tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252942.post217632370907591703..comments2023-06-05T09:19:37.443-04:00Comments on SugarHiccup~Hiccup: The Coveted Color of BLACKCocteauBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11027686937202254934noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252942.post-45725035878121291762007-02-09T16:38:00.000-05:002007-02-09T16:38:00.000-05:00From what I understand, this "Not Black Enough" de...From what I understand, this "Not Black Enough" debate isn't even about skin color, it's about ethnicity. I think it's kind of the way the word "Jewish" has come to be considered, where, yes, someone can convert to Judaism, but he is not "really Jewish." I think this is about removing the connection between Black and Race, so that Black is specific to one very defined ethnicity in the way that "Jewish" is fairly commonly used, because you can "be Jewish" without even BEING Jewish (religiously). I think it's starting to make a bit of sense to me, even though I think the whole thing is absurd. I think anytime something creates an "us and them" mentality, nothing good can come of that.CocteauBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027686937202254934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252942.post-19019228010605882222007-02-09T07:40:00.000-05:002007-02-09T07:40:00.000-05:00Any black friends I've ever engaged in this conver...Any black friends I've ever engaged in this conversation have generally invoked "the paper bag test." If you can "pass white" by being about the color of a brown paper bag, you might not be "black" enough.<BR/>I do not understand the ramifications of all that but I guess I really never could, being a whitey white boy and all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com