South Africa is on the brink of martial law/anarchy

[audemarzz]

nikka said "bus park forehead"

 

[JadeB]

How's the situation in SA going on now?

 

[DoubleClutch]

Are Coloureds above Blacks, yes or no?

im confused. I see some South Africans on IG who are clearly black by USA standards call themselves coloured.

Aren’t coloureds just blacks who aren’t fully African? Like a lot of light skinned African Americans here would be considered “coloured” in SA

how can they be better than black?

 

[Rev Leon Lonnie Love]

im confused. I see some South Africans on IG who are clearly black by USA standards call themselves coloured.

Aren’t coloureds just blacks who aren’t fully African? Like a lot of light skinned African Americans here would be considered “coloured” in SA

how can they be better than black?

Lack of education on these topics is the reason why we read replies like this one. Just cause someone has a non-pink skintone does not make them black. There are many people in American you call "black" but arent even close to being that. A good example is Kamala Harris (Indian mother and half-indian father, but still called a black woman ). Coloureds are a mix of asian+indian+caucasian. A very small percentage of them may have some black genes due to someone in the family having babies with a black man/woman. Outside of that, they genetically different and in physical appearance. You got Americans calling people like Chris Brown's baby mama black when she's 100% Thai asain. That kind of confusion from lumping everyone into the "African American" category does not exist in other parts of the world where is clear distinction of a black person vs the "others".

 

[DoubleClutch]

Lack of education on these topics is the reason why we replies like this one. Just cause someone has a non-pink skintone does not make them black. There are many people in American you call "black" but arent even close to being that. A good example is Kamala Harris (Indian mother and half-indian father, but still called a black woman ). Coloureds are a mix of asian+indian+caucasian. A very small percentage of them may have some black genes due to someone in the family having babies with a black man/woman. Outside of that, they genetically different and in physical appearance. You got Americans calling people like Chris Brown's baby mama black when she's 100% Thai asain. That kind of confusion from lumping everyone into the "African American" category does not exist in other parts of the world where is clear distinction of a black person vs the "others".

I get what you’re saying but I know a light skinned black person who clearly has African blood vs a mixed Indian/puerto rican/white etc like Bruno Mars or something

and I see some people with black parents calling themselves coloured

 

[Khadafi1982]

im confused. I see some South Africans on IG who are clearly black by USA standards call themselves coloured.

Aren’t coloureds just blacks who aren’t fully African? Like a lot of light skinned African Americans here would be considered “coloured” in SA

how can they be better than black?

Remember that free people of color in the United States used to see themselves above blacks. Until whites kind of forced them in a way to be with blacks and blacks embraced them, there was going to be that buffer class between whites and blacks. The race stratification builds over times. As the French martiniquais, guadeloupéen, Haïti. We all know the Dominican Republic “I ain’t no black” by now. And the kings of that bullshyt, Brazilians with their 451 shades of races in census.

 

[Khadafi1982]

Lack of education on these topics is the reason why we read replies like this one. Just cause someone has a non-pink skintone does not make them black. There are many people in American you call "black" but arent even close to being that. A good example is Kamala Harris (Indian mother and half-indian father, but still called a black woman ). Coloureds are a mix of asian+indian+caucasian. A very small percentage of them may have some black genes due to someone in the family having babies with a black man/woman. Outside of that, they genetically different and in physical appearance. You got Americans calling people like Chris Brown's baby mama black when she's 100% Thai asain. That kind of confusion from lumping everyone into the "African American" category does not exist in other parts of the world where is clear distinction of a black person vs the "others".

Well said!

 

[DoubleClutch]

She’s a well known artist in SA.

Basically is she considered black or coloured?

maybe an actual South African can answer this.

 

[World'sFinest]

She’s a well known artist in SA.

Basically is she considered black or coloured?

maybe an actual South African can answer this.

Are both her parents black?
If not, she isn't.

 

[DoubleClutch]

Are both her parents black?
If not, she isn't.

I dunno but What if one of her parents/grand parents is mixed and she came out light skinned?

so someone with 1 black parent is considered the same as an Indian?

so Stephen Curry would be considered coloured?

 

[Rev Leon Lonnie Love]

I dunno but What if one of her parents/grand parents is mixed and she came out light skinned?

so someone with 1 black parent is considered the same as an Indian?

so Stephen Curry would be considered coloured?

yes, all the above are non-black people with some black ancestry. Usually the family may try to pass them off as black if they grow up in a community of black people but everyone usually knows the deal. The physical features are a dead giveaway most times.

Imagine a south african with green eyes claiming to be black and everyone just letting that slide like its possible

 

[World'sFinest]

I dunno but What if one of her parents/grand parents is mixed and she came out light skinned?

so someone with 1 black parent is considered the same as an Indian?

so Stephen Curry would be considered coloured?

Here's the thing, Black people can be light skinned without any non-black ancestry.

 

[The Solid One]

Here's the thing, Black people can be light skinned without any non-black ancestry.

I don't know why you responded to these idiots.

 

[Rev Leon Lonnie Love]

I don't know why you responded to these idiots.

ThESE replies were not based on skintone but genetic makeup.

 

[The Solid One]

ThESE replies were not based on skintone but genetic makeup.

AfrIcan descendants/Black people come in different genetics, especially AfrIcan Americans.