2 men live in the U.S. The black man born here and the white man born in Africa. Who is the African American?

Question

Ok people, here it is.
Unless you were born
in a country, you can't
say you are OF that nation.
It doesn't matter your ancestors.
That is their title and right.
If you were born in lets say
Portugal and moved here than
your Portuguese American. If
however you are born here and
have Portuguese ancestors you
are then American Portuguese.
That goes for anywhere.

Thank you Tiacola.

Uncledaddy,

Your last four words said it all.

Why do people quote "Wikipedia?"
It's flawed. Why you ask? Because
anyone and everyone can add to
and edit it's contents.

Answer 1

Dory, who doesn't know where Africa is? It's a continent for God's sake, not a city.

To answer the question, the white man born in Africa is an African American of course. A lot of people assume that ALL black people are ok with being classified as African Americans when many of us feel that's it's just a way to single us out. White people aren't called European Americans so why should we be any different. With that being said I happen to agree with you. I am a Black American not an African American. I wasn't born there and have never even visited.

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You're quite welcome =)

Answer 2

I was born in Brooklyn and my parents, (RIP), were from South Carolina.
Does that make me a South Carolinian American or am I a Brooklynite South Carolinian American?
Or am I a Brooklynite New Yorker American or am I a New York American or can I just be an American man?
Oh, I forgot. I'm also what some would call a black man.
Do I have to start all over again?
No wait. I got it.
Since God created man in His own image and likeness, I am a Brooklynite, New Yorker, South Carolinian, American, African, Worlder, Heaven, Creation.
I'm just a man. Born and raised in America.
I guess that makes me an American man.
When people ask me where am I from, I tell 'em, Brooklyn.
And then some want to know what part of Brooklyn,
Then they wanna know were you born there.
Sooo, I guess, most individuals would logically reach the conclusion that your nationality is determined by in what country you were born.
Therefore, the man born in Africa is the African American and the man born in America is an American with African descent.
Like I said tho', I'm just a man.

Answer 3

Regardless of the update in the informaton you gave - the black man is an "African-American" and the white guy would be called a South-African if he was from South Africa. For more on this look at wikipedia's definition which explains the same thing usuing more examples http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_americans because it is a definition of an ethnic group and not a nationality.

Good Luck!!!

Answer 4

Words and labels are what we make them. And, since we have come to call Blacks that live in the U.S. "African-Americans", then the Black man born here is the African American. Not everyone agrees with this, and it is probably a misnomer most of the time. I don't know if you can change the vernacular at this point. Good luck!

Answer 5

An African 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. In the United States the term is generally used for those of black African ancestry, and not, for example, to European colonial or Arab African ancestry, such as Arab Moroccan or white South African-European ancestry.

Answer 6

African is the genetic of blacks. Our hair, skin, lips and more is evidence. White Africans are settlers and are not mixed with Africans. Coloured or black Africans would be African American more so than white Africans. Blacks have an ancestry mainly of African and less of European. White males mixed with key word: "African" slaves, then the offspring married offspring of other Africans. Thus, that is why blacks are not white or European. They are African lineage. Africans from Africa have black to brown skins. Blacks are Africans offspring that have mixed bloodlines (with a little European, some Native American). So, Blacks are African offspring with addmixture of some European and/or Native American.

Answer 7

I suppose the black man born here would be a black american,and the white man born in africa would be a white african............

Answer 8

The white man is an African America...the black man born in America is Black....He is person of original African decent but he is not African American...that is a term that was placed on Black people or people of African decent...maybe to make us feel less oppressed and more equal after we were finanlly allowed to use the same bathrooms as other Americans and sit in the front of the bus.......

PEACE

stay educated

Answer 9

both....the black man born in america is american with african background and the white man is african american. but in the end, people would always assume black people are from africa and white people from america...

Answer 10

This could go either ways. But technically speaking, and to be "PC", the black man born here is the African American. I think, again to be PC, the White man would be a Caucasian African, since their actual nationalities are refered to first before their place of citizenship.
Now, of course, you get all kinds of labels: the Asian American (Asian can refer to over 50 different nationalities alone), the Asian 'Kiwi' (Asian decent but born in NZ), the Indian Australian, the French Canadian and even Moroccan French. It's all about variety I guess.