What am I in America?

thatoneguy

You're a Caucasion African American!
You should tell them they need a new category.

nomadsoul

Sorry to break it to you, but there is no 'clearing it up'. It's a ridiculous, archaic, often insulting and racist system that makes little/no sense. My advice- don't check either box! Check "OTHER", or "Decline to answer", and then let them figure it out/ ask inane questions.

DAR

Someone actually got penalized for saying "African American" "when they weren't", when they were from South Africa. I think it is nuts, but there it is.

Robby's Girl

That's the exact problem with using these hyphenated terms for people! I am white - I am not a caucasian-american. You obviously are white too, but you are from Africa - but because of today's ACLU - we have to be careful not to offend somebody...they tend to think anyone that is black is african-american - and case in point - YOU prove them wrong - because you are an african born white person. So how about just being - american? and white?

SilverPhoenix

Crazy world we live in today.

HELENE S

caucasion is just your color not home country

Mark

Unless you are an American citizen, you cannot be African American. You are a Caucasian African. Welcome to the US. At least you are used to racial strife.

markos m

It is not where you were born, it is what your origin is.

bargod

Caucasion is your race. Africa is where your from.

nursesr4evr

African American refers to ethnic identity, not origins.

Mom madness

Your African.

abyssinia_7

I do the same- but sometimes I put other just to irritate them. However, I would never apply for a job that asked my race off the bat! lol. (BUSTED).

mark j

Technically, you are African American. But these are referring to skin color. So if your kin is white, then you are referred to as Caucasian. Just like a black person is referred to as African american, even though they aren't from Africa. It has nothing to do with what country you are from. It has to do with race.

lucien_kastner

Obviously this question was just asked to illustrate the double standards of racial identity. African-American, although sounding like a term to describe someone from a certain nation, is really a racial term. Otherwise, you should be considered 'African' even though you are white. They really are talking about skin color, but pretending that they're not.

kirdro

Unfortunately, here in america, everything is flooded with attempted political correctness. Personally on my applications I put "prefer not to respond" whenever I can.

â™£Mrs PerSepHonEâ™£

this has sparked so much debate.
typically African American refers to blacks but really, most blacks in the US are not African because we were not born in Africa. i dont know why African Americans are the only ones that have our ethnicity included in our title. you never hear of Italian American, Irish American, Hungarian American despite the fact that these people have never been to those countries.
you are African American rightfully. you were born in Africa and you immigrated to the US which makes you American. You are also Caucasian because this is your race.

fancyname

Caucasion and African American means ethnicity as in white and black. There are many caucasians in South Africa and their nationality is African buy their ethnicity is caucasian.

dogman302007

your a african american dont you have a mirror dont let the man get you down oops unless your one of those white africans then yeah your a white man

BOB the BUILDER of the WALL guy

Your a Visitor to the USA an Immigrant and have run into the USA hyphen of Racism one the very reason Americans are divided
The hyphenated American wishes to be separate from the USA in a group of their own and not become Americans
Really just Traders to America who do not want to be Americans
your one of the few who the hyphen applys, but don't use it become a American when your able not a hyphenated American

One Big Daddy

I doubt it.

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