Theres a white couple that moves to Africa and lives there for 5 years. On the 5th year they have a white child. The family lives in Africa for 18 more years. When the child is 23 he moves to America. Is the child considered African American?
remember he lived in Africa all his life...
2007-01-04 07:09:38 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
It's why I've never fully understood the weird mixing up of racial and continental/national 'titles'. I guess that technically the child would be Nigerian or Egyptian or whatever citizenship he was born into, but his race would be 'white'. I guess he might have duel citizenship anyway if his parents were from America so he may just be an American who was born in Africa who also has citizenship in an African country. Once he moves to America, he should just be a white American.
What if the white couple had moved to an Asian country? Would the child end up being Asian American? the whole thing is annoying.
2007-01-04 07:26:36 · answer #1 · answered by Pico 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If the child becomes a citizen of the US, then yes, they woudl be considered African American. If the child is born in Africa, the childs nationality is African.
P.S... African American's are those who migrate from Africa to America.
2007-01-04 07:36:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO he'd be white. Lets say that the couple moved to china and had the child there. Would the child be considered Asian-American??? No. When we say we're african-american its a way to show our ancestry and origin not place of birth b/c most aren't born in Africa. Or even put it in the perspective of Mexico or a latino country. The white child wouldn't be considered Latino-American b/c his ancestry is not of that country!! But i liked where you were going with this question!!
2007-01-04 07:27:04 · answer #3 · answered by sparrowbird06 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
No. He is not american by any means. More likely he would be African.
But,
I guess whatever the white people in south africa consider themselves would be what the kid would consider himself.
2007-01-04 07:19:33 · answer #4 · answered by Marcus S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More so than anyone else who uses that term, at least he has been to Africa. Too bad most of these people have little or no common sense or grasp of basic skills in logic.
2007-01-04 07:29:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i imagine it truly is a cutting-edge global sort. i imagine individuals have become dumber specially fields like Math, technology and technologies, even as fields like banking, finance have remained unaffected. I studied computing gadget Engineering in a school in Nigeria for decades earlier I got here round to a US college, and my own adventure (and my grades) practice that the coursework is clearly various degrees a lot less stressful over right here contained in the U.S. similar statements might want to be made even as evaluating coursework in India, China and Japan. on the different hand, there's a continuing mind drain from global huge to the U. S. contained in the technology and math fields as thousands of folk migrate from international places like China and India to the U. S. to commence new lives in step with annum, so I dont imagine the U. S. will lose its technological aspect for some a lengthy time period a minimum of. in truth, take a walk by the school of Engineering homes of maximum faculties contained in the U. S. and u will see a dominance of Asian students (even as China receives their act thoroughly mutually, its over=)
2016-12-01 20:05:44 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but he could say he was FROM Africa.
2007-01-04 07:14:13 · answer #7 · answered by Earnesty_in_life 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-01-04 07:20:36 · answer #8 · answered by Nish 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, what's so tricky about that.
2007-01-04 07:49:04 · answer #9 · answered by glow 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, that would make him white.
2007-01-04 07:12:44 · answer #10 · answered by No Kitty Cat for you!!! 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋