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[Matthew Best]

He is an African-American as far as I can tell. He's an African, right? And he now has American citizenship. So just as an Italian who gets US citizenship is an Italian-American, Musk is an African-American. He's not black, though, in case you were wondering.

 

[Hercules56]

He is an African-American as far as I can tell. He's an African, right? And he now has American citizenship. So just as an Italian who gets US citizenship is an Italian-American, Musk is an African-American. He's not black, though, in case you were wondering.

LOL!!!



Ok bro, whatever you say.

 

[Matthew Best]

I'm glad we could come to an agreement.

 

[Olmstead]

Well, what do you think the reaction would be if Elon Musk put "African-American" on a job or college application for, cuz he was born in Africa?

The attacks and condemnation would be swift. As it should be.

I think Musk's rationale would be a tad worse, but that's just me.

 

[Hercules56]

I'm glad we could come to an agreement.

We haven't. Your logic, if it is in fact your logic, is utterly absurd. Completely ignorant of American culture and social issues.

 

[Hercules56]

I think Musk's rationale would be a tad worse, but that's just me.

Musk= born in Africa.

Momdani= born in Africa.

Neither of them are African-American.

Why? Cuz African-American is synonymous with black African.

 

[Matthew Best]

We haven't. Your logic, if it is in fact your logic, is utterly absurd. Completely ignorant of American culture and social issues.

You say that, but you haven't pointed to a logical flaw.

 

[Guybrush Threepwood]

Musk= born in Africa.

Momdani= born in Africa.

Neither of them are African-American.

Why? Cuz African-American is synonymous with black African.

What? All black people in Africa are American now? That's going cause ICE some interesting quandaries.

 

[Matthew Best]

Cuz African-American is synonymous with black African.

 

[Hercules56]

What? All black people in Africa are American now?

 

[Matthew Best]

I'll say.

 

[Safe-Keeper]

What? All black people in Africa are American now? That's going cause ICE some interesting quandaries.

It gets even more complicated when you factor in that they're also Turkish.

 

[Hercules56]

It gets even more complicated when you factor in that they're also Turkish.

Who is?

 

[Olmstead]

Musk= born in Africa.

Momdani= born in Africa.

Neither of them are African-American.

Why? Cuz African-American is synonymous with black African.

One of them is actually part of a racial minority in the US though, hence the other would be a tad worse.

 

[Jack by the hedge]

Indians do not consider themselves to be black African. Momdani was clearly playing games on the college application because he was born in Africa, so he made believe he was racially African.

Its fraud.

You're tinkering with the wording again. The category he ticked was not black African. You're pretty obviously the one playing games here.

 

[Hercules56]

One of them is actually part of a racial minority in the US though, hence the other would be a tad worse.

Yes, he is a person or color. But he aint black.

 

[Hercules56]

You're tinkering with the wording again. The category he ticked was not black African. You're pretty obviously the one playing games here.

Lies.

I have been very consistent on this issue.

African-American, is a term made popular in the 1990s to refer to Black Americans.

It does not mean someone who was born in Africa and has American citizenship.

Unhappy about the definition? Think it should be taken literally? Go scratch.

 

[TragicMonkey]

This is very definitely the most interesting thing about this particular political candidate and the impact of his success to date.

 

[dirtywick]

man, you'd think people who are frequently and confidently wrong would be a little more sympathetic to a guy getting checking the wrong box on a form

 

[Pixel42]

Having tried to follow the argument as an outsider, I can only say that I find the "rules" - if such there even are - as to what counts as black or [something] American very confusing. For someone of mixed race, and/or born in one place of parents from another, it must be absolutely bewildering. So I can well understand how someone could get it wrong without intentional deception. But I mainly find myself wondering what the hell difference it makes. Maybe it would be better if citizens of the USA just called themselves American, and didn't waste their time obsessing over which adjective was the most ethnically correct to put in front of it.