The trivia says he's half African American and half Italian. One parent is Italian and one is from Denmark. How does that make him African-American?
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shareThat's what I was thinking, too.
His mother's from Alabama. That makes her African-American. He was born in Denmark, but he's not Danish.
shareThe term African-American is phasing out, because of your above points. A White guy from Africa can be considered African American. However, in the US it is still a political term to refer to Black people, which is the term I use. I'm Black, and people all over the world who choose to identify as such either say they are Black or Black [this] or just Black. Many people already know they are melanated and so they don't bother going into it, like many Black Spaniard (Moorish ancestry) who know they have that in there, but don't bother so much....unless they feel they are being discriminated against.
Unfortunately not everyone who is Black uses the term, because there is a stigma with being called Black in many places as well. Many want to be associated with the power structure [White people], so they often get away from terms that they think will give them a harder time socially.
I just want to say that I agree with you.
The term African American is--in my opinion--a misnomer. With the exception of our current U.S. president, most black Americans have an insignificant amount of African blood, as 90 percent of us are mixed with either white and/or Native American. That said we come in all different colors ranging from very dark to very light. I think the racial term "black" is far more encompassing.