So, if you're a white guy and your parents and grandparents are born in South Africa?

Question

But you were born in the USA, are you AFRICAN-AMERICAN?

Answer 1

No!No!No!No!No!No!No!No!No!No!No!No!No!

Such a person would be referred to as being
a "White American of South African Ethnicity"
-- just as if he were originally from Ireland,
he would be referred to as being
a "White American of Irish Ethnicity'.

Perhaps it would help you to understand that the people who are
part of the largely Multi-Racial ETHNIC group currently being
referred to by the term of African-Americans (AA) are *not* a
'Black' "racial" group and are *not* a "RACE" group of any sort.

In addition, the largely Multi-Racial 'African-American'
(AA) ETHNIC group IS also NOT the same group as
the Mono-Racial 'Black-American' (BA) RACE group.

The two (2) terms are not synonymous
and should not be used interchangeably.

We are *not* speaking of ‘semantics’ here
– but rather – the BAs & AAs really are
two (2) different groups of people.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/991

The AAs are the (largely Mixed-Race) ETHNIC group.

The BAs are the (Mono-Raced) RACE group.

Most AAs are of Multi-Racial / Tri-Racial lineage
while the BAs are of Mono-Racial / Black lineage.

As crazy as it sounds -- the U.S. government
[due to racism & wanting to stigmatize the part
of their lineage that was from Africa which,
by the way, is only one part of their lineage] ---

has labeled those people who are the
"descendents of the survivors" of the
American chattel-slavery system, as being AAs
(the hyphen is used in reference to acknowledging
the fact that most of them are Mixed-Race,
with African & non-African blood lines)

AND

has labeled those people who are
"volitional immigrants" directly from the continent
of African, the West Indies, etc. -- as being BAs
(with the word 'Black' used in reference to acknowledging
the fact that they are of a Mono-racial full-Black lineage).

FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE
THE LINKS LISTED BELOW:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/991
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/1399

:D

Answer 2

YES!!!! You AREEEEEE. That's EXACTLY what I've been trying to tell people about the term African-American. It's too narrowly tailored for people JUST LIKE YOU!!! People who came from Africa but are now living in America. You need to spread your story somewhere on the news so that people could finally get that African-American should not be the politically correct term for black people in America. Thank you soooo much, you just proved my point so true.

Answer 3

Yes. Like the actress Charlize Theron. She's white... originally from South Africa. So, that would make her an African-American now. Your nationality and your ethnicity are not always one in the same.

Answer 4

If you were born here you are an American. If you were not born here but are a citizen you are a Whatever-American. If you are not a citizen at all you are a Whatever. I don't see why this is so complicated for people.

Answer 5

Um, you're a White South African American. lol I don't know this sort of stuff confuses me

Answer 6

That's definitely an African.

Your question highlights how absolutely ridiculous the concept of race in America has become.

Answer 7

Wow you got it all. Your white but you can put African American on the equal opportunity forms. Sweet!

Answer 8

Sure, it's no different than blacks saying they're African American.. They weren't born over there! If they were they wouldn't act up like they do near as much.

Answer 9

why not?

but you should anticipate a lot of blank looks if you use the term.