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Interesting: By that definition (which is very appealing, especially the "Irish" analogy), a Nigerian-born American would not count as "Black" but as "black"?
by dctoedt 3y ago
Interesting: By that definition (which is very appealing, especially the "Irish" analogy), a Nigerian-born American would not count as "Black" but as "black"?
- tptacek 3y agoIn theory yes? In practice I'd imagine all African folks in America would be called "Black" --- in the same sense that we're not at all careful about whether we call me "Irish" (which I half am) or "Slovak". But yeah: what you're trying to recognize with the capital is the distinct, uniquely American constructed ethnic identity, the ethnicity of the blues, of the Harlem Renaissance, of the AME church, of cornbread and grits (a great example, because you only get it by mixing African influences with Native American influences).