Just wondering. If you're white and born in Africa and become an American citizen, are you African American? I mean my black ass has never been to Africa and I'm still referred to as an African American

White people born in Africa are not ethnically African. There are thousands of ethnic groups in Africa, and there are ethnic groups that are not black, but not a single one of them are white. They descend from European colonisers and are therefore ethnically European. African is not a nationality. It’s a term that refers specifically to indigenous Africans. Nationality and ethnicity are two different things. A white person can have an African nationality, so they can be South African or Kenyan or Zimbabwean or whatever, but that does not make them ethnically African.

In other words, no, they still White

Giving me mean girl teas with this dumb question

Uhmm, white Berbers from Morocco and Algeria would technically be African American (no, they're not European, they're actually indigenous Africans), but not really because they're white. I think African-american just refers to black americans.

Obviously not. but a white person can be African.

African-American is a flawed term.

No and I think it's annoying af when people attempt to categorize White people "from" Africa (usually it stems from some smart ass trying to challenge something intended specifically for disenfranchised and underprivileged minorities) as such knowing good and well that is a racial and ethnic categorization for natural born or naturalized Black Americans with indigenous African ancestry.

White South Africans have European ancestry, so no.

It is -- I think it should be exclusively used as an ethnic grouping and not a race. The interchangeable use does cause confusion and leaves the floor open for nonsense like this.

I know a white girl named Dejannaye.

So a white person from Africa isn't allowed to say they're African? Cool

No, because all white people originate from Europe so despite being born in Africa, your ancestry would still be European. You would be a European African (also known as a White African) who gained American citizenship.

yes tbh

African and African American are two entirely different things.