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It can be seen as one depending on the person. Though black people have African ancestry, not all are directly from Africa or wish to be called African as opposed to where they may actually be from (e.g. America, France, Britain, Canada, Australia, etc). The same would be for a white person (or any person, truly) and their European ancestry. To just call them "European" can be seen as an insult since they may have been born and raised in a whole different part of the world and feel they have very little connection to the European continent.

You call people by their name with respect, and if they wish and choose to be called another title, keep it to that individual and do not generalize it simply because they share the same skin color or heritage as another.

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