What about the Hispanics??

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Hmmm.. So Kimora Lee Simmons must be a test tube baby...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

What about Tiger Woods' parents?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Haven't you seen Rush Hour?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

By "African-Americans", do you mean black people?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Not all blacks are African, and not all Africans are black. If there was an Asian whose parents were both born and raised in Africa, doesn't that make the child African-American? I think I got this from an existing post. If so, I give credit to the OP of said post.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I know. I'm pretty sure that's what this OP meant, though. I don't think they were specifically talking about African people in America. I think that they are under the misconception that you are talking about. That's why I'm trying to clarify. It annoys me when someone says African-American as a replacement for black people an I was going to say to the OP what you just said to me.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

And, no. If there is an Asian whose parents were born and raised in Africa, that makes them African. Or African-whatever country they are a citizen of.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

"African" in "African American" is a racial designation, not a nationality designation. Same goes for "European American" and "Asian American".

by Anonymous 12 years ago

American is not a race. Neither is African American. The races are Caucasian (I say white), black, Hispanic, Asian (I actually think there's another word for this), etc. It is not a race. I am a white person that is also European American.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I know that American and African American aren't races. That's not what I said. Rather "African American" means a Negroid person who lives in America. Since >99% of Negroids are of African descent, the easiest way to say this is "African American" or "black American". Similarly, >99% of Caucasoids are of European descent, so the easiest way to say "Caucasoid with American citizenship" is "European American" or just "white American". I think the word you're looking for for Asian is "Mongoloid". Hispanic actually isn't a race, but just an ethnicity. Somebody of any race can be Hispanic. If someone WAS trying to make a nationality designation, they wouldn't use terms like "African American"and "European American". Instead they would refer to their specific country, i.e. "Kenyan American" or "Irish American".

by Anonymous 12 years ago

This person meant black. I do not believe that the OP was only talking about African people in America. Race and ethnicity are used in the same way. If they weren't, what would the races be? White and black? This post is just a case of political correctness that is unneeded.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

OP probably lives in America, in which case their usage of African American is appropriate. Arguably they were trying to be politically correct by saying African American and Caucasian instead of black and white, but that doesn't make their terminology wrong. And race and ethnicity are often used the same way, but they shouldn't be. As I said, "African American" means a Negroid person with American citizenship, and "European American" means a Caucasian with American citizenship. From your writing, I think you're still confused about what exactly those mean.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

An African is not always a black person. I know somebody that is white and is an African American. The terminology is wrong. Just because that is how many people use it does not make it correct.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Meaning they lived in Africa and then moved to America? In that case, their ethnicity is [African country] American, but they're not African American in the racial sense. They'd be a [African country] American Caucasian, or a white [African country] American.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That is a ridiculous statement. Their entire family is from Africa. It stretches back generations. Their race is white. African American is not a race. The race is black or Negroid. There could be someone who's ancestors are not from Africa. They are not African. However, they could be black.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You do not have to keep telling me African American isn't a race! Every time you say that it makes me question whether you're reading my comments or not. I know that it's not, and we've already clarified that it's not. African American is just a convenient phrase that groups together Negroids who live in America. African American specifies people of a particular race (black, Negroid, African descent, whatever you want to call it) who have a particular ethnicity (American). It does not say anything about ethnicity. A black guy may have lived in England for 40 years and he'd still be an African American the day he moved to America. If a white family lives in Africa, it means that their ethnicity is whatever African country they live in, however their race is still Caucasian, white, or European. After that family moves to America, they are white [African country] Americans. In that phrase, "white" refers to their race, and the other two terms refer to their dual ethnicities. But they are not African American.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

They are still African American. I must not have been paying attention to the part of the comments where you said it wasn't a race. However, they are African (their ancestors are from Africa) American (they are an American citizen).

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Okay. Since there is a small number of people/families who have moved to America from Africa, I suppose you could say that those people are technically African American (although I think it would be smarter to say they are Kenyan American, Ghanaian American, South African American, etc). But I think you should also respect the definition of African American the way that it's conventionally used. You asked the OP "do you mean black people?" and I think you already knew the answer. The common accepted definition of African American is "black American", and you're splitting hairs by bringing up the relatively few people of non-African descent who have moved to America. Wikipedia seems to agree with me, and they cite their sources (read the first paragraph): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That says people that have partial ancestry from any of the natives of sub-saharan africa. When I asked the OP, I was correcting them because I know they were talking about black people in general. This doesn't apply to all black people if they say African American. It's a common misconception to refer to all black people as African Americans and it bothers me.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

lol you have clearly never seen a gang before.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

blasian babies!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

They are the CUTEST.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I have no black friends. All my friends are asian...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You said we were best friends. All LIES.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I...i...uh.....LOOK OVER THERE A DISTRACTION.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

SOMEONE's never watched Hannah Montana before.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

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by Anonymous 12 years ago