when you say African's you mean black people from africa or anyone from africa " including white people ?

Question

1. i mean by that the white people who came from Europe to south Africa and live there do you call them African's " in general" ???

2.Another Question in my mind African-American they considered black ? or under what category " in general" i mean when you say African- American what comes on your mind black or white!

this was a discussion between me and someone and we decided to post it on yahoo.

Regards
Muji

Answer 1

1. It depends on the context in which I am using that phrase. When I, personally, just say "Africans," I usually mean anyone from Africa, white or black or brown or whatever. If they are a citizen of an African country, then I consider them to be an African. If I am talking in a historical context, however, I likely just mean blacks.

2. African-American, on the other hand, is specifically meant to refer to black Americans. It is a common euphenism developed to try to describe Americans of black descent because many of them have lighter skin after years of racial cross-breeding. Some blacks prefer it. Some do not. I try to use whichever one is preferred by the audience with which I am talking.

Answer 2

Those BORN in Africa and get USA citizenship should be called African-Americans. Those people who have kids born in the USA have African-American kids. From the 3rd generation on your considered a black american just as a person with white skin is a white american 3 generations on. Basically if your family is in the USA more than 100 years you aren't African. That's something black people like to say to be cool or get ahead on the whole diversity thing. White people born in Africa are Africans of course!

Answer 3

Most people would think of dark skin when they hear the term "African-American"
Technically speaking, ANYONE born and raised in Africa would be considered African...and if they then moved to the USA, they'd be considered African-American...
Also technically speaking, could you call black people "African-Americans" if they've never set foot in Africa and nobody in the last 15 generations or more of their family has ever been to Africa?...Sure, they have roots in Africa, WWAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY back, but also have other ethnicities mixed in over the course of centuries/decades.....

Question for you, would you consider a black person born and raised in China to be Chinese or African-Chinese?

Answer 4

to me you can only be african american if your ancestors were slaves from africa because you have the right to be an american but still an african.africans who are born in africa should just be called africans as should there kids even if they were born in america.Well african american is considered black.

Answer 5

there are white Africans yes (I call them colonials but they have been living in African countries for some time)

I am of the black, ******* race...I call myself (so do many of my people) African American because my country has decided (census anyone) that people need to be classified like Bloom's Taxonomy and I don't want to be called anything someone else made up for me and African sums up where my ancestors came from and American is my current culture and geographic location.

Also, in the past American blacks were taught to disassociate themselves from Africa and it is prideful to use African in the name.

Answer 6

When i say African-American it not only refers to people who came from/born in Africa but also people whose ancestors came from Africa.

Answer 7

Yeah, this has been an argument when you consider that, properly, in all probability continuously. I agree that calling somebody African-American is unusual once you think approximately that we don't call white people ecu-individuals. i think of that it began back whilst slavery replaced into an argument and after that, segregation interior the US. We created judgments and biases approximately those with darker dermis, that's ridiculous using fact there are this variety of super style of colors of dermis available. we ought to continuously all be talked approximately as individuals, and not base our descriptions of people on their dermis tones.

Answer 8

I always think of a black person because they seem to be the only ones that insist on that particular title. It doesn't make sense to me either, but that's what is socially acceptable to them. They've probably never been nor will ever be in Africa. It stymies me too. Hmmmmm? Something to ponder.

Answer 9

I know a number of people from South Africa, I do not think of them in terms of color, tho' they differ from one to the next.
I know that culturally in the US, people think of "african americans" as black...but as with most colloquialisms, it is not a factual term.

Answer 10

My definition is someone who was born in Africa, and came to America.

Charlize Theron is an African-American. Al Sharpton is not.