This may sound strange, but if you are white and born in South Africa, and later on you became a citizen of the US. Does this make you an African-American?
2007-12-03 04:36:38 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Doesn't sound strange at all. That's why I don't use the term. Moreover, my niece's friends is Black but from Haiti. That makes her a Haitian American or an African-Haitian, but not an African-American.
2007-12-03 04:41:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Hi,
I my opinion I consider the whites in South African Afrikaans who have been there for 400 years an African tribe all in themselves although African American is supposed to mean black Americans. Actually the semantics of this term is rather interesting. About 7 months ago a South African wrote to this forum and said he had successfully got a student loan or scholarship from a foundation that helps African Americans get financed for post graduate work in university. He played quite cleverly on that technicality don't you think?
Mike
2007-12-03 12:53:50 · answer #2 · answered by Mike K 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Of course it does. A German- American had ancestors that came from Germany, Italian- Americans had ancestors that came from Italy. A person from South Africa is an African- American in the U S and he doesn't owe anyone any explanations
2007-12-03 12:43:58 · answer #3 · answered by nekhbet 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. People who live on the North Coast of Africa are African Americans but are not black either.
2007-12-03 13:43:35 · answer #4 · answered by Dr Jello 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anyone born in any country in Africa that becomes a U.S. citizen is considered an African American.
White, black, oriental / asian, etc...
Its where you come from and your heritage... not your skin color.
2007-12-03 14:50:30 · answer #5 · answered by sweetblueyes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It makes you South African-American
The girl from Monster is South African-American
Update:: Charlize Theron
2007-12-03 12:39:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Yes, that that would make you African-American.
2007-12-03 12:42:35 · answer #7 · answered by gopher646 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Technically, it may be true that the person is an "African American", but not in the context in which you fronted it. My question to you is how in the world did you just sit around and think about that? Clearly, you have too much time on your hands. No black person in their right mind would not even care about getting an answer to that question, let alone think about asking it. African -American has been used to describe blacks, not whites, over the course of, probably, your whole life, and definitely mine.
The answer is no!
2007-12-03 13:23:39 · answer #8 · answered by Junior 1 · 1⤊ 7⤋
mmm...I think you'd just be an American born in South Africa, hyphens are very ethnic
2007-12-03 12:40:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
yes
2007-12-03 12:39:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋