but he's not blackhe's mixed race
that is the point
why is everyone concentrating on the black half and referring to him as if he were 100% black?
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Wed 5 Nov 2008, 7:56,
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that is the point
why is everyone concentrating on the black half and referring to him as if he were 100% black?
Because that's how blackness worksin the US. *Any* visible African heritage == black, which practically can mean anything down to one black grandparent or even great-grandparent, particularly if there are any other coloured ancestors in the mix.
It's a social construct, not one that makes sense.
(It's a social construct, not one that makes sense.
Fronds are waving gently on,
Wed 5 Nov 2008, 9:00,
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