The African American community has been the object of several studies in social sciences, mainly in sociology and psychology. Among the aspects studied from African Americans, identity is one of them. Identity is defined by Ritzer and Ryan in The concise Encyclopedia of Sociology, as the way people think of themselves. In others words, cultural identity is how one expresses his or her individuality or group affiliation. For African Americans, cultural identity could be perceived as the way African Americans express their affiliation to the black group which is a race, and to the African American group which is an ethnicity. It appears that race and ethnicity play a critical role in how one thinks, feels, and behaves. Race and ethnicity have
