My little sister just came up to me and said "am I not black?"

@Invocations it doesn't make you not black because you have another race as well lol. Multiracial would also be correct, but that doesn't mean that you aren't ALSO black. The issue Is he corrected her even though she was already correct, and frankly nobody else should be trying to correct her on what her race is anyway, unless they know her well enough to be informed on the topic and her family. He said she is not black when she very clearly is lol. I didn't turn it into a big deal or a real issue, but it's still not correct. And people should educate themselves on such things before trying to make corrections, or simply not correct those they don't know that well if they are unsure.

@Lucyy Sounds complicated. Why is it offensive to you? What’s her other race? Technically you aren’t a specific race if you’re mixed. You might identify with one race more but that doesn’t make you that race genetically.

@Invocations you are still specific races if youre mixed, you're just more than one. So if you're Indian and Mexican. That doesn't mean that you aren't Mexican OR Indian. It means you're both. It would be stupid to go up to someone who's half Mexican and tell them they aren't Mexican when they literally are.

@Lucyy depends on which culture you grew up in more I suppose. So if I’m 1/10th black and 2/10th’s Asian and the rest white and grew up with black adoptive parents would I call myself black?

@Invocations you could say that you have some in you. Going that far back that is not a dominant culture in you. But if your mom is black and your dad is Asian, those are both dominant cultures in your life. Adoptive parents cultures have nothing to do with what culture you are genetically. I was almost entirely raised by a white woman, but that doesn't make me white lol. Just like I have Native American in me, as well as many other things, but wouldn't refer to myself as "native American" because that is not dominant culture. I have some in me, but to try and claim that's who I am would be a reach and most likely just an attempt for me to try and link myself to a culture that I'm mostly cut out from anyway 🤷 like when white people try to say "I'm black" because they have .05% African in them. They do not grow up facing the same discrimination and oppression as black people, so there will always be a disconnect there. But with such a dominant part of the culture being largely what you are, that is clearly part of you and something it makes sense to identify as. It has something to do with common sense. I have Irish in me too, but that doesn't mean I would claim to be white. Because anyone who looks at me can plainly see that I am not. Literally just don't correct people on what their culture is because they more than likely know their background much better than anyone else.

@Lucyy Adoptive parents cultures have nothing to do with what culture you are genetically - I think you mean ethnicity. Yes?

I'm black" because they have .05% African - African is not a ethnicity though. Lots of races are African.

Im a little confused. So if your dad is white and your mom is black, what would you call yourself then?

@Invocations In one word, mixed. But that doesn't equate to me not being either. But white is not an ethnicity either 🤷 so it would be black and whatever my other parent was- be that Russian, English, etc. It would be easiest answered by saying "my mom is black and my dad is *whatever*". I have connections to both ends and was raised with both. I understand it can vary based on culture. But that doesn't mean your ethnicity is any less part of you. People are not simply "mixed" without also being Included in that culture because that would then mean that they themselves have NO culture if having parents of different cultures excludes you from either. It's nobody's place to comment on it and argue what someone's culture is. People need to mind their business 🤷 is all I'm saying. She wasn't wrong In what she answered and should have not been corrected. Because being black is part of who she is. Having a parent with a different ethnicity does not change that.

@Lucyy thank you for explaining how you feel. I understand what you’re saying. In the end race is a social construct? So why even define it?

@Invocations because it connects you to culture and some races face different opposition and obstacles that others. Maybe one day it won't matter as much, but as long as we live in a world of prejudice and discrimination, it does. And people don't want to lose their culture, either. For some born into a different culture than their ancestors, race is all that connects them to their roots. Like, I was adopted, so race is a big deal to me because it's all that connects me to my past. And a lot of people of color were forced from their homeland generations ago, and race is their only connection to that culture.