Not like “I went to school with one” but have had an actual friendship?

I’ve had a couple of conversations recently where people have confidently said things about the Black community that are ridiculously incorrect. The kind of shit where you can tell they grew up in a very white community and learned about Black history as a college freshman.

Disclaimer: I am white, but I grew up in a Black neighborhood. I was one of 3 white kids in my elementary school lol, including my brother.

  • @NeoNachtwaechter
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    I have had close friendships with two black people. One was originally from Usa (which probably qualified him as African American for your question), the other was originally fom Nigeria, but was a German citizen.

    I live in Germany btw. where nearly everybody has white skin color.

    • @CryophiliaOP
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      Right, I know we have a lot of international users here on lemmy, so I wanted to specify Black Americans, the descendents of slaves. For instance, one of my friends and coworkers is a very dark skinned Tunisian, but that’s a very different culture than the one I was asking about.

                • @CryophiliaOP
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                  Americans are also internationals

                  Correct.

                  the word no longer has meaning

                  Incorrect.

            • @CryophiliaOP
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              15 months ago

              Did you just praise yourself for doing a thing you hadn’t seen in a long time?

              • @[email protected]
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                14 months ago

                No value judgement, just noting the change of fashion. We’re clearly better off without it, but it’s a bit nostalgic.

              • @jimmydoreisalefty
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                Based move on their part, even if I do not agree on the ‘whoosh’, hahahah