Generalizing “African” can do harm to diverse populations in Africa
The
U.S. Census currently defines “African Americans” as referring only to “a
person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa.”. |
Updates & Legacy — Stigmabase is a Canadian Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Initiative. Our mission is to inform about stigma around the world and make the data collected accessible for researchers. Stigmabase is very attentive to misinformation and lists only reliable sources. — The marginalization of individuals or categories of individuals is a too common phenomenon. Millions of people are facing this problem around the world and many complex factors are involved.