On that count we settled for humor, joking about how most Africans, who have never lived under the one-drop rule, see African Americans. The lines were blurry. LeBron James was Black. Beyoncé was mixed, despite having two Black parents by the American definition. Her husband, Jay-Z, was Black because he was a “rapper” and not a “singer.” Likewise, Steph Curry—two Black parents notwithstanding—would be mixed, but he played basketball, and so was Black. His wife, though—she was mixed. And what of me. “You’re mixed, Ta-Nehisi,” Khanata replied, laughing. “Look, I understand what Black is in
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I feel this as a mixed person.
