How are ethnic groups identified in countries outside the U.S.?

I'm only American on paper. I was born somewhere else and don't really care for the term ________ American. No other countries using that term. I think in the US, people try to think they're politically correct but that's unnecessary. In reality if a black person did something wrong, he's still black. If an Asian person did something wrong, he's Asian. They don't call a criminal "African American", they just simple call them black. For instance if an Asian person like Christi Yamaguchi brings home couple gold medals, she's Asian American. If she's a mass murder, they just call her an mass murder Asian. So just stop it.

In most Latin American countries, people would only refer to your "nationality" (Country of origin) when you are registering certain papers like (birth certificates, marriage, etc.) but almost never they will mention your ethnicity (Color skin, racial features)

I was born in Texas but I grew up in Caracas, Venezuela. That is a very diverse country with a lot of Europeans and Americans mostly because of the oil industry....And if you are from a foreign country that is what you are but no one refers to you as white, black, olive-skinned, etc.. They might say an American or a French man if the subject comes up...

Over there, you are never asked to disclose your ethnicity when you fill out forms and applications like in the States, They only need to know where you were born...

Well, I live in Australia and I have heard the terms Anglo-Indian, Anglo-Asian etc used but not often.

To tell you the truth I don't think we are as hung up on it as Americans. If your Australian your Australian, full stop. It doesn't matter that you ancestors were orginaly from Africa. I bet most of the "African-Americans" have never even been to Africa, as far as I am concerned they would just be American. And why is it that only white people from America get to be called "American"?

Muslim american isnt an ethnic group. Islam is a religion not an ethnicity. Muslim can be of any ethnic group- Arab, Persian, Afghan, Mexican (yes there are muslim mexicans), French.Anyway, I've been in a foreign country with different ethnic groupd but i guess they just call them by their ethnicity. I dont think other countries hyphenate their citizens . =)

In México and all the Latin American countries, we consider ourselves as Americans (incluiding Canadians too), because we are taught that America is the whole continent, not only the USA. To make a difference, we call "estadounidense" to those born in USA.

I was born and raised in Vietnam and became US citizen after living here for 5 years. Am I American? Of course I am but do people refer to me as American or Vietnamese?. I don't think anyone thinks I'm American. I'm still Vietnamese thru' and thru' which is perfectly fine with me. Because of that, I still identify myself as Vietnamese. I like the Australian, they don't really care where you came from. If you live in Australia and have Australian citizenship, you're Australian. That's it.

where I came from Ethnicity is based on country of origin.

So a white guy from america is american, and a white guy from britain is British. etc etc...

It is not based on skin color

in most culture, ethnicity is religion based, as well as origin of the family name based on older national boundaries.