Actually he's called 'African American' because his father was from Kenya. Ya know, in Africa.
Just like his Caucasian mother, right? Call him mixed, because that is what he is - half-African, half-Caucasian.
And don't even get me started with the "Latino" nonsense especially when Mexicans and other Central Americans are concerned...in the views of "anglo-saxon" Americans (nowadays almost a minority there, by the way), every Hispanic person coming to the US belongs to a different "race", even when most of them are of European descent.
Admit, guys: the ethnic concepts you come up with are absolutely ridiculous and bigoted. And to say that "black" in the US is a matter of "self-designation" totally, but TOTALLY, disregards what virtually any mixed person thinks about HERSELF (that she is MIXED, not one thing or another). It's simply a matter of respect for your origins, ya know...
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Actually he's called 'African American' because his father was from Kenya. Ya know, in Africa.
Just like his Caucasian mother, right? Call him mixed, because that is what he is - half-African, half-Caucasian.
And don't even get me started with the "Latino" nonsense especially when Mexicans and other Central Americans are concerned...in the views of "anglo-saxon" Americans (nowadays almost a minority there, by the way), every Hispanic person coming to the US belongs to a different "race", even when most of them are of European descent.
Admit, guys: the ethnic concepts you come up with are absolutely ridiculous and bigoted. And to say that "black" in the US is a matter of "self-designation" totally, but TOTALLY, disregards what virtually any mixed person thinks about HERSELF (that she is MIXED, not one thing or another). It's simply a matter of respect for your origins, ya know...