Didn't we just have a situation that was posted here a few months ago where a white student from an African nation insisted on calling himself African-American, and got into trouble for doing so? I think he is in high school now and tried to get an affirmative-action type stipend.
Yup. Just a few weeks ago.
"Didn't we just have a situation that was posted here a few months ago where a white student from an African nation insisted on calling himself African-American, and got into trouble for doing so?"
Yup. Check out the first 4 threads listed here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?s=white+african&ok=Search&q=quick&m=all&o=time&SX=403ce328400558dc2c8ab912494cd83c2bf0e2a2 Personally, I don't see why anyone should complain about Teresa Heinz calling herself African American, since she *is* from Africa and is a naturalized American citizen. Using the phrase "African-American" as a euphemism for black is just plain silly, since (i) not everyone in Africa is black---in fact, most North Africans are not black, (ii) there are plenty of blacks who are not even of African descent, such as natives of New Guinea and Australian aborigines, and (iii) millions of blacks are neither African nor are they U.S. citizens---so do we have to call then African-Brazilians or African-Canadians? If black Americans want to distinguish themselves from blacks from other countries, they can just refer to themselves as "Americans," period.