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People who are born here don't have anything to do with the culture of their predecessors.
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That assumption is both overly broad, and prima facie incorrect. Most definitions of culture note that it is passed from generation to generation.
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Can't they just be plain old Americans too?
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American and African American have not been defined or proven to be mutually exclusive terms.
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Whatever "culture" they have was formed HERE. Not THERE.
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Perhaps. But that does nothing to further your arguement. Just becuase the culture is not formed in Africa does not mean it is not unique enough to warrant separate labeling. If that cultural heritage is labelled "American," will other cultures that are in America be able to share that label with out mass confusion? The simple fact is that the linguistic distinctions, such as "African American" reflect cultural/ethnic disctinctions in reality.