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, [email protected] 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 <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > 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 Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
