Are Whites from Africa, Africans? (state, document, considered, own)

[leonapol]

It's very simple. An African is a person who is a citizen of an African nation. An American is a citizen of the USA, and so on.

[ELR123]

Yeah, obviously, depending on the context. That person's heritage may be Dutch or German or Irish, but he/she is an African.

This is why I tend to prefer using white or black in the context of skin color anyway.

[Katarina Witt]

My Caucasian friend from South Africa, who has become a US citizen, calls herself an "African American", just to be snarky.

[Wapasha]

Originally Posted by NJBest

Yes. Dave Matthews is African.

so he is an African-American

[sean1the1]

I have met some white Africans before and i think they are called Afrikaners they are the ones that came from Europe. Also they are extremely proud to be African more proud then any of the black Africans i have ever met. They love their Continent and they will defend it if it comes down to it. That also brings me to the term African American shouldn't that term refer to people who are first or second generation Africans. People who are born in Africa or if there parents are born in Africa. The Africans that move here those are African american. The black people who are decindents from slaves that brought here long ago shouldn't they just be called black american the same we address white people as white Americans.

[Winter_Sucks]

Originally Posted by Kenneth-Kaunda

White people born and bred in Africa - are they Africans or not?

I'm thinking of places like South Africa and Zimbabwe.

What is their status?

Technically we're all African because that's where the first humans evolved.

[Lucario]

Originally Posted by Packard fan

I'm an American 1st; I say I'm "Irish" in quotes but that's a nod to where my family's from, nothing more.

So there is a problem when Diaspora Africans do the same thing?

[Zimbochick]

This discussion is somewhat futile. No one can control where they are born, their race, nor the actions of their ancestors. You can't go back and change history.

What one can control are thoughts, words, and actions. Those are the most important things in ensuring that abhorrent past injustices against people based purely on race or ethnicity are never repeated.

[Mensa130]

Originally Posted by Lucario

So there is a problem when Diaspora Africans do the same thing?

They don't put "African" in quotes and seem to want to distinguish themselves from other Americans.

Look at the census forms - "Irish" Americans have to identify as being White, but a black person can call themselves African-American.

Why the double standard?

Hyphenated names are stupid.

[L'Artiste]

yes their nationality would be African..
Nationality, race and ethnicity are different things