Re: Whiteness?

Raymond Brown wrote:
> Similarly would a 'white' Zimbabwean get classified as African-American.
> IF NOT, WHY NOT?
Nope.  Egyptian-born Americans, for instance, aren't classified as
African-American.  African-American basically means an American whose
ancestors originated in Africa [of course, technically, that would make
*all* Americans African-Americans, since humanity originated in Africa
:-)], except for those whose ancestors originated in Northern Africa.

Hmm, it just occurred to me that by the convention of African-American,
Asian-American, etc., Native Americans could be called
American-Americans!  :-)

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