Funny isn't it.....My daughter in law is 1/2 white and 1/2 Vietnamese. she ALWAYS checks the Caucasian box...even though had she checked the Asian box...she would have had more opportunities as a minority.
So is she white? or Vietnamese? and i too want to know if you are half white and half black why then are you black?

So my granddaughter is 1/4 Vietnamese and 3/4 white....she is only 8...but i wonder what the world will offer her and what choices she will make when she enters college.

The one positive thing i see in this world is that we become more "blended" all the time...and someday maybe it really will not matter at all....and no one will have to lie or compromise.

So I am curious. If a white person is born and a citizen of Africa and moves to the US and becomes a citizen are they African-American. I would think so just as my grand parents were Italian-Americans.

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I believe the term African American refers to a race rather than a place of origin. You described the person's race in your question.