One has the right to self identify as whatever they please but your self-identity may not be acknowledged by others in society.
Ya still with this?
Listen, every time im in harlem NO FAIL every black person i encounter can EASILY tell im Hispanic, you stand me next to a black person & da features are discernable. Its not JUST skin color...my mother used to own a Tire shop on 145th & Amsterdam..when you cross that invisible border that separates Harlem & Washington Heights on 155th street, da feeling of da blocks IMMEDIATELY changes..culture is a BIG DIVIDER.
Everybody's defense about what im look like is gonna be perceived different by other people... And i say to that "WHO EFFIN CARES"
You know Asians can tell each other part right? Japanese people can tell each other from Koreans, Chinese people can tell eachother Philippines people.
Just because WE can't tell em apart dont mean THEY can't tell eachother apart. call a Chinese person Japanese... Call a Japanese person Korean....see what happens, hint..they'll correct you EVERY time.
Just cuz im dark skinned dont mean i have OBVIOUS Hispanic features...features that other people use to identify me as a Hispanic/latino..
NO BLACK person who has ever talked to me in person has EVER confused me for anything other than Hispanic/Spanish/latino...NOT ONE TIME in NYC..
credit to da fact that NYC is SO exposured to thousands of cultures daily that we can mutually coexisted and have so for years..as long as there MUTUAL RESPECT...its not my fault some of ya ain't been exposed to anything other than other white or black people.
