Birthplace and Nationality Debates

The cluster centers on arguments about whether public figures like Elon Musk are 'American' based on birthplace, citizenship, naturalization, or residency, often challenging assumptions of native-born status.

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QED US i.e U.S wikipedia.org born american nationality south africa africa hungarian apartheid canada south immigrant

Sample Comments

PerfectElement Nov 9, 2017 View on HN

He or she is probably not North American.

gggmaster Mar 20, 2023 View on HN

How do they know he is from the US?

cubefox Apr 26, 2023 View on HN

I think nobody doubts that he is a US American. He was just born in South Africa.

He wasn’t born in the US, can’t.

MattGaiser Jun 11, 2021 View on HN

I assume that he is not American from the "small country" bit.

selectnull Jul 29, 2022 View on HN

Because he was not born in neither Serbia or the US.

drpgq Jul 11, 2017 View on HN

Technically wasn't his father born in the US?

spullara Jan 24, 2017 View on HN

Looks like he is from Switzerland. Must be different there.

abc_lisper Jul 1, 2023 View on HN

Lol. Not even. What about Musk. He is not born in US

mattwijas Jan 9, 2011 View on HN

I'm Polish born but raised in Canada. Does that count?