21. "RE: ADOS...are we being left behind?" In response to In response to 0
> >1. Pan Africanism is a complex identity. I at once view >Africans, Carribeans, Afro-Latinos, and African Americans (re: >"Black") in the US as Black and black. Identity is complex and >its not as simple as US vs THEM and it varies a lot at the >individual level. > One genuine question here and I appreciat you acknowledging the complexity originally -- but how do you delineate and define that Black vs black. Especially in the US and especially on the eastern seaboard -- there has been such a long, complex, and beautiful history between Caribbean and African American culture that has spanned generations now.
At what point might you consider someone Black vs black there before we even talk about "mixing"
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