# The Black View of the world **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 25, 2026, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-view-of-the-world/1026998 "2026-01-25T08:36:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-view-of-the-world/1026998/1 "2026-01-25T08:36:07Z")
Is there a general Black perception of the world? As in how Black people interact with it, as which is described in a general outline? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-view-of-the-world/1026998/2 "2026-01-25T10:31:25Z")
No…“Black” is a huge grouping that’s going to encompass everyone from an African-American teenager in LA to a mom working in a hotel in Antigua to a Somali refugee in a camp in Kenya to the President of South Africa . What general perception of the world do you think these people would all share? ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-view-of-the-world/1026998/3 "2026-01-25T10:50:27Z")
Just a general outline, I was hoping you would comment, maybe you can help me flesh it out as its hard to for me to describe. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-view-of-the-world/1026998/4 "2026-01-25T11:08:48Z")
Again, the answer is no, I don’t think there _is_ a Black view of the world, any more than there’s a White view or an East Asian view. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-view-of-the-world/1026998/5 "2026-01-25T11:32:44Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > What general perception of the world do you think these people would all share? About as impossible to answer as “What general perception of the world do you think white people all share?” ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-view-of-the-world/1026998/6 "2026-01-25T11:54:23Z")
Since the OP specifies Black with a capital B, the assumption is that he is referring to Afro Americans Even if discussing just the black skin shade here, there is a wide variation in people desribed as Black . Then there are people who are mixed Black Americans, the vast majority. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-view-of-the-world/1026998/7 "2026-01-25T12:13:42Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > Since the OP specifies Black with a capital B, the assumption is that he is referring to Afro Americans That’s not _my_ assumption. Black and African-American are not synonyms - for example, Ilhan Omar is Black, but not A-A > [@Czarcasm](#): > > About as impossible to answer as “What general perception of the world do you think white people all share?” See the post immediately above yours. ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-view-of-the-world/1026998/8 "2026-01-25T12:20:28Z")
> [@Ryan\_Liam](#): > > Is there a general Black perception of the world? Why do people buy and use so much sun screen? Even when its cloudy? No. ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-view-of-the-world/1026998/9 "2026-01-25T13:41:11Z")
There’s a Eurocentric view of the world, which is predominantly White ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-view-of-the-world/1026998/10 "2026-01-25T14:33:14Z")
Do you think Swedes and Albanians view the world similarly? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-view-of-the-world/1026998/11 "2026-01-25T14:58:55Z")
> [@Ryan\_Liam](#): > > There’s a Eurocentric view of the world Is there? _One_ common Eurocentric view? What are its tenets? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-view-of-the-world/1026998/12 "2026-01-25T15:03:15Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > That’s not _my_ assumption. Black and African-American are not synonyms - for example, Ilhan Omar is Black, but not A-A I’m not so sure about that (the second part, that is). I know for a fact that some Black African immigrants to the US think of themselves as African America (and in many cases are treated as African Americans by most others in the US). I’m not sure what Omar considers herself. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-view-of-the-world/1026998/13 "2026-01-25T16:13:15Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I know for a fact that some Black African immigrants to the US think of themselves as African America And [many others don’t](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4981524). > [@iiandyiiii](#): > > in many cases are treated as African Americans by most others in the US And in may other cases, they’re not - see the examples in my cite. One thing several African immigrants remarked on, for example, is getting _more_ hostility from African-Americans than other Americans. _That_ certainly wasn’t those African-Americans treating them just like everybody else. And not that officialdom defines identity, but the US Census Bureau says “There are three major groups that represent the Black Audience in the United States. These groups are African Americans (Blacks born in the United States), Black Africans (Black Immigrants from Africa) and Afro-Caribbeans, which includes Haitians”. ([pdf link](https://web.archive.org/web/20130310013605/http://www.census.gov/2010census/partners/pdf/2010_ICC_Plan_Final_Edited.pdf), page 225 > [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I’m not sure what Omar considers herself. She openly identifies as Somali-American, and i don’t think I’ve ever seen her directly refer to herself as African-American. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-view-of-the-world/1026998/14 "2026-01-25T23:32:42Z")
And that would be…? BTW, would you mind defining “Black”? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-view-of-the-world/1026998/15 "2026-01-25T23:35:06Z")
Nope, not by a long shot: [Race of the World Population by olpin - Infogram](https://infogram.com/race-of-the-world-population-1go502yg18k62jd) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-view-of-the-world/1026998/16 "2026-01-25T23:41:40Z")
And of course, the vast majority of the view of the world is shared by the vast majority of people. It’s not like black people see squares as having five sides, or something. ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-view-of-the-world/1026998/17 "2026-01-26T07:39:51Z")
Pretty much considering a significant amount of Albanians live in Sweden and Albanians want to be part of the EU _considering they’re a European country_ ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-view-of-the-world/1026998/18 "2026-01-26T07:40:28Z")
Black African ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-view-of-the-world/1026998/19 "2026-01-26T07:42:47Z")
Was talking about European world views being prioritised and regarded as the norm globally up until recently ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-view-of-the-world/1026998/20 "2026-01-26T09:09:03Z")
> [@Ryan\_Liam](#): > > European world views What would those _actually_ be? > [@Ryan\_Liam](#): > > a significant amount of Albanians live in Sweden What does that signify? An even more significant (like, an order of magnitude more) number of Blacks do, as well. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-view-of-the-world/1026998.md?page=2)