"African-American" are citizens of the United States who have total or partial antebellum ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa. The reason we use an entire continent (Africa) instead of a country (e.g., “Italian-American”) is because slave masters purposefully obliterated tribal ancestry, language and family units in order to destroy the spirit of the people they enslaved, thereby making it impossible for their descendants to trace their history prior to being born into slavery. Some people just don't know what they call a "label" is, she's in denial. All of us are labeled by our ethny/racial background, if you Google a random famous person, you will find this: Michael Jackson, Afro-American (African descent/Black people)....Sylvester Stallone, American people of Italian descent (European/White).....Jennifer Lopez, American people of Puerto Rican descent (mostly Spain)....George W. Bush, American people of Dutch descent (European/White). Latin people born in America are called Hispanic or just Latino and the Black Latinos are called Afro-Latino because their ancestors and race is Black, Black people originated in Africa, there are also Afro-European, Afro-Caribbean, etc. She insists that she's not African-American, she just come across as someone who is denying her identity and roots, that's the problem with some African-American, they get mad if you call them African/Black or whatever name has some Blackish connotation, is that simple word that hurts them, i mean, of course you're American but also African, just like most White people in America are European.