>>>>>I don´t think so, Portman is israeli-american so technically she is asian-american. Yes, Israel is an asian country.
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>>>>It's a joke - in the video, she's pretending she's a Bollywood princess (i.e. south Asian).
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>>>I got it, the sig was: "Natalie Portman is an Asian American. Dave Matthews is an African American."
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>>>Dave Matthews was born in South Africa, now he is American, so he is "technically" African American, unless there is a Matthews video where he portrays a Zimbawe prince...
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>>What do you mean technically? The expressions are "Asian American" and "African American" exactly because they are purely geographical attributes. So these two truly are what my tagline says, and if they said otherwise on the census, they lied.
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>The concept of Israel being in Asia takes some getting used to, doesn't it?

None whatsoever. It never was on any other continent. The countries don't move from continent to continent, you know.

Another surprise: it's also a country in the Middle East... so be careful with those blanket, pillow and other linen statements.