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Topic subjectRE: right, which is why there is room for fluidity re: 'black identity'
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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.