Exactly what is an African-American? How many generations removed from Africa must you be before you are an American?
I am not an (Whatever)- American. I am an American. I don;t know or care or give a rats ass where my great great great great grandfather came from. Didn’t know him it doesn’t effect me.
I am PROUD to be an American. There is no other Country in the world I would rather be a citizen of and live in.
In the US we use the one drop rule.
But, many blacks define it as having been thru the American Black Experience, which excludes Obama and modern day immigrants from Africa or the black Caribbean.
Myself, I'm a card carrying member of the Mayflower Society.