with the capital B embracing a cultural and social identity
that is a consequence and result of having lived in a different society
from us continental blacks, who actually dont understand what black as an identity means
(shit, im dinka. there's tribe. that is an embrace of a culture and lineage that the B, who no longer has that
says, well we got a culture and lineage too that we want to distinguish from others
i think that's valid. its not an individualistic claim. its a communal claim.
much like tribe is communal.

>..the concept of race doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
>We use race as a proxy for ancestry/ethnicity...except
>for when we don't.

exactly. in this country it is a proxy for a shared identity - much like we use tribe as a proxy for a shared identity
even when its skin deep. but even within that there are a multitude of sub-communities
black-geechee, black creole or whatever else
and whatever the white equivalent is
so it even ends up not being necessarily skin deep