It is getting to be a problem. Everyone who is well known, who has any black ancestor, seems to be only proud of their black heritage. Most of my relatives are much darker than Mariah Carey, who had a black grandmother and considers herself black. President Eisenhower had a black grandmother and no one considered him black.
DNA tests do give you a % of how much subsaharan African you are. I guess someone needs to come up with a number. 50%? 25%? 10%? Where do you want to draw the line?
(Personally, I want to be done completely with all racial categories. My daughter has most of them. What is the point?)
Exactly... and that was the point of my post. Most of it is totally arbitrary and in the eye of the beholder. I tell you one place where there is virtually zero reference to skin colour (even though different geographical areas are mentioned such as Ethiopia where people were known to have a different skin colour)..... the Bible. And why is not mentioned? Because it's meaningless.....there is no skin colour or race mentioned in this verse as to who it applies to... that word 'whoever' covers everyone. Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.