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[quote=Incognita][quote=Anonymous][quote=Incognita][quote=Anonymous][quote=Incognita][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Black woman here and I find something distasteful in your posts, OP. Not sure what it is, but...not cute. [/quote]
+1 I'm an aa woman who also went to private school, grew up in a white neighborhood, listen to alt/pop/rock and hip hop in equal measure, and have some 'nerdy' interests. Yet I would never dream of characterizing myself the way OP does. [/quote]

+1 To you both. [/quote]

eh.  +1 to the OP for rejecting aspects of the culture that seems to glorify destructive choices.[/quote]

OP has not once discussed the destructive choices that are problematic for the AA community, she has only labelled herself white because she gets along with white people? Does that actually make sense? I am not AA, I do not glorify any destructive choices of ANY community. I share almost nothing with AA culture, I am who I am and capable of having my own identity. I also am broad minded enough to not make generalizations that if OP is not embodying ignorant stereotypes that she is a white.

I am upper middle class, married to a white man and raising a multiracial daughter, and share a lot with OP on interests and environment. I still don't understand her. It just seems silly. I'm waiting to hear if there is something deeper compelling her to see herself the way she does, behind these superficial examples. [/quote]

I'm not OP.  But I do have a question, if you really "share nothing with AA culture", then do you not identify with any culture?  Any at all?  That seems self-denying to me.  There are people you hang out with, people who share the same quirks and likes as you.  That is, by definition, their culture.  Are there no group of people who have the same little tastes (in food, music, sports, discussion topics, etc) that you feel you belong to?  At least OP does feel a part of a culture, even if it is not the one we would guess she would feel a part of due to her appearance.  I think she is very honest to admit this to herself.[/quote]

I identify as black, as mixed race, with elements of my Indian culture with elements of my Latina culture. I do not identify with AA culture because I am not AA. I do not share anything with AA culture because the cultures I was raised with are nothing like AA culture, not sure how that is self denying. My point is being smart, middle class, liking pop or being nerdy has nothing to do with being black or white. You said that your quirks are the definition of your culture, well that is wrong I'm afraid, that is the definition of your personality. And the personalities can be found in many different races.  I am black, I identify as such without embodying anything that people believe to be stereotypically AA.  [/quote]

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