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Originally posted by DOVE1920
Biologically speaking there is no such thing as race. That makes "being" Black is a social construction. In that social construction lies= physical characteristics (She "looks" Black) certain behavior (You know you Black when...) culture, beliefs, etc. This social construction is something that has been something we as Black people have defined and it has in some ways been defined for us. 
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I think this was a wonderful answer that I completely agree with. The fact biologically there is not such a clear demarcation of race is part of the difficulty with our attempts to define it. No definition that has veer been put to me has been sufficient. Physical characteristics- there are always variations. Even in a closed society any gene pool has variations lending itself to different characteristics. And since we can breed with anyone human, the variation is greater and greater as the gene pool mixes. How much "color" does it take to be black? I will never profess to know the answer. Then there is the cultural aspect. While we find many similarities n how we live/were raised, etc. again there will always be variation. I think this is one of those things that will always be open to debate.