My apologies, you are right, sadly I have met some but that it just me. I
am bowing out of this conversation.

Bill


In a message dated 7/5/2012 7:33:07 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
hwedh...@cox.net writes:

Bill,

Please refrain from generalizing about what "many  Americans"
think, or do not think.  I've lived in the United States  of
America for nearly 69 years, and have never met a single
American  who thinks Africa is a country, and not a
continent.  Such  generalizations are just as inaccurate as
the term African American.  :-)

John

John Zimmerman
Mesa, AZ


On 7/5/2012 5:33  PM, runolf...@aol.com wrote:
> African American in considered by some as  a race but
> anyone born in Africa and now in America would fit that
> description. Not all people from Africa are black. That is
>  where some confusion can come in. Many Americans think
> Africa is a  country, it is a continent, of many nations
> and people. It comes down  to education, accuracy, and
> being proud of who you and your family  are. I have family
> members that try to recreate our family, drives me  crazy.
> I go for accuracy.
> Bill
> In a message dated  7/5/2012 5:11:33 P.M. Pacific Daylight
> Time,  ronaldbern...@bernfrin.net writes:
>
>     David is  the second person that has commented on this
>      thread, saying that people need to be careful not to
>   "confuse" race with nation of origin.  This  totally
>     baffles me as to how anyone wouldn't know  what the
>     difference between a person's race and  their nation of
>     origin. American and South African  are nationalities.
>      Caucasian is a race.  How  would someone confuse the
>     two?  Japanese is a  nationality.  Asian is a race.
>      Again, how do  you confuse the two?
>
>     Ron  Bernier
>     Sent from my iPad
>
>   On Jul 5, 2012, at 7:26 PM, David Abernathy
>   <da...@schmeckabernathy.com
>      <mailto:da...@schmeckabernathy.com>> wrote:
>
>>   Only some of them (census) had contained  race.
>>
>>     Also one needs to careful as  to what is a race and
>>     not a nation of  origin.
>>
>>     Sent from my Kindle  Fire
>>     In God We  Trust
>>
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