Affrilachian

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• Affrilachian — (af.ruh.LAY.shun) adj. Relating to an African American who lives in Appalachia. Also: Afrilachian. Affrilachia n. Example Citation: Frank X. Walker gets credit for coining the word Affrilachian a decade ago. He was attending a Southern Writers… …   New words

• Crystal Wilkinson — Crystal E. Wilkinson Born 1962 Hamilton, Ohio Occupation Author Crystal E. Wilkinson (b. 1962) is an African American writer from Kentucky and founding member of the Affrilachian Poets, a writing collective based in Lexington, Kentucky …   Wikipedia

• Amanda Johnston — (1977 ) is an African American poet. She was born in East St. Louis, Illinois and currently resides in Round Rock/Austin, Texas. A [http://www.cavecanempoets.org Cave Canem] Fellow and a [http://www.affrilachianpoets.com/ Affrilachian] Poet,… …   Wikipedia

• Nikky Finney — (born Lynn Carol Finney on August 26, 1957 in Conway, South Carolina) is an award winning American poet, and the Provost’s Distinguished Service Professor of English at the University of Kentucky.[1][2] An alumna of Talladega College, and author… …   Wikipedia

• DWB — abbr. Driving while black when a car is pulled over by a police officer for no other reason than the driver is black. Example Citation: Many young (and not so young) men, black or brown, know what it s like to be stopped by a police officer for… …   New words

• Race — Affrilachian de policing diversity fatigue DWB flying while Muslim hyperwhite linguistic profiling …   New words

• hillbillying — (HIL.bil.ee.ing) pp. Emphasizing one s rural or humble upbringing. hillbilly v. Example Citation: They said that in Texas there s an expression. It is called hillbillying. And when Bush hillbillies, that means he is charming you and he s being… …   New words

• racial profiling — (RAY.shul proh.fy.ling) pp. Detaining, questioning, or arresting a person whose race is part of a profile of traits that allegedly identify the most likely perpetrators of certain crimes. Example Citation: A room full of senior police officers… …   New words

• redlining — n. The practice of refusing to serve particular geographical areas because of the race or income of the area s residents. Example Citation: At first, the Federal Housing Administration, the arm of the U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department …   New words