Am i african american?

LottieM
Sat, 03 Sep 2011 22:38:46 +0000

This is a real gray area. Your father is African. Egypt is an African nation. Therefore, you might be ok in saying you are African-American. However, Egypt has a complex geopolitical history. Cleopatra was Macedonian-a direct descendant of the blonde, blue-eyed Alexander the Great- ie Greek- and the Greeks ruled Egypt for centuries. Egyptians, Copts, Greeks, Jews, Arabs, Turks- all comingled in Egypt. I do know that when I was in med school, there was a girl who had put down African-American as her race (she was half Turk/half Egyptian) Med school classes are small and everyone knows everyone’s business. This student was more involved in Muslim/arab organizations and did not even join the African American med student group. Other African American students were pretty upset with her and we all knew what she had done to get in…