An interesting story relating to a friend of mine who is an Afrikaner.
So, he's blond hair and blue eyed. He is a US citizen. He applies for a job at a major automobile manufacturer in South Carolina. On the job application there was a section that asked you to check the box that most matches one's "racial/ethnic origins". So, quite innocuously he checks the "African American" mbox. I mean, after all, he's from Africa and now he's a US citizen, so "African American" seemed the appropriate box to check.
Fast forward about a year. He gets called in for a performance review and the interviewer in the HR department gives him a strange look and says to him, "Hey, you're not black!"
He responded, "no, I am not. Why would you say that?"
HR: "Well, you checked the box for "African American".
He says: "I am from South Africa. I was born there. My ancestors for ten generations were born there. I am now a citizen of the US and that would make me an African-American."