<p>"dude good question. what if i was born in africa but immigrated to america but i was white. would that mean i can check african american?"</p>
<p>There is a story about a highschool kid who applied for the african-american student of the year award or something and he got in trouble, he was just like this.</p>
<p>What about a black person from Canada?
Well they would probably claim the part of africa they are from, since they probably know(nigerian-canadian?) (the canadian blacks I have met have been more recent immigrants), but if they had to fill in the bubble, it would probably go to Af-Am.</p>