My friend's father was born in Africa. Does this make him African American?

Question

His dad(and he) are clearly white. My friends grandparents gave birth to him while on vacation Africa. Now he claims that because his dad is African, so is he!I Can any help me?

Answer 1

No, he is not African American, and not only is he not of African nationality, but he is perfectly Caucasian(assuming you live in Europe or US and he isn't Asian)

Answer 2

For his father, If he has American citizenship, yes. I also know of there being African Americans from South Africa. Although technically, the whole human race derived from Africa at some point or another, so in a way everyone in America is African American, but we'd have to draw the line somewhere. I say he is. If he was born in Africa and he's now with American citizenship, he's African American. It makes perfect sense. Anyone who doesn't is clearly confusing being African American with being black. There are blacks in America who aren't African American. They originate from places like the Caribbean, England, and So on.

Answer 3

A person's nationality is determined by the nationality of his/her parents and not by the country in which he/she is born in. Considering that, the father, is the son of white parents his nationality is Caucasian(White).n simply born in Africa but he is not African.Were the parents to be living and citizens of a African country then the father would be African. Many whites have lived in Africa for many generations with the ancestors ages ago coming from Europe and they are African but spelled with a K as in Afrikaner. Your friend needs to ask his parents what nationality he is - for its whatever country they were living in and citizens of while on vacation. My guess he is doing this, wanting to be African American , to be unique in some way but as he matures that will pass. By making a issue of this you are feeding into the uniqueness and the attention. It'll play itself out on its own.

Answer 4

An African American (also Afro-American, Black American) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. Many African Americans possess European, Native American and, to a lesser degree, Asian ancestry as well. The term refers specifically to black African ancestry, not, for example, to European colonial or Arab African ancestry, such as Arab Moroccan or white South African-European ancestry. African American means an American of African descent.

Notice the lack of born in Africa. Additionally African implies an Ethnicity not a Nationality, being born in Africa does not make you African American, Your Father being Black American descended from Africa might qualify you as African American, but Non-Black implies European Ancestry.

So your friend is trying to make himself unique in a world of commonalities.

Answer 5

If he was born in Africa, he is African.

There are white people in Africa. South Africa.

Answer 6

Africa is a continent, not a nationality. Africa is made up of many countries. It's just like when someone is born here, (no matter what his nationality is) that person is an American. Get it?

Answer 7

Yes he is African-American, just as Teresa Heinz Kerry is African- American. However since he knows the country in which he was born it would be more accurate to refer to him as a Kenyan-American or a Libyan-American. Blacks who refer to themselves as African- Americans do not know the country of their ancestors birth.

Answer 8

"Wiki solutions" isn't a bona fide reference. The time period "African American" is NOT suitable to outline black individuals. Africa has individuals of many specific races,and utilising the BS "politically right" declare that "till occasions of exchange and journey" all blacks have been in Africa does not make it "suitable". Actually, it is believed ALL mankind originated in Africa. Should we name EVERYONE "African American"? Like it or now not, there are best three races...white, black, and Mongoloid. "African" is NOT one in all them. Period. Warren S. You are right, I am conscious of that, however Yahoo does not enable (censors) the phrase you used. I attempted it earlier than as good. P.S. Emily I did not "omit it". There are honestly 3 most important races: a. Caucasoid: b. "Black"...the opposite phrase for that is censored via Yahoo: c. Mongoloid "Australoid" is without doubt one of the controversial "races" Australoid: Some individuals name this the "fourth most important race", even as others say that it is only a department of the "black" race. Mestizo: These are the individuals of American Indian (Mongoloid) and Spanish (Caucasoid) descent. This is frequently identified as a race considering of what number of Mestizo individuals there are. Arab: Arabs (Middle Easterners) are supposedly a blend of all 3 most important races, with Caucasoid and Mongoloid being the 2 most important add-ons of the blend. (This is how there are frequently blue-eyed Middle Easterners.) This is frequently categorised as a race for the equal motive Mestizos are. Subdivisions of the most important races: There are fairly a couple of subdivisions in each and every race. (In the Caucasoid race, for instance, there are the subdivisions of "Nordic", "Alpine", and "Mediterranean", despite the fact that so much "Mediterranean" individuals are combined with the opposite subdivisions or with the opposite races.) Usually, nevertheless, there are only a few variations among the subdivisions.

Answer 9

They are not African-American. My baby cousin was born in Japan, because her parents are stationed there in the Marines. She is not Japanese, not is she?? Exactly.

Answer 10

Not even close, he and his dad are both American. His nationality is not defined by where his dad was born.