> You wouldn't be actually able to define yourself as Afro-American in the US Please see https://www.census.gov/topics/population/race/about.html https://www.c

> You wouldn't be actually able to define yourself as Afro-American in the US Please see https://www.census.gov/topics/population/race/about.html https://www.census.gov/topics/population/race/about.html, and especially "An individual’s response to the race question is based upon self-identification. The Census Bureau does not tell individuals which boxes to mark or what heritage to write in." The "annoying BS" you mention is people's response to that self-identification, not a legal one.