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Who is black in America? Ethnic tensions flare between black Americans and black immigrants.

The rancor provides a peek into a broader debate about identity in America, raising questions about how a changing black population sees itself and is seen by the majority.

Cynthia Erivo attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination exhibition in May. Erivo was criticized for imitating a "ghetto American accent."
Cynthia Erivo attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination exhibition in May. Erivo was criticized for imitating a "ghetto American accent."Read more(Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)