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<p>No, you are not considered african-american.</p>
<p>I really dislike all of these ambiguous terms.</p>
<p>Yes, African American really shouldn’t be used as a racial descriptor.</p>
<p>I don’t think many people would get offended if they just put “Black.”</p>
<p>This is actually a really interesting question.</p>
<p>First off all, no, I do not think you qualify as African American. African Americans are people of black ancestry who were born in the United States. You are neither black nor were you born in the United States, so you are not African American. However, you are most definitely African (by my definition, anyway). </p>
<p>What I find interesting about this question is the case of a person who was born in the United States, but their ancestors were in Africa for several generations, but they are not black (a classic example would be white South Africans). After so many generations, these people will be culturally (and possibly socio-economically) different from where they racially originated. Should they be considered African American? </p>
<p>Another case that is interesting is the case of Egyptians and Berbers. They definitely trace their racial roots to Africa, but most people would not consider a person of Egyptian or Berben (is that correct?) ancestry born in the United States African American, thus they would could not benefit from being considered “African American” on college applications.</p>
<p>ask your counselor/ the college you are heading to. It’s no use asking on CC.</p>
<p>If I’m not mistaken, they’re asking for your biological race, not your ethnicity. Sorry, bud. Either say you’re Asian or don’t report.</p>
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<p>I could imagine a story like that being true, but, yet again, a move like that would embarrass the hell out of a college. Something as complicated as AA still has the ol’ tidbit of irony here and there. I think a story about a successful case of lying about one’s race and getting accepted would be incredibly interesting. I wonder how the school would respond.</p>
<p>This is just lame…</p>
<p>Do you guys not understand what inb4 means.</p>
<p>obvious ■■■■■ is obvious…</p>
<p>common app says which ethnicity do you identify yourself with (i think) so as long as you identify yourself as african american ;)</p>
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<p>No, that should be native American.</p>
<p>I would say Asian. I don’t think it would matter where you were born. At least, that’s what a teacher once told me.</p>
<p>On a serious note though.</p>
<p>Say you’re Asian but emphasize your South African heritage. I know exactly 0 Asians who were even born in Africa and I know LOTS of Asians</p>
<p>My friend is an Indian-Kenyan who lives in the USA, and our college counselor has said that he qualifies as an African American. I don’t see why you wouldn’t, but I don’t really think it’s worth it to push for that simply for college. It’ll look suspicious.</p>
<p>Umm hell no! Don’t be using my URM hook!</p>
<p>I agree with Tenors. You could easily write about the… uniqueness of your situation.</p>
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What am I? Native American. There.</p>
<p>No, those aren’t complete sentences.</p>