The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was Keep (non-admin closure), as per the consensus. Ecoleetage (talk) 00:31, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

African immigration to the United States (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

Due to the fact that the United States Census categorizes African immigrants in the same category as African Americans Im proposing this article be deleted or at the least merged some way under African American. This has been the standard of Hispanics and White Americans. African Americans should be no different. Discuss —Preceding unsigned comment added by Therock40756 (talk • contribs)

• Keep: the US census isn't the only reliable source on this subject and there is probably a great deal of research about more recent African immigrants that can be distinguished from African American history. Randomran (talk) 03:50, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong keep There are entire books about this subject. Zagalejo^^^ 04:23, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, the US census is not the final word. WillOakland (talk) 10:21, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep It's absolutely ridiculous to suggest that foreign-born residents of the U.S. are, by the Census Bureau, "categorized... in the same category" as citizens who were born here. Sorry, nominator, but "African American" is a term that's been used for nearly 20 years to refer to American citizens whom you used to refer to as black, or Negro, or colored. It's not the same as a person of African birth who has come to the United States on a visa, so skip the "merge into African American" crap. Mandsford (talk) 02:48, 31 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong keep If it means anything a government website links to the article [1]. I also think the two groups are distinct. If anything, you might want to put up a link in the African Americans article to this one. The numerous sources in the article illustrate that this is a legitimate categorization. --Yellowfiver (talk) 21:11, 31 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.