If a White Person Was Born In Africa and then Moves To The US Can They List Himself As African American?
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That has been asked before. The answer is yes, if they now have US citizenship. I am wondering why you say 'list' however. If you are asking in reference to a college application, business loan, or other situation where African-American grants any advantage, expect both opposition and possibly hostility when you attempt to receive such benefits. Keep in mind that we, in the US, presume 'African-American' to refer to a native-born American of African decent.
122471
no.. you have to be an american by birth, in the united states.. besides would you want an israili or packistani in the oval office???  HELLO..
764884
Blacks do not call themselves Afro-Americans. That's what white people started putting on apps. I don't consider myself an Afro-American nor do I consider myself and African- American. I was not born or raised in Africa nor have I ever been. My mother or father has never been nor have their parents or the ones before them. That's just another way to let others know  they are referring to a dark skinned person.
382434
Race and Color are self identifiable and not challengable by your employer.  To challenge someone who claims African American or White is in itself racial discrimination and harassment.
366522
african or european??
48563
An African-American is a person born in Africa that becomes an American through the naturalization process as regulated by the United States Dept of Naturalization and Immigration, just like the ethnic terms Black, Colored, and Negro, they are all defined as a Negroid person born in Africa according to the United States Census Bureau, and several Federal Courts and Laws. The academic definitions have been altered or eliminated since 1989 to misleading define Afrimericans, but these academic definitions don’t have the value as do the legal definitions, and the Afrimerican Word and definition is the only term/word that accurately, academically, legally, and politically describe and define Afrimericans.
854469
if you are from Africa but being black doesn't necessarily follow as some whites are African too. I would then call myself black Chinese or if I were a humorist maybe chigro. anyhow the point being nationality and race are sometimes two different things.not that this applies in your case as I don't have sufficient info. also if you are African and married Chinese your children would indisputably be Afro-Chinese  racially and not just by country.so their is sometimes a fine line of difference between ethnic by country and ethnic by racial and ethnic by religion or even tribe .\nI would say i was of italian or irish hungarian descent but italians would take exception and i've never been out of the US so I just settle for American as I was born here and like the native american association although I'm officially caucasion which ignores my anscestry. mostly I really prefer the seldom used claim of earthling which includes everybody so far!\npeaceout and enjoy the life!
995970
if you were born in the USA you are an American
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Caucasians in Africa call themselves white or by the  country's name ex: South Afrikaner or Nigerian.  When whites migrate to America they realize it's more advantageous if they call themselves plain old white.  \n\nWon't you do the same thing? Unless you think  blacks have been given too much and need to be be worse off than they are and so you wish to take the tag for yourself just to compete with the - measly - edge you imagine we have. \n\nNo one in their right mind wants to be treated badly and unfairly. I would do the same if I were white too, just so I'll get the automatic privileges whites get.\n\nAfrican American is term reserved for all  blacks - with the option to call foreign blacks by their nationality.\n\nAffirmative Action is less than 40 years, slavery over 400 -you have not yet repaid us in full for those terrible years. Now live with it!!  And I hope when you drop on the floor you never get up!\n\n\nThis is a popular topic in this forum - I'm beginning to realize it's a code to incite.  The people who object to the term African American have no problem calling us the n* word.
647196
Born in the USA, citizen of the USA.
246335
Because if you are white it's unecesary to say that you are not from Africa but from SOUTH Africa. Which is by the way still Africa....nobody here(states) say "I'm from SOUTH- north america"....the question is why you always specify that you are form SOUTH? ....
298582
Just the citizenship.  That person will still have the same nationality as his parents.
1012720
not at all. just somehow you have to be an immigrant of US
91726
I’ve always thought they were trying to go back to their roots and were using names you would find typically in Africa.  Also many blacks have the last name of their ancestors slave owners, so they may be trying to offset their white name with an African name.
584884
Go to the American Embassy in South Africa and ask.
970120
In college, we called our African friends Africans... and they were all black.  Even though lots of Africans are white... so I would just use a generic regional term such as African, Jamaican, Haitian, etc.  And let everyone have to ask if that person is black or white...
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they should drop the "African-American" because I'm just American, but if you must use, then say Black., but for the people who are actually African and came to America to be citizens should keep the name...  same should apply to everyone...