Just finished the thought-provoking "Thick" by @tressiemcphd, where I was introduced to the idea of "black American" and "black ethnic".

I applied this concept to faculty hiring in Computer Graphics in the United States. The results are not pretty. 1/ She defines black American in order to: "differentiate black people who were born in the United States from those who were not."

As opposed to black ethnic, where "universities are generally cherry-picking the winners of extreme social stratification in other countries." 2/