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Being an African American does not necessarily mean they have duel citizenship. In general, countries define citizenship based on ones descent, place of birth, marriage, and/or naturalization. An example of duel citizenship is when, lets say, an Australian citizen travels to the United States, marries a United States citizen and has children. Those children have both, US and Australian citizenship. The Term African American really comes from the slave trade when Africans were transported by ship to the Americas, in which they became, "African Americans." The African Americans today did not have a choice to be "African Americans" because their ancestors were brought here. Thus, the term 'African American' is not racist in anyway but more politically correct and duel citizenship does not apply to all African Americans.

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