To what extent do everyone who lives in Africa called an African even if they are not Black?

Question

Blacks, Indians and Whites or even Coloureds are granted an African identity.To what extent is everyone who lives in Africa called an African.Plz help?

Answer 1

peace be upon you
we want stop saying white and black.
people from africa married people from europe make new generations carry new colours ( genetic interference).
not all people live in africa black ,some of them white and others tan and its degrees ,but they live in africa so they are african.
person live in Sudan , Sudan in Africa , so this person is african.
Do you know , Egypt present in africa and part of Egypt (Sinia) present in Asia .

Answer 2

Some Black people are uncomfortable being regarded as such, but they make up a minority. In any case other groups have just found it easier to avoid using the color term at the expense of cultural sensitivity. Not all Black people have the same culture. I'm not even sure how the term "African American" became popularized as it never took immigrant Black people into account, even though it would be more appropriately applied to first generation Americans from Africa. It's caused a lot of confusion, but not many people speak up about it. I facepalm anytime I see Colin Powell referred to as African American when BOTH his parents are IMMIGRANTS from Jamaica. It's a total slap in the face of his cultural heritage as far as I'm concerned. There is a shared experience of being Black in America but that does not necessarily equate to the same culture. This is why I'm disappointed by Afro-Latinos who don't speak Spanish, because most of them live their lives ethnicless and get the African American label, furthering perpuating the issue of Afro-Latino invisibility in the U.S.

Answer 3

everyone who has citizenship in a country in Africa, would be considered African. The issue only gets convoluted in the states, because ever dark-skinned person in the US is socially construed as an African-American, even though they may trace their most immediate heritage/citizenship to non-African countries, while Caucasians from the continent are not considered African-Americans.

Answer 4

Well just like in Australia everyone who is a citizen here is called Australian because they are. If you live in a country and are legally bound to that country, you are of that country's origin. My husband is coloured and he is 'African' because that is where he was born.

Answer 5

Probably to the same extent that everyone living in America - no matter their color - is called an American.

Answer 6

Anyone from Africa is African.
Anyone from Asia is Asian.
Anyone from Europe is European.

It's a regional differentiation, not a racial one.

Answer 7

To be African is a designation of nationality. To be African American is a designation of ethnicity.


eth·nic·i·ty
NOUN:
Ethnic character, background, or affiliation.
An ethnic group.

eth·nic (thnk)
ADJECTIVE:
Of or relating to a sizable group of people sharing a common and distinctive racial, national, religious, linguistic, or cultural heritage.
Being a member of a particular ethnic group, especially belonging to a national group by heritage or culture but residing outside its national boundaries: ethnic Hungarians living in northern Serbia.
Of, relating to, or distinctive of members of such a group: ethnic restaurants; ethnic art.
Relating to a people not Christian or Jewish; heathen.

NOUN:
A member of a particular ethnic group, especially one who maintains the language or customs of the group.
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Answer 8

It's the same as everyone living in Tennessee are called Tennesseans, regardless of their color.

Answer 9

if the person has ridden a zebra.