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**boiffrona** · 09-11-2011, 09:06 AM

Anyone who looks predominantly SSA, anything else I'd consider a mix. I wouldn't consider someone who is 50/50 as black as I find that a very illogical way of thinking.

Mariah Carey was asked the question whether she considered herself to be black since she has SSA ancestry as well as European, specifically Irish, ancestry. She had a very interesting answer. She said "here in the U.S., I'm considered black, but in other places of the world (such as Africa) I'm considered White". I'm paraphrasing here and going off memory. But the term "black" is subjective and relative.

09-11-2011, 09:06 AM	#39
boiffrona Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 606 Senior Member	Anyone who looks predominantly SSA, anything else I'd consider a mix. I wouldn't consider someone who is 50/50 as black as I find that a very illogical way of thinking. Mariah Carey was asked the question whether she considered herself to be black since she has SSA ancestry as well as European, specifically Irish, ancestry. She had a very interesting answer. She said "here in the U.S., I'm considered black, but in other places of the world (such as Africa) I'm considered White". I'm paraphrasing here and going off memory. But the term "black" is subjective and relative.
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