What do you call Black Caribbeans?

Afro-Caribbean people or African Caribbean are Caribbean people who trace their full or partial ancestry to Africa.

Why do they call it Black?

It is called “black” because it absorbs all the light that hits the horizon, reflecting nothing, just like a perfect black body in thermodynamics.

Is there another word for African American?

In this page you can discover 5 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for african-american, like: african-american, afro-american, person-of-color, black American and black.

What does the word African American mean?

Definition of African American : an American of African and especially of Black African descent.

Are Afro Caribbeans African?

People of Afro-Caribbean descent today mainly have between 60-100% African ancestry with their remaining DNA being of non-African ancestries, such as those of European and South Asian or native Caribbean descent, as there has been extensive intermarriage and unions among the peoples over the centuries.

What is another word for Black skin?

What is another word for dark-skinned?

swarthy dark
dark-complexioned dusky
sallow tanned
tan brown
black olive

What is another word for African?

African Synonyms – WordHippo Thesaurus….What is another word for African?

black African-American
Afro-American Afro-Usonian
coloredUS colouredUK
person of color

What is my ethnicity if I am black?

Black or African American Includes persons having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa, including Black Americans, Africans, Haitians, and residents of Caribbean Islands of African descent.