I'M NOT BLACK!!!!

im not sure if there had been a post about this b4 since im fairly new, but how do u feel about people who have haitian, jamaican, belizean, dominican, or whatever ancestry who appear to look black but hate it when people refer to them as such? is that such a bad thing? personally im imparital because i understand both sides of the argument. this girl i knew looked straight black but she was really of mixed ancestry. so whenever someone referred to her as black she made a big hoopla about how she is belizean and nigerian and she is not black. is it our fault that we cant tell your race by the way you look? should we start off random conversation nowadays by saying: "hi my name is ominy and im black and native american. whats your name and what are you?" is the issue of race really as taboo as it seems? what do u guys think?

i think it's hella fresh to rep where you from if you know it because their are millions that don't have that privilege BUT i also think that those who do not want to be limited to that category should be more patient.

Ms. Megan is hitting on all cylinders, today. Ethnicity and Race have two different definitions. Race is about skin color and physical features, while ethnicity is about your cultural background. Whether you are Brazillian, Belizean, Haitian, Jamican, Cuban or whatever, if you have BLACK features, then your race is black. That is Hispanics how they have come to displace us as the largest ethnic minority, yet blacks are still the largest group among racial minorities.