Why are white people rarely called European Americans but black people are often called African Americans?

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HighValue · Accepted Answer

It is incorrect labeling, which happens a lot in the USA.
If they were born here they are just Americans.
Just like they label Whites incorrectly by calling them Caucasians, when in fact most White Americans are Anglo.
Or when people are called Mexicans, when Mexican is a nationality. If they were born here they are Americans and are usually part Spanish (White European decent) and part Native American (Mayan, Incan, Aztec, etc.)

Our government frequently mislabels things.

Stoner710 · Accepted Answer

Because there trying to be politically correct. Also North Africans are considered white same with eastern Russians which is technically Asian.

now of course it’s all stupid, I don't know why were calling anyone by the country there ancestors comes from 1-500 years ago if your born in America then your an American regardless of race or skin color

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Racism..  Because white people are higher in the social hierarchy, so whiteness is considered the default...

OlderAndWiser · Answer

I want to be called a European American!

jshm2 · Answer

Because most White people aren't European, they can be anything from Scandinavian, Slavic to Russian.

Also, most Americans are actually mixed race and not White.

Most Blacks in American are from the Black African slave trade, and not Immigrants from the islands

TwoToTooTutu2 · Answer

I don't know. And it is wrong. African American refers to someone who is both African and American. Typically a naturalized citizen. A black American is an American with generations in tge Americas with Black skin or skin that is a creol mix of black and others

NamerOfStars · Answer

Because it's considered politically incorrect to call black people "black" (which I can kind of understand; it's factually incorrect, too), but not to call white people "white" (despite being no less factually inaccurate).

Anonymous · Answer

I assume for the same reason black people many times separate themselves from America by referring to themselves as African kings and queens etc. I don't typically see white Americans elevating themselves above their national identity by their lineage.
I realize many being descendents of slaves might have something to do with this.

MCheetah · Answer

That's a good question. I don't know? I personally prefer Black, though. What happens to an "African American" when they leave America? Or a African-decent person born and raised in England?

Bourbon_ · Answer

Cause original Americans are white so the default American is white. But I think Caucasian American is appropriate too

TommyMountainFigure · Answer

There wouldn't be much point in calling me European American seeing as I'm English. Besides, here we refer to African People as just African.

Telekinetic-Potato · Answer

Because everyone who's not white sees white people as one race

Iron_Man · Answer

They are the one that came up with it they want to be called African American

OddBeMe · Answer

True. We should stop calling black Americans African. They’re more American than we are.

IsoUser · Answer

To be perfectly honest I just have no good answer.

In_Trance · Answer

IKR; even the ones born in the US ffs. They could at least get that right; American Africans

KostasKouvalis · Answer

Because "Black" and "Negro" offended them

DWornock · Answer

Because that is what they wish to be called.

Hispanic-Cool-Guy · Answer

It's a way to keep blacks separate from whites.

fireforeffect · Answer

Because of Stupidity!

Anonymous · Answer

Come on. You know why

noohair · Answer

Good Question.

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