That's a completely uninformed opinion. Black is a culture. Color varies. There are so many color varitions present in the American Black yet such a rich culture that being black becomes more about the cultural heredity that one is born into than the shade of the skin. Those cultural differences can be greater than the skin differences, depending on mixed relationships. Yet the cultural uniqueness lives on. That cultural uniqueness exists in everything from diet, to worship, to family grouping, to artistic taste, to dress, to politics. And so much more.
Very light black people, who are nearly or fully indistinguishable from "white" people inheret the black cultural identity, and therefore identify as American Blacks. The subtle nuances of how this "Blackness" plays out is fascinating and enlightening. It's also fascinating how blacks apply it to some whites, while withholding it from some blacks. Former President Clinton has occasionally been described as the "first black president" due to his affectations, musical taste, sexual indescretion and southern cultural heritage. Plus, he was in the band. Have you seen how white his skin is?
I was once described as "blacker" than Barack Obama by some black friends. They felt that I understood and embraced what it means to be black more than Mr. Obama. And they may have been right, despite the fact that the tone of my skin is so much lighter than his. He is one white azz black guy. But I digress...
I guess despite the dozens of subjects on which you have presented yourself as an expert on this forum .... any grasp of what it is and means to be a black person in the US is totally lost on you. Which is ok. You are a FINN for God's sake. Your population is like 95% blue eyes. There are no blacks in your country. You know so little about blackness.... that you don't even know how little you know. You are like the "anti-Malcom." You are so white, you glow in the dark. You make Pat Boone seem ethnic.
Perhaps this is the beginning of a trend toward people finally shutting you down and shutting you up when you present yourself as the premiere expert on everything in the world. Because at the end of the day, it is primarily arrogance that you have mastered.
Uninformed it is not, it´s called narrowing it down to the basics.
And by the length of your reply it just shows your fears and insecureness so I go and lower myself to the same level.
Lot of your posts also show your uninformness about anything in foreign politics in general, where americans are considered as the laughing stock of the world as the only thing they can hold onto is their guns, at least that´s the picture and the message..just watch the movie Avatar as the latest proof.
Which Obama has adressed perfectly in his foreign politics and toned down it´s presence or need, so is that a bad thing ?
The rest of the world sees USA as a threat to peace and the American history is the proof.
Culture takes a little more time to grow and your definiton about the black culture is so off the mark and prejudiced as one can be.
So you mean these s.c. blacks you state have an own diet clothing music etc etc...at least the DIET doesn´t hold a candle.
Tell me what do you consider Black as seems your lost on that also ?
Where does the culture come from ?
The Caribbiean, Africa or latin America is a valid quetion as sure it can´t be a mix of all.
That would be brushing with a brush called arrogance.
They all have their own cuisine,fashion and musical origins to name a few.
To mix that to be the "American black" takes some time...
So black is just a color on the color chart and should not be mixed with culture which has proper names and defines the heritage in the process.
And yes we do have negroes in Finland, from Africa, the Caribbean and USA.
First of all in Finland it´s illegal to keep statistics on race as on many other European countries...so therefore you can not find any info on specific numbers but I´d say negroes are one of the biggest immigrant groups and have been so for a few decades.
Calling someone black is more racist than I ever could be nor does the word fit my vocabulary..overhere it sounds racist.
And the American Black as culture more so as you portay it.
I admit to the fact that we disagree that Culture doesn´t form up in one or two hundred years.