What Is Black?

Yeah when people say Ethiopians/Eritreans etc aren't black, I ask, well what are they? And they said fake black people. Lmao maybe there are trolls in real life too.

I don't necessarily agree with the features bit that you spoke about... Like I'm black and many people think im blasian when they first meet me (I'm not). But when they think I am, they still wouldn't disregard me as being black.

If someone thinks small features like small lips, narrow nose, and stuff makes someone not black then they are simple-minded. I guess the same would apply to those who think Eritreans Ethiopians and Somalians aren't black because they have beautiful hair and skin. I guess they assume that black cant be beautiful

But it's probably a history thing that makes people think they aren't black. (I don't know lmao)

Your post was interesting and im happy I read it as soon as I woke up

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Yes, I am asking this question.

After being playfully shunned for "not being black" but shunned just the same out of a conversation some black friends of mine were having today, I asked if they were serious. They then commented on not my skin but hair. So now my hair not being exactly the same as theirs demerits my voice in a discussion about stereotypes of single black mothers?

Firstly, there are some people who look at someone and quickly class them as black because of light brown skin and dark curls or coils in their hair, simply. So you would see in their minds this man:



is seen as black

as well as someone like myself or this person:



While I have no issue with this because the men above clearly aren't white or oriental, I do know there are some people who do it out of ignorance of ethnicity. I also know there are others who would object to the second photo being seen as black. I also know some South Asians, mixed race people and Hispanics regard themselves as black for whatever honest or dishonest reasons they have.

Secondly, there are others who see a slight difference to the "pure African" person such as finer hair or lighter skin or thinner facial features and say that therefore makes them something else.

For example, Ethiopians/Eritrean people and certain Somalians aren't black to some people; others who are exhausted by the debate just bunch everyone together and ignore ethnicity and just dismiss them as black.

I have an issue with both types of people. I can't tell from the former person or the latter person who is indifferent and who is in denial.

Can black people not have variety without someone looking slightly different than the above photo being seen as not black?

Does this man






look like this man


(I googled Italian)

look like this man




look like this man?



No. But they are all seen as white.

Does this woman



look like this woman



look like this woman?




No. But they are all seen as Indian.

Do the women above look like this woman?



No. But they are all seen as Asian.

Is this type of person



or this person



or this person




or her





seen as black to some people?

Is he not black simply because of his eyes?




Well then what about him?



or her?



Now what?

We obviously can't do away with racial categories because it's for some reason a way for the government to identify and survey society. But why is there a stringent prototype to what black is or isn't? It's all dividing and conquering and I'd prefer not to participate in that.

When you apply light skin or light eyes or soft hair as not being black to your definition, you will find it doesn't work. So what exactly is it? There are people who become severely depressed or self hating because they aren't accepted as something racially all for the confusion of what a race is.

I myself feel Ethiopians and Eritreans and Sudanese and Somalians to be black, I just feel mixing or indigeneous traits of one tribe, ethnicity or person differing from another aren't enough to mean you are or aren't something. I'm just annoyed 😩

The term "black" is a social construct put in place to categorise those who fit the phenotype and traits of the Congoid race. In truth black people are brown skinned but still referred to as "black" same as the Caucasoid race who aren't necessarily "white skinned" but still classed as white. It sounds to me that you were friends felt that you weren't "black looking enough" hence why they decided to single you out, but we know that black people are diverse. Some have straight silky hair, some are lighter skinned and others have facial features which are identified more with other races such as the Caucasoid and Mongoloid. In the end we all originated from Africa whether we're black, white or asian we were once one race until the division started.

This guy is pretty black.

None of those colours are actually black, they're just varying shades of brown.

So why black people are actually called "black" is beyond me, though I'd imagine it has to do with the way language has been used and evolved over time ("negro" coming from the Spanish word of the same name, derived from "niger", which is Latin for "black".

Mate, dat is blacker than my cousin Femi

Mate, dat is blacker than my cousin Femi

Mate that's darker than my fiend Magugula Yoro'babua

Interesting! I've had this discussion/argument with people before and it's mainly due to the fact that people who aren't aware of the different types of black people tend to generalise the black person in the dark skinned, broad nosed and nappy headed type when that's not always the case

Now you're just being racist and officially live under a rock because you missed the Attack the Block quote.

Attack the Block, brap brap! Poor Den. Sexiest one and died too young.

well spotted, sista!

here's your reward

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Perfect answer, and your thread is sexy if you know the one I mean ✊<<raised fist emoji if you can see.

Hahaha, how is that racist?

Btw you still haven't answered my question from yesterday

Booyakasha?

You capitalised off what you thought was a racist jab when it was really just an epic movie quote that a black boy said. And you missed it.

You're so perverse. I never said every. Asian is a panethnic term for people who across several different countries on a continent do share the same ethnicity and language. Not every.

Example:

The Han people aren't exclusive to China. They are all over the Orient and Pacific Islands.
The Mandarin language is spoken in several Asian countries.
Polynesian people have Taiwanese ancestry and Han.
Indonesians have Han ancestry.
Religion like Daoism and Buddhism are in several Asian countries while being Asian in origin.
Need I go on to explain why they are all in one group?

Migration is what separates one Asian from another.
Example: In Medan, Indonesia, people of Tamil descent are indigenous to the area.

Therefore Asian is not a race. It does not fit the definition that you gave.

Therefore Asian is not a race. It does not fit the definition that you gave.