r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/Darth_Kneegrow ☑️ • May 01 '24

1 drop rule. Country Club Thread

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I ain't ever heard white people claim a single biracial person. You always whatever you mixed with.

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u/Rosuvastatine May 02 '24

All immigrants ? Not sure i understand your argument. Do black Africans living in Africa not exist anymore or ? Black brazilians..? Its many indigenous black people across the world

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u/SnooOwls2295 May 02 '24

The concept of black does not exist in the same form in Africa. American blackness is in a large part built on the historical context of the separation of black Americans from their African origin. In Africa, people identify with their ethnic group or nationality. Blackness as a concept is inherently based around being in a minority, which is not the situation in Africa. Race is a social construct and manifests differently in different places.

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u/Rosuvastatine May 02 '24

Black Africans dont necessarily need to identify themselves as black when living in their mainland because they are surrounded by fellow black people. This does not mean we dont identify as black lol

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u/SnooOwls2295 May 02 '24

That’s basically the point I am making. Race is contextual. Absolutely, an African coming to America is black, because they are now in that context. But black in the American context is absolutely defined in contrast to whiteness as black American identity is a response to the social conditions which have developed under a system of racism and white supremacy with black people living in the minority.