It's really fascinating; blackness permeates as an identity in a way I've never heard another ethnicity or nation referenced (but similar to how I've heard Christians talk). It's very tribal, and touches on many aspects of conversation you wouldn't expect to be black-related.
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I felt very intensely 'white' when listening to these groups, when usually I don't notice my skin color if I'm in an e.g., asian-dominant group. It felt very clear that I was *not* in their in-group at all; there was a huge cultural divide that feels explicitly upheld.
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This was all kind of surprising to me; I don't know if this is specific to Clubhouse or if this is the way black people view the world in general? And also why haven't I really understood this or heard people talk about it if it is more common outside of Clubhouse?
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It is a phenomenon that only truly presents itself in majority-black contexts. Many of us have been taught to dramatically whitewash ourselves in most public and business contexts for fear that discrimination will prevent upward mobility in subtle (or ostentatious) ways
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Clubhouse black people are largely from the music industry, centered around LA and Atlanta, both a regional and professional world where blackness is celebrated and quite valuable/important/necessary for success due to the freedom to, well, be black (unlike a place like SF)
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A friend of mine said that he didn't realize he was 'black' until his teenage years. Obviously he knew that his skintone was different, but he wasn't aware up to that point that being black makes people expect a certain behaviour. He then started to meet these expectations.
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Maybe because they live this as their lives and it possibly could relate to everything? Maybe because they have peers and a platform where they feel comfortable sharing their experiences? This comes off a little naive and clueless.
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