I'm Not Black I'm...

They say you are what you eat, so right now... I'm Mac and Cheese.

r0ck_starr wrote: slayfresh wrote: me being black and saying i'm American first? In this country? like are you forreal? I consider myself American first..because if there was war guess who I'm fighting for. I have no other country to claim. But thats just me I don't know the experience of having immigrant parents and ties to another country.

you don't have to be tied to any country tho.

if canada gets in war and starts drafting folks and hopin on the next plane outta here claimin refugee status.

what are you? - im Nigerian

is different from saying

are you black? - *turns up nose* no. im Nigerian

r0ck_starr wrote: slayfresh wrote: me being black and saying i'm American first? In this country? like are you forreal? I consider myself American first..because if there was war guess who I'm fighting for. I have no other country to claim. But thats just me I don't know the experience of having immigrant parents and ties to another country.

You answered your own question here.

I used to say i'm not black I'm _______ but then I got a wake up call via BHM. Most people who say that aren't saying that because they are not trying to identify with their race, they say that because they don't want to be identified as black american. When you are immersed in your culture growing up, it's hard to relate to people who weren't raised like you. I find it easiest to relate to people who come from similar cultural backgrounds as me. I never think of myself as 'american' first just because I was born here. I have strong ties to my cultural background.

I don't understand why this is a problem with Africans and West Indians but if someone tells you they are latino it's automatically accepted that they aren't really american per se.

they'z confused