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There's the fact that not many Americans can name more than 3 countries in Africa. And the ratio of people mentioning "Africa" rather than a particular nation
by ddxxdd 5y ago
There's the fact that not many Americans can name more than 3 countries in Africa.
And the ratio of people mentioning "Africa" rather than a particular nation in Africa is much high than the ratio of other continents being mentioned rather than their constituent countries.
Also, "African American" is a common term; "European Americans" not so much.
- umanwizard 5y agoAll of these imply that Americans know less about Africa than other continents, which is true (and makes sense, since Africa is the poorest continent and therefore has the least impact on contemporary news, is relatively unpopular as a place to visit, etc). None of it implies that we “think Africa is a country”. > “African American” Asian-American is a widely used term, too.