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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Incognita][quote=Anonymous][quote=Incognita]OP I'm not understanding what you mean by being a white woman trapped in a black woman's body. Nothing you have said so far is attributed to either race. Clarify what specifically is it that makes you not black? The type of music you listen to, the neighborhood you live in, nor who you socialize other make you black or white in the way you've described.

I am a mixed race immigrant, I mostly identify as black, I live in a white neighborhood, have mostly white friends, am a nerd, didn't fit in with AA when I first moved here, etc., the list goes on. I have never felt like I was a white woman trapped in a black woman's body. It sounds like you are stereotyping yourself, it sounds really strange. Be careful what you're teaching your daughter, you shouldn't make your identity based on whether you like pop music or hip hop... [/quote]

Maybe because you are a black immigrant.[/quote]

Elaborate [/quote]

How long have you been in the US? Do you view AAs differently from immigrant blacks? OP is AA because she was born and raised here but she doesn't fit in with that group. But as a mixed race immigrant, you do not have that commonality with AAs and your identity probably was formed before you got here. [/quote]

This is OP.  I agree.  The black immigrant experience is very different than the AA experience.  My husband has no AA friends - he just does not relate to the culture.  [/quote]

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