Are Mexicans americans? Is an Eqyptian living in Mexico considered African American?

Question

Are Mexicans americans? Is an Eqyptian living in Mexico considered African American?

Answer 1

A person from Egypt is not considered African American but Egyptian.

The term African American is used only in the US.

Mexicans are Americans in the sense that they are in the American continent (Americas) pretty much like the rest of the countries in the continent: Venezuelans, Canadians...etc.

Answer 2

Mexicans are North Americans, but aren't considered U.S Americans.

Egyptians living in Mexico are Egyptians, but their skin color can be considered black, or "African American".  

Answer 3

Mexicans definitely consider themselves and all others living in any part of the Americas to be Americans ...they are proud to be Americans and it is a unifying term.  Most refer to people from the U.S. as "norteamericanos" to avoid confusion.

Answer 4

Mexicans are N. Americans, as are Canadians. Europeans gave US citizens the moniker "Americans" and it stuck (although now Americans get blamed for it for some reason???)

An Egyptian in Mexico is just called an Egyptian or is lumped into the "Arab" category. If they are very dark, some might refer to them as black.

Answer 5

Mexicans are Americans. Of course we would never be considered USA citizens as we  live in the Mexican United States- Estados Unidos Mexicanos, two different countries located on the same continent.

America is just ONE continent, not three (Northamerica, Centralamerica and Southamerica are just regions). An egyptian living anywhere would still be an egyptian.

Answer 6

that's a good question for the politically correct.

there are many good answers here, but another point to consider is that when Columbus named this part of the world ( it really wasn't his to name), he had not reached what is now the U.S. He was in what is now Latin America. Some people believe that people from the U.S. are the "real Americans"...as if this title denotes the idea that they are better than those from other parts of the western hemisphere, and they, in particular, are not. peace, out.

Answer 7

It has been said, there no is no such thing as a stupid or silly question. I beg the differ, This is a stupid question. Find something more constructive to do with your time.