janklow;3333957 said:
i have this theory that there are many more black guys in the world than African-Americans
But this all deals with the individual's definition of black. At least with many people of african descent that i've met, black has been a term used to refer to african americans solely, and not all africans.
janklow;3333957 said:
so here's the deal: either claim you are black, or don't. because you're doing this thing where you say you're not black, but you look black, but you wouldn't claim to be black, but you're black. maybe YOU need to get a couple of things straight first
I claim to be of african descent but indian nationality, i don't claim to be black because everyone has a different definition of what black is. If you consider black to be all africans, then i have no problem being labeled as black.
janklow;3333957 said:
it's not a matter of how long
Then what determines if someone is "indian" rather than "of indian nationality"
janklow;3333957 said:
if you go back far enough, everyone's black. this is the most relevant assertion!
You know exactly what I mean. The human races are thought to have diverged around 1.5 million years ago. India was settled by black negroids thousands of years ago. They were fully negroid at that point, and there hasn't been enough time since then for "evolution" to have occurred. The reason many indians don't look fully black is because most descend, at least partially, from the many different waves of white groups that invaded the subcontinent.
Also, if you go back far enough, everyone was not black. Everyone was african. The human ancestor had a medium skin tone. From there, the human races either became black, or white, over time.
janklow;3333957 said:
if your theory is that a black guy can't have lighter skin than a white guy, this is not going to always work out
Yes, a 100% black guy cannot have lighter skin than a 100% white guy unless by some fluke like albinism. If a white guy has darker skin than a black guy, either the white guy is mixed with black, or the black guy is mixed with white.