<p>My parents were both born in Egypt. I know that being of north african descent makes you legally white, but can I claim ignorance and just check African-American, since Egypt is in Africa, and I have never really considered myself ‘white’?</p>
<p>Please read the initial posts on the Race sticky thread and direct further comments there, or use the Search function, as this question has been asked many times.</p>
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<li><p>There is a difference between ethnicity and race. AA is a race, not an ethnicity.</p></li>
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<p>The answer to this is obvious.</p>