)

  
 Entry Area   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Jews and migrations Etching of the expulsion of the Jews from Frankfurt on August 23, 1614.
Jews were subject to explusions from England, France, and the Holy Roman Empire throughout the Middle Ages, with most of the population moving to Eastern Europe and especially Poland, which was uniquely tolerant of the Jews through the 1700s.
Many of the newly secular Jews who had embraced Haskalah found themselves deeply troubled by the continuing virulent anti-semitism of the late 1800s, especially the massive pogroms of the 1880s in Russia and the Dreyfus Affair, which occurred in France in 1894, a country many Jews had previously thought of as particularly accepting.
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 US Army Intelliigence Reports on Jews and Communism
The American Army Intelligence Service had its agents in Russia at the time of the Communist Revolution, and the Jewish nature of that revolution is accurately reflected in those reports.
Jews were also behind the American Communist Party, which although politically unsuccessful, was very successful in its espionage and infiltration activities, eventually reaching right into the Civil Rights Movement and that group's leader, Martin Luther King.
Despite the overwhelming preponderance of Jews in Communist parties and movements world wide, it would however be incorrect to allege that all Jews were or are Communists, as the millions of Jewish capitalists and as the conflict between Zionist Jews and Communist Jews both attest..
www.white-history.com /hwr61iii.htm   (942 words)

  
 Largest Religious Groups in the USA
The American Jewish Identity Survey of 2000, conducted by Barry Kosmin, Egon Mayer, and Ariela Keysar at the Center for Jewish Studies at the City University of New York's Graduate Center, concluded that there were 5.5 million Jews in the United States.
Episcopalians: Observant readers of these lists may notice that the Episcopalians appear on the list of largest denominational families, yet the Episcopal Church (the only Episcopalian/Anglican body of a statistically appreciably size in the U.S.) is not listed as one of the largest religious bodies.
Also, many American Muslims are new immigrants and do not have phones, or are reluctant to participate in phone interviews, due to their alternative legal immigration status.
www.adherents.com /rel_USA.html   (6535 words)

  
 The American Ethnic Cookbook For Students — www.greenwood.com
The American Ethnic Cookbook For Students is especially recommended to members of specialty dining clubs whose menus celebrate ethnic cuisines.
Covering the cooking of Native American tribes, old-stock settlers, "old immigrants" from 1840-1920, and the "new immigrants," no other cookbook describes so many different ethnic groups or focuses on the American ethnic experience.
Arranged alphabetically by ethnic group, each chapter consists of a brief introduction to the ethnic group, its food history and ethnogaphy, followed by recipes, with step-by-step instructions, techniques hints, and equipment information.
www.greenwood.com /catalog/OXEC.aspx   (293 words)

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