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208081, RE: right, which is why there is room for fluidity re: 'black identity' Posted by 40thStreetBlack, Mon Jun-15-15 02:00 PM
>> >>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 > >black in that regard is more of a cultural identifier than a >racial one - which is why people like Rachel Dolezal claim >association with that cultural identity - whether people deem >it legitimate or not.
it is both a cultural identifier and a racial one. Dolezal claimed associatiton with both.
Still, she likely has more familiarity >with that identity than a continental african - whom by your >own words, "actually doesn't understand what black as an >identity means."
in an academic sense perhaps. but she claimed it as a racial identity as well, which she does not, and can not, have more familiarity with.
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