Why do some black people claim obviously mixed people as black?

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Black + Black = Black
White + White = White
Black + White = Biracial/Mulato
Black + Biracial (b/w) = Black (mixed)
White + Biracial (b/w) = White (mixed)
Mixed + Mixed = Mixed or Multi- Generational Mixed (MGM)

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If Snoop Dogg is 71% African, 23% Native American, and 6% European is he black (mixed)

Or are Obama's daughters who nikkas on here say are 75% black (mixed)
 

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Black isn't a race

if you are using it to mean the race, then obviously if the person is mixed with Black (a lot, not like 10%) then they are

but if you're talking skin color and they look real light then they obviously aren't "black"

plus what people consider "half black" "half white" etc isn't ever truly "half"
i know kids with both parents that are black but they turn out lightskin or light brown
would you consider them "black", race wise yeah but color wise no

and sometimes kids with a black and white parent turn out to have white skin, but in reality have a black parent
would you consider them black? not color wise ofcourse, but race wise you have to

so it's all about context
if you mean the race or the color
 

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If Snoop Dogg is 71% African, 23% Native American, and 6% European is he black (mixed)

a lot of people think your ethnic makeup is not a complex thing
if your dad is white he's 100% and if your mom is black she's 100%
which would make you 50% black an white

which isn't true
and most African-Americans have white in them

people probably consider him "100%" or "fully" black
but he isn't

his dad is black and his mom looks mixed with black and native american
so people would probably call him 75 and 25
 

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Call people whatever you wanna call them just don't get mad if someone doesn't agree with your perspective
 
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