Any person with dark (black) skin in America would be called “African American”. Although the look of confusion on American faces when a thick British ascent comes out of an “African Americans” mouth is priceless.
Thats the danger of trying to assign Nationality on the basis of skin color. Personally, I think calling someone a (fill in the blanc based on apparent ethnicity) Americans is deplorable. In my humble opinion there should only be one kind of American, and that is an American.
It’s beating a dead horse, and just about a pointless point to make. Black’s in America are “African American” even if they are Australian, or Persian, or East Indian and just here on vacation.
Just as a personal point, as a boy I lived for a number of years in Africa, England, and Jamaica, and as a naturalized citizen, I am just a little bewildered with the PC habit of labeling people with black skin as “African American”.
Which is why a cat like Tiger Woods, who is mostly Asian, and maybe 1/4 "black" is "African American" as far as the liberal media is concerned. Unless Nike or Fuzzy Zoeller are around, I've never heard Tiger refer to himself as anything other than a golfer.