Is Floyd Mayweather African American?

[Luis12]

i know what you mean man, everyone else should be catogarized as british-american, french-american also if they gonna have african-american, it's just ******, america is just a bunch of emigrants from europe and what not, and the real americans is the native indians, they should just learn to stick to callin them americans

the bottom of everything...

[Weebler I]

Africa didn't exactly have the same "borders" 2000 years ago than they do now.

no doubt, but the term African-American was introduced in modern America, it would seem strange if it were to exclude North Africa.

In fact, white South Africans who move to America can justifiably be considered African-American because I heard of a guy who put that down when applying for a job. He said he got a strange look but they couldn't argue with it because it was true.

[FMJ The Best]

Wow. TS said this was a joke thread on page 2. Cats sure do take racial/ethnic **** seriously around here.

Technically page one if you have it set to view 40 posts at a time.

[Weebler I]

And they're not exempting Northern Africa from the term "African". They're exempting Northern Africa from the term "African-American"

Note that the word is HYPHENATED. "African" and "American", aren't separate. It is a single idea.

so you're saying the term African-American only refers to sub-saharan Africans and not North Africans. Do you have any authority to support that?

also that being the case, it would also refer to white South Africans etc, since they're from sub-saharan area.

[Dynamite Kid]

no doubt, but the term African-American was introduced in modern America, it would seem strange if it were to exclude North Africa.

In fact, white South Africans who move to America can justifiably be considered African-American because I heard of a guy who put that down when applying for a job. He said he got a strange look but they couldn't argue with it because it was true.

What should Joe Cortez be categorized as..............??

[deliveryman]

so you're saying the term African-American only refers to sub-saharan Africans and not North Africans. Do you have any authority to support that?

also that being the case, it would also refer to white South Africans etc, since they're from sub-saharan area.

African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa.[5] In the United States, the terms are generally used for Americans with at least partial Sub-Saharan African ancestry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_american

But white South Africans originated from Europe. Their ancestry isn't predominantly African.

[Weebler I]

What should Joe Cortez be categorized as..............??

a fat wanker

[Dynamite Kid]

a fat wanker

[-EX-]

Wow at 20 pages...

[Weebler I]

African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa.[5] In the United States, the terms are generally used for Americans with at least partial Sub-Saharan African ancestry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_american

But white South Africans originated from Europe. Their ancestry isn't predominantly African.

the key word there is 'generally', it seems that in the US it all depends on who is using the term.

on the white South African point, if they were born and bred in Africa, their father was born in bred in Africa and his father before that, and his father before that, then they sure as hell ain't European, take that from a European