15140, RE: Defining race on OKP Posted by Zesi, Tue May-08-01 03:44 AM
I think one important part of race that we sometimes forget is that it is a system imposed from without, one that needs societal change and not individual. It privileges some and puts down others.
So I don't think white people could ever claim being black, black as they may act, because in the end, they still receive privileges the "whitest" black person could never get.
It just BES that way sometimes.
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