would you call a white south african who became an american citizen an "African-American"????

Question

I say YES

Answer 1

I would say yes. And if i was one i would demand to be call one. I wonder can they put African american down on an application. I wonder if I move to South Africa and become a citizen would i be known as a American-African. And I come back to the states lets say 10 years later would myself be known as a African American because i have dual citizenships in both countries. HMMMM

Answer 2

I say yes and no.

White South Africans are originally from Europe and could call themselves Dutch S. Africans for instance. Africans who were forced here by the slave trade have racial and cultural ties to Africa and are called African American. It is just another way of looking at it. In Africa a distinction is made whether they are "Coloured" or not. People view Africa as a place where everyone has dark skin and is 100% *****. The truth is, there is much mixture in various parts of African especially North African and East Africa and also South Africa. Interesting question.

Answer 3

I've heard of people getting in trouble checking that box for affirmative action purposes if they were white, though. If you look, it speaks of 'race and ethnicity'. By ethnicity you aren't considered African.

I happen to think you are more African American than blacks who have been here since before the Revolution, but that is just because I think they've had a long time to come to terms with being 'American.'

Answer 4

Yes, because white South Africans (especially Afrikaners) view themselves as Africans.

Answer 5

i think you will desire to call him African American, or Africaan American to be precise, because of the fact calling people by ability of their usa of foundation would not have something to do with the colour of their pores and skin. we are saying, Irish American, Italian American, Arab American. the explanation why the African people are called after the African continent is by technique of the fact they don't comprehend the place precisely they got here from, yet while a clean immigrant from Sudan or Somalia will become a citizen interior the U. S., they alter into Sudanese American (a number of them are white) and Somali American.

Answer 6

Hell, I was BORN in the US and I define myself differently depending on the situation. I am half Korean and half White (pretty much every Euro country!), but depending on the company, I define myself as one or the other--as do others.

When I'm in a group of mostly Whites, I'm Korean. When I'm in a group of mostly Koreans, I'm White.

Now that I live in Houston, most of my friends are Black and they consider my White, though I consider myself Korean. Strange, eh?

Perhaps if your friends were visiting a bunch of Brits, they would consider themselves American then?

Answer 7

If a person is born in Africa and they are a citizen of an African country - they indeed are "African".

I don't go with the hyphenation of names when it comes to nationality. You either ARE or your NOT one of the two.

Answer 8

I think they would have to call themselves thieves

White British South African American

But I think everyone already knows this.

Answer 9

yes by the way I know some people that are white and from South Africa and is how they been called...

Answer 10

Depends on if this question is about nationality or race. If it's about race, then the person would be called caucasian. If it was about nationality, then they would be called South African.