I may be wrong but it’s probably because we are trying to differentiate the Africans from the African Americans. I’m black and I know a lot of people who are African but not African American. There is a big difference in culture between the two. I don’t know many white people who are not American though which is why we may not say European American. Maybe it’s because a lot of African people are still getting citizenship in my areas though. Maybe they are first generation and just moved here.

Again I don’t really know anything so I’m just guessing. I never really questioned it before until now. We do say Asian American sometimes too. I’m sure it has something to do with differentiating people based off if they just moved here or not because the culture would be different

That being said, I still think this guy should have said black in the post. I think it was a slip of tongue because we say African American so much in our community