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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know a white guy who was fourth or fifth generation from South Africa (Boer). When he filled out the application he clicked ‘African American’ not really understanding it was a racial identification instead of a nationality (so he claimed).

When the schools found out they were furious and threatened to put fraud alert on his records to all schools but they eventually sorted something out. [/quote]

He is African American.[/quote]

No he isn't.  African American = descendants of Africans brought to the US as slaves.  [/quote]

Exactly! That example the pp mentioned is fraud. The reason slave descendants are African American is that almost all cannot identity with a pinpointed African country. Newer immigrants from Africa can check Black but they would be labeled Somali-American, Nigerian American or in the case of the fraudster South African American. [/quote]

It’s not quite this cut and dry.  I’m black biracial, born here to immigrant parents.  I grew up in a black neighborhood, went to an HBCU, etc.  I identify as black/AA with ancestry from my parents’ home countries.  I know plenty of folks with similar situations—born here or moved here as kids, but not descendants of slaves (at least not slaves in the US) who also identify as AA.

Identity is complicated and can also change over time (e.g., identifying more with one experience/part of your ancestry, but growing to identify with another part later on—I know black/white biracial people who’ve had this experience).[/quote]

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