[rightandproud]

if a white man born in South Africa becomes a U.S. citizen,does that make him an African-American?

Ask Teresa Kerry. She called herself African American during the 2004 campaign because of where she's originally from.

[Fresh Wind]

Ask Teresa Kerry. She called herself African American during the 2004 campaign because of where she's originally from.

Oh, but there's an important difference there. Blacks are African-American, Theresa is an African American. Do you see what the difference is?

It's sort of like the difference between "colored person" and "person of color".

[Hardastarboard]

if a white man born in South Africa becomes a U.S. citizen,does that make him an African-American?

Ask Teresa Kerry. She called herself African American during the 2004 campaign because of where she's originally from.

There was a guy in the news a few years ago that was from Madagascar, as I recall. He listed his "race" as African-American, even though he was white. He was under fire for doing so, since he was white, even though he was technically an African-American (by the strictest definition of the term).