It is that sort of zipperheaded, weasel-worded, mealy mouthed nonsense which is enough to get some people to tell a HR person “No thanks, I don’t want to work here.”
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LOL. That HR person has already figured out they have no intention of hiring you. And not because of your race, but because you likely ooze “I will be a pita”. At least your above comments point me in that direction. Sorry to be so blunt.
Do you really have trouble with the distinction between a racial classification and a place of birth?
I do when one of the words is "African". There are whites, blacks, and Arabic people who have roots on the African continent which go back hundreds of years. Not sure how a place becomes a race, but then I only speak English.
Don't even get me started on how Spanish-speaking descendants of Europeans and Central-American Natives get to be a "racial group" separate from English-speaking descendents of Europeans and North American Natives...
Fractionation of the populace by using relatively meaningless categories to pit one group against the other is the aim, and it is wildly successful at keeping people at each other's throats instead of reserving their animosity for the Government which is screwing them all.
As for being a PITA, I am a consultant, and have a good reputation for calling them as I see them. If that means being a PITA, so be it. It is what I get paid for.