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Correction, Elon is African from being born in South Africa and became a naturalized US Citizen in 2002, so he is African-American!
He's also a Canadian citizen, so actually he's a Canadian African-American.
p.s. LS Jaun, I was being sarcastic with my original post (#2), hence the .
Yup. According to some though, you have to be a descendant of a former slave to be a real African-American. They're just really hung up on that aspect.
See post 37. She grew up in South Africa. Thus the British accent.
Missed that - thanks.
British and South African accents are similar but still distinguishable. She sounds more British than South African, but maybe I'd pick up on it if I heard her say more than a few lines.
Correction, Elon is African from being born in South Africa and became a naturalized US Citizen in 2002, so he is African-American!
He's also a Canadian citizen, so actually he's a Canadian African-American.
p.s. LS Jaun, I was being sarcastic with my original post (#2), hence the .
You do realize that being white born in South Africa does not qualify for the PC term "African-American", correct?
As a related side note, there was a case of a white South African who put down that they were African-American on an application. When he was awarded the position and showed up he as told he was no longer accepted because affirmative action allowed him to be chosen, under the assumption he was black.
That was one of the most stark cases to show how racist the program of affirmative action is.
Since South Africa is it's own nation, he likely would be called a South African-American, if you desired to classify someone as a hyphenated-American.
Movie star Charlize Theron is South African , accents American now but she can also speak fluent Afrikaans , saw on a chat show once when she was asked to speak it .
Yup. According to some though, you have to be a descendant of a former slave to be a real African-American. They're just really hung up on that aspect.
Nope. We just aren’t about you forcing other identities on us. Not everyone of African descent in the U.S. is an African-American. African-American history has nothing to do with some of us. Get over it.
No wonder when he applied for a $1 billion government loan, he got it immediately.
Other electric car manufacturers didn't get anything.
He is paying it back and USA is reaping the benefits.....meanwhile, the stupid, idiotic, moronic, retarded Dumborats is planning to give away $1.7T with nothing in return. The Demonrats are certainly on the path to a total wipeout in 2022/24.
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