Extremely annoying- my family is from South Africa and I have explained this at work and I just get this blank look on people’s faces. The headline sounds ridiculous and the meaning becomes convoluted. Should I be called European American? European-African-American. At least we could then differentiate between Mexican-American and Central American American and not conflate statistics in every state in the US where the FBI’s top ten are all considered Caucasian or white and they are all from South of the once US Texas - Mexico border.
yea I get the same blank look too when I try and explain that not all Africans are black , and not all African Americans are black.
If the US Govt wants to label black Americans as Africans then they should be a check mark for white African Americans too.
I hope you’re getting all the perks associated with being an African American ... I had a friend in high school (1970’s) that was from South Africa .. I think he filed all his college apps with the “AA” box checked. I’d love to be in your situation ,, I’d be filing lawsuits left and right if I didn’t receive “positive discrimination”.