"African American" took off in a big way in the Mid-1980s, but the phrase does go back a little further than that.
He’s British and Pennsylvania Dutch....
Yet born on the continent of Africa....which makes him...an African.
He was born in Africa, and is now an American citizen.
He's an African-American, more so than someone whose family has been in America for hundreds of years.
..and born in South Africa.
“He’s British and Pennsylvania Dutch....”
No. He’s an African born US citizen, regardless of his ancestry.
I have Swedish, English, Scottish and German ancestry, but since neither I nor my parents were born in any of those places, we can’t claim those nationalities.
Elon and his father were born in South Africa, his mother was born in Canada and moved to South Africa.
Elon is now an American - an African born US citizen.
"African American" took off in a big way in the Mid-1980s, but the phrase does go back a little further than that.