MikeRox said:
When did the internet become so hell bent on changing the meanings of words to suit their own narrow definitions? If you don't consider American a race, then I am afraid you are just factually incorrect. |
It's a nationality and not a race. It is not one race or ethnicity. America is comprised of many races and it's a very young country. Because it's a multi-racial country, it has no true ethnicity that defines it like china, japan or africa.
If a black or white person were born in china, they would still be white or black but they would be of a chinese nationality. Sometimes, people will use nationaltiy to define their race.
You're more or less thinking of the old way of defining race. The majority of countries have one race and it matches the nationality of the country. Otherwise known as pure blood countries.
Maybe in a few centuries or more, when the different ethnicities in america have blended to the point where you can't tell me apart, it would be more appropriate to think of american as a ethnicity.
