Does a black person make them an African American? No. There are Hispanics that are very, very dark skinned so the word has lost its meaning, it's not a very concise or proper word to use even today and it wasn't then.

Grier subsequently played similar characters in the AIP films Foxy Brown (1974) Friday Foster and Sheba Baby (both 1975). In 1994 Grier appeared in Snoop Dogg's video for "Doggy Dogg World". Grier occasionally guest-stars in such television series as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (where Pam Grier is a recurring character).

She received an Emmy Award nomination for her work in an Animated Program Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child. She has also been nominated for a SAG Award as well as a Satellite Award for her performance in Jackie Brown. Rotten Tomatoes has ranked her as the second Greatest Female Action Heroine in film history.