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Re:Hungarian opera singers declaring themselves African-Amer... by toasterlovin on Thursday April 11, 2019 @04:18PM (#19638726)
FWIW, I have never encountered the concept of the "American race". Are you sure it's actually a thing? To me the line from American Dad's theme song seems like a joke (since America has many races).
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Re:Hungarian opera singers declaring themselves African-Amer... by ScottFree on Thursday April 11, 2019 @04:28PM (#19638840)
According to Webster's 1828 dictionary

AMER'ICAN, noun A native of America; originally applied to the aboriginals, or copper-colored races, found here by the Europeans; but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America.

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Re:Hungarian opera singers declaring themselves African-Amer... by toasterlovin on Thursday April 11, 2019 @05:01PM (#19639170)
That's nice, but:

1. It's a definition for the word 'American', not the phrase 'American race'.

2. It's from 1828. I don't think usage from 190 years ago is very relevant. Language changes pretty quickly.

3. That does not match what OP was talking about. They were talking about a further distinction within white Americans. Unless I'm mistaken.

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