What is my nationality if I’m Black?

September 12, 2022 Chris Normand

“The category ‘Black or African American’ includes all individuals who identify with one or more nationalities or ethnic groups originating in any of the Black racial groups of Africa.” Example of people from these groups include: African American, Jamaican, Haitian, Nigerian, Ethiopian, and Somali.

What is my nationality if I am black?

Black or African American – A person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa. American Indian or Alaska Native – A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America) and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment.

Is Black British an nationality?

Black British people are a multi-ethnic group of British citizens of either African or African-Caribbean (sometimes called "Afro-Caribbean") descent.

Is African an ethnicity?

The term African [origin] in the context of scientific writing on race and ethnicity usually refers to a person with African ancestral origins who self identifies or is identified by others as African, but usually excludes those residents of Africa of other ancestry, for example, Europeans and South Asians and …

How do I classify my race?

For race, the OMB standards identify five minimum categories:

White.
Black or African American.
American Indian or Alaska Native.
Asian.
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.

For race, the OMB standards identify five minimum categories:

White.
Black or African American.
American Indian or Alaska Native.
Asian.
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.

What is my race if I am White?

White – A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. Black or African American – A person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

What are the 5 races?

OMB requires that race data be collectd for a minimum of five groups: White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. OMB permits the Census Bureau to also use a sixth category – Some Other Race.

What percent of France is Black?

In fact, it is illegal for the French government to collect information about the racial and ethnic origin of its multicultural population on the national census, though approximately 5 percent of the country is black.

What is my race if I am white?

What are the 3 human races?

In general, the human population has been divided into three major races: Caucasoid, Negroid and Mongoloid. Each major race has unique identifying characters to identify and have spread all over the world.

What is my race if I am Mexican?

Hispanic or Latino

Chicano – Includes people born in the United States with Mexican ancestry. States. Many Latinos have come from Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Cuba and/or South America. Mexican – Includes all citizens of Mexico regardless of race.

What is the oldest race?

An unprecedented DNA study has found evidence of a single human migration out of Africa and confirmed that Aboriginal Australians are the world’s oldest civilization.

Are Italians Latino?

“Latino” does not include speakers of Romance languages from Europe, such as Italians or Spaniards, and some people have (tenuously) argued that it excludes Spanish speakers from the Caribbean.

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