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There is a difference between a qualifier, a modifier, a specifier, a constraint, and a declaration of ideological membership. That distinction matters when we use the word Black. In the American context, Black refers to Black Americans. “Black American” is not simply the random combination of a color and a nationality. It names a historical […]

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I want to play a game. I’m going to name a university, tell you a little about it, and ask you one question: Is this an HBCU? University #1 This university is located in Nigeria. Its student population is overwhelmingly Black. Its professors are overwhelmingly Black. Its administrators are Black. It has educated generations of […]

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The framework’s basic unit is not a race, population label, or document. It is: A specific proposition about a particular person, cohort, or population, in a particular place and time, made by an identifiable source under a particular political, legal, linguistic, economic, and social regime. No historical label is permitted to establish ancestry, birthplace, legal […]

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