How many people here actually know any African-Americans?

Cryophilia@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 13 points –

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.

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Wikipedia has an entire article on African-American Culture.

African-American culture,[1][2] also known as Black American culture or Black culture in American English,[3][4][5][6][7] refers to the cultural expressions of African Americans, either as part of or distinct from mainstream American culture. African-American culture has been influential on American and global worldwide culture as a whole.[8][9][10]

Is Wikipedia claiming that your black friends aren't really black if they don't match some arbitrary bullshit?

Descriptions of groups of people are not 100% binding to all members of that group. They are broad generalities.