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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Antalas: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by LoStranger: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Antalas: [qb] It's amusing how certain Afrocentrist members believe that pointing out a potential African substrate on a given population automatically establishes them as "black" or connected to their ancestors. It's like this odd pan-African perspective, treating all Africans as if they're one uniform black entity. Now, you can very well claim not to subscribe to such an opinion, but many members here support this idea, and obviously, you never contradict them. [/qb][/QUOTE]I don't think it's entirely an outrageous position "Black" at it's [b]fundamental[/b] core is just a skin color. So if genetics end up showing the Early Ancient Egyptians to be mostly indigenous to Africa and if they're also shown to be largely dark skinned I don't see why that would disqualify them from "Blackness." in an African context.(Even if they're distinct from [b]modern[/b] day Sub-Saharan Africans) Remember Sub-Saharan Africans TODAY are among the most genetically diverse people in the world. A Yoruba, Pygmy, Hazda and Nilote all differ from each other genetically but all could be considered "Black Africans" due to them possessing dark skin. [/qb][/QUOTE]It's problematic since the use of this term is profoundly oversimplifying certain realities and misleading. Moreover, it can be employed in deeply racist ideological discourses seeking to appropriate the heritage of other populations. As I have emphasized many times, there is no reason to associate populations solely based on a shared dark skin color if they do not share a genetic heritage, culture, or even certain anatomical traits. The term "black", as understood today, is defined not only by dark skin but also by particular hair types and distinctive physical features. That's why today you have populations with very dark skin in North Africa, Arabia, or India, yet no one considers them black, and they can be distinguished quite well. In genetics as well, it is quite straightforward to differentiate a component shared by many Eurasian and North African populations from that found in West or Central Africa. A Berber with light skin from the remote mountains of the Atlas is genetically and physically closer to these Nubians than a West African, and yet, with the label "black", one would think the opposite... [/QB][/QUOTE]
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