The conversation between human and AI assistant.
Why are people who are half-black and half-white generally simply referred to as "black"?
I totally agree. Do you know if this practice of referring to mixed race individuals as black is unique to the US or is it common elsewhere as well?
It's difficult to say, as different countries have different histories and cultural norms when it comes to race. However, it seems that many countries do tend to categorize mixed-race individuals as belonging to one race or another. For example, in Brazil, there are over 100 categories of racial identification, but many mixed-race people still identify as black.