Current Events > Watching that Netflix documentary about Rachel Dolezal... Question!

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So they talk about how her family adopted four African-American children and they were not trying to raise them as black at all.

Later during an interview a woman is saying that Rachel was just trying to choose a character and play that role, and that she was just filling a persona of how she believed stereotypical black people behave and think.

What about those four African-American children though, would they still be considered black even though they grew up with zero understanding of traditional African-American culture?
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Hexenherz posted...

What about those four African-American children though, would they still be considered black even though they grew up with zero understanding of traditional African-American culture?

Do you consider actual africans black even though they grew up with zero understanding of traditional african-american culture?
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s0nicfan posted...

Hexenherz posted...

What about those four African-American children though, would they still be considered black even though they grew up with zero understanding of traditional African-American culture?

Do you consider actual africans black even though they grew up with zero understanding of traditional african-american culture?

Well that's kind of irrelevant since Africa is rich in culture that has partially been translated into American culture to some extent, but not fully.

I'm just trying to remain politically correct to that end.
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Hexenherz posted...

What about those four African-American children though, would they still be considered black even though they grew up with zero understanding of traditional African-American culture?

Race isn't just something you do, it's also something that's done to you. Black people in majority black areas don't think of themselves as black. They don't call themselves black either. The darker skin color means a lot less when everyone has it. They don't know what any of that means until the move to a place where that concept is a thing. Now you'd have to deal with what those people project on to you, and hope they give you to opportunity to explain that their assumptions aren't valid.

A random person (white or black) won't know how those kids were raised. They'll treat them however they happen to treat other black people in their daily lives. Most of the time, that's not outwardly hostile, but there's still a difference compared to how they act around strangers of other races. If they haven't already learned what it is to be black in America, they'll learn soon.
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this is the stupidest topic ive seen in weeks, because it isnt trolling
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wdlp posted...

this is the stupidest topic ive seen in weeks, because it isnt trolling

Ninety percent of the topics on this board are back to back trolling. Perhaps you'd feel more at home in one of those
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