Is There Anything Wrong With Passing for Black?

Alias_Avi wrote: I wonder if Rachel Roy passed for Black

Oh my. I thought she was black without a doubt.

this is a non issue for me...

As long as she's not ratchet, I'm ok with it. If u look black, u r black in my book. Likewise if u look white, u r white.

I dont think she knows her roots.


one of my friends had no idea she had an Asian background. She would tell people she was half asian and half black but both her parents were black. She had the chinky eyes and the silky hair but her skin was dark. Her father was in and out of her life so she never got to meet his side of the family.  Years later he passed and when she went to his funeral  it was nothing but asians there. Turns out his mother is Cambodian. Her father was the only one with a black father, the rest of her aunts and uncles were full Cambodian. 

f8dagrate wrote: liesnalibis wrote: Sang Froid wrote: I sense some lies. This. I want a picture. I've never seen a person look black that wasn't black. You can be black and not look black, but not the other way around. Rita Ora

She isn't "non black", their African roots are not that far back no matter how they try to hide it. There were African slaves in Albania. So the person you replied to is still correct. She looks black because she has black blood. Nobody that has 0 "black blood" looks black.


They are called " dark or ethnic whites" for a reason, they have mixed ancestry but obviously the larger percentage is Caucasian/White or whatever you wanna call it.