South Africa Is Diverse?

I have a friend who was born in South Africa and moved to America when he was only a couple of weeks old. He is white  so when he told people that he was South African many people thought that he was lying. It's almost like people though that Afruca wasn't diverse at all.  The reason people thought he was lying is because most people assume that everyone in Africa is black. This shows how uneducated people are about other counties around the world. Just because someone is whit doesn't mean that they aren't African. I think that all counties need to learn about the different culture in the different countries around the world. This would help people better understand everything going on around the world and overall I think it would be good information to know.