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Can a white person be African American
Suppose a white guy from Africa and a white woman from Africa moved to America and had a baby wouldn't said baby be African American???
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Re: Can a white person be African American
Originally Posted by #number6ix#
Suppose a white guy from Africa and a white woman from Africa moved to America and had a baby wouldn't said baby be African American???
So basically a white south african couple moving to the US and having a kid?
No one would consider them african american. African american is basically black people.
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Re: Can a white person be African American
Originally Posted by MavsSuperFan
So basically a white south african couple moving to the US and having a kid?
No one would consider them african american. African american is basically black people.
Or a white Zimbabwean or Kenyan.
Yes they would be African America, but I can imagine idiotic teachers getting mad at you if you wrote that down on your SATs.
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Re: Can a white person be African American
Can Chinese people be Japanese?
Yes.
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Please clap.
Re: Can a white person be African American
You could call them that if you want but it won't mean the same thing to most people at all.
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Heat|Dolphins|Marlins
Re: Can a white person be African American
No. That's why I don't use it. I just say black. I don't say Caucasian either; I say white.
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Lurker
Re: Can a white person be African American
Technically all humanity originated in Africa and spanned across the globe, so all American's are African American.
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ISH's Negro Historian
Re: Can a white person be African American
Originally Posted by embersyc
Technically all humanity originated in Africa and spanned across the globe, so all American's are African American.
Tell that to half the nation and they'd kill themselves.
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NBA sixth man of the year
Re: Can a white person be African American
The weird bit is that even without considering white people Africa is still a pretty diverse place ethnically speaking. To name another group of people after an entire continent is kind of meaningless.
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Maeru Perinawa Achali
Re: Can a white person be African American
Originally Posted by miller-time
The weird bit is that even without considering white people Africa is still a pretty diverse place ethnically speaking. To name another group of people after an entire continent is kind of meaningless.
Actually Africa is the most genetically diverse. It's funny but there are more genetic similarities between white people and certain sub-Saharan ethnic groups, than between different sub-Saharan ethnic groups among them.
Racism does not make sense genetically speaking
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NBA rookie of the year
Re: Can a white person be African American
clear skin americans not dark skin americans
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Re: Can a white person be African American
My grandmother and my great uncle Butch were born and raised on the island of Jamaica, even tho theyre white. When i tell people my grandmother is Jamaican they always react like
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Re: Can a white person be African American
African American is specifically referring to black Americans. Not just anyone moving from Africa.
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Get him a body bag!
Re: Can a white person be African American
The answer is YES because his parents and ancestry were from Africa.
However, I hate the labels of (insert country here)-Americans. You're either American by birth or by citizenship or you're not. Simple as that.
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