“The national images of racially mixed people have dramatically changed just within the last few years, from ‘mulattoes’ as psychically divided, racially impure outcasts to being hip new millennials who attractively embody the resolution of America’s race problem,” said Michele Elam, an associate professor of English at Stanford University.
Neno “Liberia” linamaanisha “nchi ya watu huru.” Mwanzoni nchi hii ilipokaliwa na Wareno iliitwa Pwani ya Nafaka/Punje. Mji mkuu wa Liberia ulipewa jina lake, Monrovia, kutokana na jina la aliyekuwa rais wa Marekani na rais wa chama kilichokuwa kikiendesha kampeni ya kuhamisha waafrika weusi wa Marekani waliokuwa wameachiwa toka katika makucha ya utumwa Rais huyo aliitwa James Monroe na chama hicho kiliitwa America Colonization Society.