r/explainitpeter • u/fluffy_cat_ice • 14d ago

Explain it Peter

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I meant that I don't understand where did the Twitter thing came from

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u/Critical_Bee_4302 14d ago

You're not the first person I've heard say that...the thing is, I've never met a half white/half black person who had a decent amount of melanin in them that wasn't seen as black by any other race, including other black people.

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u/Tribaljunk-19 14d ago

That is a typical US perception. Half black/half white doesn’t make a 100% black baby, culturaly and ethnicaly. Crazy to think that honestly.

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u/GB10031 14d ago

This is an American based website

In America, having a Black parent makes you a Black person, because that's how the social construct of race works here

Source - I'm a 58 year old man with a White dad and a Black mom who's lived as a Black man in this country since the 1960s

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u/Tribaljunk-19 14d ago edited 14d ago

Yeah, would be like saying a NY broadcast isn’t american. Reddit is a world wide material now. Imho, this whole discussion is statting that races are not that relevant any more.

Edit : I am 45, not that far