Jacytoon said:

1. Charlize theron would be South African American maybe even Afrikan American if she is dutch.

or European African American? How about Caucasian?

prodigalfan said:

jone70 said:

Except for I think Mani is from Canada, which negates the "American" part.

and just where is Canada?? On the North AMERICAN continent....

Then why aren't Mexican-Americans refered to as simply "Americans?" It's more specific to say Mexican or Canadian.

Whatever -- I don't really care -- I was just pointing out that I didn't think Manuella is from the USA.

jone70 said:

prodigalfan said:

and just where is Canada?? On the North AMERICAN continent....

Then why aren't Mexican-Americans refered to as simply "Americans?" It's more specific to say Mexican or Canadian.

Whatever -- I don't really care -- I was just pointing out that I didn't think Manuella is from the USA.

You are correct, Mexican American is redundant. I know what you were saying... just wanted to point how ego centric we are in USA.

prodigalfan said:

You are correct, Mexican American is redundant. I know what you were saying... just wanted to point how ego centric we are in USA.

Canadians are Canadians. They were born in the Dominion of Canada.

Mexicans are Mexicans. They were born in the United States of Mexico.

Americans are born in the United States of America.

I am a Mexican American. In other words, an American of Mexican descent.

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Bighead said:

prodigalfan said:

Okay now I am confused here. There is a United States of MEXICO?

Yeah. That is the country's official name, "Estados Unidos Mexicanos". It is printed on their money. When speaking about the country they refer to it as the Republic of Mexico. (La Republica Mexicana)

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