u/Mean-Gur7728

Hello! For context I am from Colombia originally and of significant African descent and have always identified with political blackness due to my ancestry phenotype and experiences . I’m curious on how blackness functions with aboriginal people since you guys have a very unique relationship to blackness compared to the other black peoples such as melanasians and African/afro descendants. As well as aboriginals being very unique phenotypically compared to other black people listed. I know the world doesn’t revolve around the American continent but for me i used to find it hard to understand aboriginal blackness more than melanasian blackness since at least for me melanasians looked very phenotypically similar to a lot of eastern African ethnicities while aboriginals don’t really resemble the other black peoples such. This is not me discrediting your blackness I’ve grown to understand that you guys have a unique colonial history and for you guys black as a political identity as well as how you guys have been racialised historically, and I’ve found it beautiful on how you guys have found such strong ally ship with other black people.
I just have a few questions out of my own curiousity

-mixed people and their identity: I know in Australia you guys have a saying that no mtter how much milk you put in coffee it’s still coffee but is there like a distinction for you guys of someone being “black” vs being just “black” politically. Like someone who is racialised as a black aboriginal vs someone who is aboriginal but racially white. Also do you guys consider like the difference between race and ethnicity when it comes to mixed people or is it not really a thing, I know you guys don’t do blood quantum but I wonder if there’s a point where it’s more of an ethnicity and cultural connection rather than a racialisation. I say this bc for example in the African diaspora, anything below 1/4 black is really pushing it when it comes to claiming blackness

-what other black peoples do you guys feel most connected to in the diaspora and how do you guys connect with the African community in Australia

-have you guys had the same movement of trying to reclaim the n word the same way Afro Americans and Afro Caribbeans have since I know that term was used to subjugate aboriginals too. Or do you guys see it more as an African descendant thing. And if so is there a limit on whether how mixed people can be before they can reclaim it, is it like a phenotype thing

-do you guys view you blackness as a distinct form of blackness compared to the African diaspora and melanasians or do you view it as one part of the larger identity of being black.

I hope I didn’t say anything wrong I’m very curious about different cultures and I just want to enquire !