Mr Exotic - Therealmrexotic

This dude is not Black.

Claiming people with obvious Eurocentric phenotypical traits doesn't show the "diversity" of blackness.

Being biracial is that; a mix of two races, but not categorized as either. A non black parent doesn't birth a black person.
I think it's naive to say that you can't claim to be black if you have a black parent. People can be more than 1 race.
 
This dude is not Black.

Claiming people with obvious Eurocentric phenotypical traits doesn't show the "diversity" of blackness.

Being biracial is that; a mix of two races, but not categorized as either. A non black parent doesn't birth a black person.
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I think it's naive to say that you can't claim to be black if you have a black parent. People can be more than 1 race.
But why are biracial people like him and others NEVER called white then, despite having a white parent? I think we know the answer to them.

It's rare for a biracial person to equally claim black and white. Some claim black mainly because white people won't allow them to call themselves white.

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Not American, and Americans are the only ones who hold onto the stupid one-drop rule (which hasn't been legally enforced in almost 60 years btw) so that's contradictory.

In the UK, where he is from, he is not Black.
 
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But why are biracial people like him and others NEVER called white then, despite having a white parent? I think we know the answer to them.

It's rare for a biracial person to equally claim black and white. Some claim black mainly because white people won't allow them to call themselves white.


Not American, and Americans are the only ones who hold onto the stupid one-drop rule (which hasn't been legally enforced in almost 60 years btw) so that's contradictory.

In the UK, where he is from, he is not Black.
Literally no ones knows what you are talking about when you say one drop rule. And most people will assume people are the race that they have the most physical resemblance with. Because humans love to categorise, but as
You can see from the chat, many people think he is many things. To me, I have seen lots of biracial British people look like him. Minus the filler.
 
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But why are biracial people like him and others NEVER called white then, despite having a white parent? I think we know the answer to them.

It's rare for a biracial person to equally claim black and white. Some claim black mainly because white people won't allow them to call themselves white.


Not American, and Americans are the only ones who hold onto the stupid one-drop rule (which hasn't been legally enforced in almost 60 years btw) so that's contradictory.

In the UK, where he is from, he is not Black.

Perhaps redirect these questions to the White people that create these racial categories to protect the purity of their race. In the US, when it comes to mixed race, it's about your phenotype and lived experience. Nobody is going to look at President Obama and mistake him for a White man, despite his mixed race background(Black/White). As for the one-drop rule, it doesn't have to be enforced because racism and anti-blackness are global. Speaking about the UK, there's clearly a difference in the way Meghan Markle was perceived and treated by the British press compare to Kate Middleton.
 
Perhaps redirect these questions to the White people that create these racial categories to protect the purity of their race. In the US, when it comes to mixed race, it's about your phenotype and lived experience. Nobody is going to look at President Obama and mistake him for a White man, despite his mixed race background(Black/White). As for the one-drop rule, it doesn't have to be enforced because racism and anti-blackness are global. Speaking about the UK, there's clearly a difference in the way Meghan Markle was perceived and treated by the British press compare to Kate Middleton.
True, but a lot of the way meghan was treated is the fact she is American. And British people don’t want the U.S anywhere near their thrown. A lot of political leaders in the UK are of colour, but none are American (that we know of)
 
Clearly more traveling is needed. That man phenotype is very common in places like North Africa, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and USA
He’s not black. And the fact that you put North Africa in there is the craziest part. This is such an American take.
 
He’s not black. And the fact that you put North Africa in there is the craziest part. This is such an American take.
Would you mind moving this convo to a private message, it has very little to do with Mr Exotic anymore.
 
I have never in my life seen a black person look like him. It’s obvious he isn’t black.
He isn’t. He’s multiracial. I even asked him about this before—he doesn’t identify as black. I need people in here to understand the difference between biracial and multiracial.