What makes a black person, "black"?

[Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha]

You're black if society views you as black.

Black people the only race that allows outsiders to tell them what they are

 

[luckyse7enz]

It's all a wash and pointless conversation, because the same black people that tell a person that they're not really black due to their personality or interests will go out of their way to present an entirely different case as to why that person IS black if they make it a point to agree with them.

"You're not black enough to identify as black."

"Okay, I guess I'm not black according to you."

"Oh...you're not black? Wait till that wake up call."

"Wait...what?"

 

[Mandarin Duck]

pitiful go on and get the last word in you predictable ass nikka.

*incoming "b-b-but your in a thread you dont like" reply for the umpteenth time*

How you gone edit this

posting on the coli is the only time I ever get attention from someone

But you have more post than me and I've been here for 3 more years than you
The irony

 

[MischievousMonkey]

What does this mean?

If a black man grew up in a white suburb he's black as long as all the white people there consider him black?

Exactly. Race is a social construct.

 

[Mandarin Duck]

Black American culture is what dictates blackness in the mind of most people. Food, music, language, etc...

The closer you are to that, the culturally blacker you are.

So your blackness should be defined by the food you eat and music you listen to?
I'm just trying to get a better understanding of what several different people consider black.

 

[Somebody]

Having black parents makes you black. All this culture stuff has nothing to do with it. Otherwise people like Rachel Dolezal would correct in saying you can indentify as black. Be trans racial and all that other bullshyt.

But speaking culturally
You got white people out there who think they “blacker” then the cliff huxtable types because they listen to 2chains. Obviously that was bullshyt. Acting according to sterotype does not make you culturally black either. You need to remember, Our culture includes black people of all ages. White people dont even realize that 80 year old black person has different interests than 20 year old. They’ll learn everything about trap rappers thinking they a part of black culture meanwhile not knowing who the fukk Marvin Gaye is. They’ll cook up some fried chicken thinking they know black cuisine meanwhile not knowing what the fukk hoppin johns is.

I fell like too often definitions of black culture is limited to the culture of black teenagers. Specifically hood teens.

all that empirically black shyt is for the birds tho to an extent. thats how u get the peter rosenbergs thinkin they got say cause they studied us. rosenberg will try to pull the card of an 18 year old kid from the hood who has all the credentials in the public eye just by existing so he can feel like he has the clout to tell nicki minaj that starships isn't hip hop.

 

[Rollo Goodlove]

Black is a term given to african americans

 

[Neuromancer]

Having black parents makes you black. All this culture stuff has nothing to do with it.

What else needs to be said?

 

[JDH]

ur opinions do


Clarence Thomas is not black imo

I thought u was gonna kill urself

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Racism has dummies believing you needed to be raised in poverty and remain uneducated to be authentically "black"

Racism didn’t have a lot to do with it, but certain nikkas that despise the black undesirables actually did..... Real racists don’t give a fukk about your degree or bank account

 

[Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha]

Exactly. Race is a social construct.

Race is a social construct?

Tell that to sickel cell

 

[wastedmermaid]

Being black makes you black. No matter where you live, your hobbies, friend, whatever your still black.

 

[Deuterion]

Racism didn’t have a lot to do with it, but certain nikkas that despise the black undesirables actually did..... Real racists don’t give a fukk about your degree or bank account

Yup so true. The African-American in a suit and the African-American with the sagging pants are exactly the same to true racists. They’ll pull both you out your clothes and have you working in the field again if they had their way.

 

[lurker emeritus]

not certain
but rest assured, the criteria will be different next year

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

not certain
but rest assured, the criteria will be different next year

Real shyt