Not defending the words of the poster you are quoting but African American is a race not a religion/belief system.
Dating app for Mormons or Atheists would be a more appropriate analogy.
Dating app for Mormons or Atheists would be a more appropriate analogy.
> Dating app for Mormons or Atheists would be a more appropriate analogy.
Of course, both of those exist, too.
It's not the same.
It's true that you can't directly control (though you can influence)) ascribed racial status (the rest of society collectively does that) but, that's true of all ascribed statuses (including ascribed religion, though that's often not significant in modern Western societies.)
By this logic white people raised in certain parts of America are African Americans.