If a person is from South Africa, and he's/she's caucasian (South Africa has an IMMENSE caucasian population), and he/she moves to the U.S. is he/she African-American?
2006-12-01 14:59:39 · 20 answers · asked by mrtoddanson 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
YES
2006-12-01 15:01:15 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Actually, South Africa has a relatively small caucasian population (only about 8 percent) and white South Africans are called Afrikaaners, but no they would just be called white in the good, old U.S. of A.
2006-12-01 23:16:46 · answer #2 · answered by princezzjin 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. They are South African. If an American moved to France they would still be an American.
If a South African obtained American Citizenship they would be an American, just as if an American gained French Citizenship they would be French.
It depends on what country you are a citizen of. I think you're confused between Nationality and ethnicity:
An African American is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa.
The American assumption is that if a person is black, native English-speaking and living in the United States, he or she is African American, but that is not what the term means.
2006-12-01 23:01:44 · answer #3 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes they would be and they would be a Real African American, as would anyone who is from Africa but moved to America and decided to get citizenship here , no mater what their skin color is. There are white Africans all through out Africa not just in South Africa.
2006-12-01 23:04:43 · answer #4 · answered by Spread Peace and Love 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
He moved from Africa...yes..just like Irish American....Italian American..etc
2006-12-01 23:03:01 · answer #5 · answered by babo1dm 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think for that to apply you have to be born in America, otherwise your just a Now-American-African. ?-?
I think the whole systems messed up. That's a good point you brought up.
2006-12-01 23:03:56 · answer #6 · answered by Al Zuchini 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Enough of these politically correct labels already! We should live in a world where ethnicity should be overlooked and political correctness doesn't exist. We're human beings and that's all there is to it. Political correctness annoys me too much.
2006-12-01 23:52:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't care where any of my forefathers or ancestors were born. I'm an American 100%
We need to drop the hyphens and just be Americans.
2006-12-01 23:01:43 · answer #8 · answered by Eldude 6 · 8⤊ 0⤋
No, he/she is not. African American refers to the race, not the place you're from. Even if you come from Europe, if you're black, you're african american. Even if you come from Africa, if you're white, you're caucasian.
Technically, sub-saharan Africa never had a population of white people. It's the Europeans who invaded those countries during colonial times, but originally they're not from Africa. If your ancestors are white, then even if you're born in Africa, you're not african-american.
That's just my opinion. I can see why some people think you'd still be african-american if you're white but born in africa.
2006-12-01 23:03:16 · answer #9 · answered by Maus 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
I was born in Kansas, does that make me an Kansas-American, I think not, if your a citizen of the US your a American plain and simple.
2006-12-01 23:06:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
thats an interesting question that i dont know the answer to. i suppose you'd be a South-African-American.
2006-12-01 23:00:59 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋