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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have an Egyptian friend (middle eastern, not black) and she marks "African American" on everything. She concedes that she's more African than most blacks in America.

America has a problem with race obviously. [/quote]

On one of the threads on DCUM, I mentioned that Egyptians were Africans but was told they were actually Middle Easterners as an ethnicity.[/quote]
I think Egyptians are North Africans not "Africans".[/quote]

North Africa is in Africa. You can tell because it's called North AFRICA.

MCPS offers these choices: white, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, black or African-American, two or more races, American Indian or Alaska Native, native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander. What is the most appropriate choice for somebody from North Africa? Beats me. Does MCPS offer "other" as a choice?

Also, as a PP said, Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity, not a race. MCPS should not conflate the two categories.[/quote]
It's confusing. Some north africans look white, some look Hispanic and some look black :?  How about black Asians? They are Asians, right?[/quote]

Actually no, that part is not confusing. If North Africans say they're white, then they're white. Because I classify myself, and you classify yourself, and President Obama classifies himself, and people from North Africa classify themselves. The question is, what category would a North African pick who does not consider themself white?[/quote]

Unfortunately, a person can self-identify, but largely, it is about your skin color/features.  I saw an interview with Tiger Woods once, and he identifies himself as he is - part black, caucasian, navtive american, asian.  But a black guy said about him, you are black and people will see you as black because of your skin color.
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Well if they didn't prior, they began identifying him as such after that golf club flew through his sUV window.  [/quote]

Nope. The interview was way before the club thru the window incident.  It was when he first became big on the scene.[/quote]

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