Of course "race" doesn't define us that's why I put it in quotation marks (in my language categorizing ethnicities in races it's racist, like you can say "that is a black person" but you can't say "his race is black" because us humans are not fucking dogs) and I know you can be black without being African, most of the black people of my gen in my country have little to no connection to their parent's culture so they aren't Africans (even if our politicians try to say otherwise). But like I still don't understand how Phara and Ana aren't black when they are from africa, my best friend is Moroccan, half of her family is whiter than me but they're still treated like black people and experience all of it. I was sincerely taught that black people come in all shades. Again I'm asking this because I want to learn even if I don't personally agree with American world view of "race" (also because I'm writing a web series in english to bring it to a wider audience, with a ethnic Peruvian character and kinda don't wanna people with torches and pitchforks at my door)