>I once corrected a Mexican that he too was a North American. That was an interesting conversation. He was complaining about those norteamericanos (North Americans). Some people in the Americas who speak Spanish do not wish to be associated with the word North American.
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>Reality takes many forms! :)

Well, I couldn't convince Mike that Israel is an asian country, and that Natalie Portman is therefore an Asian-American. He somehow agreed that Dave Matthews is African-American, or at least didn't complain about that one.