It’s a matter of opinion. You have yours and have mine. I don’t fall in line with a narrative because everyone follows it. I have the ability to critically think.

Anyway, you’re just a user on Okayplayer just like I am, and you’re simply giving your opinion. You can’t make a determination on what a person can claim themselves to be, and neither can I. Only thing you can do is agree or oppose it.

There are people who claim to be white for whatever benefit that brings. There are people who claim to be black for whatever benefit that brings, and there are people who claim to be Latin or Asian for whatever benefit that brings. People will do whatever they need to do to survive or get ahead, and that is not limited to any single person or ethnicity.

Also, I’m simply going by the information in the paper that states she never corrected people who perceived her as black , and she just rolled with it, and she was able to benefit from that perception. Now if there is more to the story than what is being reported, then I would definitely reassess the information.

However, since she is Sicilian, and based on genetic evidence, Sicilians have 6 to ten percent North African DNA makeup. Now, regardless if she is aware of that or not, and based on the aforementioned scientific genetic information, and her physical features, her claim does not bother me. I support the one drop rule.

https://www.nature.com/articles/ejhg2008120