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I accidentally voted yes, and meant to vote no.
South Africa is a former colony and consists of dozens of ethnicity, cultures, and languages. It has 17 official recognized languages.
Some white South Africans are very culturally Afrikaans, and speak mostly Afrikaans. Other white South Africans speak English, and are from more recent European immigrants.
Once a person from South Africa is a naturalized American citizen, then they are Americans. I don't consider them South African Americans, Afrikaans Americans, Zulu Americans, etc. They are 100 percent Americans.
As for racial classification.... The term African American and all other racial classifications has typically been controversial and confusing. However, it is has been about race and skin color, its never been about geography or place of immigration.
But we typically don't find the phrase "African American" as offensive as former terms used to describe the people; nergo and negroid are considered offensive by most modern people, therefore, we are going with African American for now. Mongoloid was another official race people were classified under, and that also sounds offensive.
I personally think caucasian also sounds ridiculous. Why not just say European decent???
Why not just say African decent?
That would make more sense to me.
South Africa is a former colony and consists of dozens of ethnicity, cultures, and languages. It has 17 official recognized languages.
Some white South Africans are very culturally Afrikaans, and speak mostly Afrikaans. Other white South Africans speak English, and are from more recent European immigrants.
Once a person from South Africa is a naturalized American citizen, then they are Americans. I don't consider them South African Americans, Afrikaans Americans, Zulu Americans, etc. They are 100 percent Americans.
As for racial classification.... The term African American and all other racial classifications has typically been controversial and confusing. However, it is has been about race and skin color, its never been about geography or place of immigration.
But we typically don't find the phrase "African American" as offensive as former terms used to describe the people; nergo and negroid are considered offensive by most modern people, therefore, we are going with African American for now. Mongoloid was another official race people were classified under, and that also sounds offensive.
I personally think caucasian also sounds ridiculous. Why not just say European decent???
Why not just say African decent?
That would make more sense to me.