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Originally posted by stonedape
Genetically he's black, but technically he isn't because he's albino, a.k.a. no melanin, a.k.a. no skin pigment...melanin is basically what determines your skin color. But the way he said he was the "only white guy at the family reunion" infers that his parents and extended family are black.
It's a really interesting conundrum...makes you ask "Does your blackness make you black or not?"
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Exactly what I'm thinking. I mean no one's actually black, but people are still referred to as black if they're from a certain descent.