If an albino is born with black parents, does this mean they are still black?

Answer 1

Yes...it's genetic, not superficial.

Answer 2

If an albino is born with black parents, it does mean that the child is still black. The reason being, when an albino child is born into this world, it simply means that he or she has been born without any pigment (color). This problem has nothing to do with categorizing a child into a certain ethnicity. HE OR SHE IS STILL BLACK.

Answer 3

Are you sure that the albino gene can be found in black people I dont think it can but then again im not sure. The singer that somebody referred to is a white jamaican and not an albino btw. Oh, and Kimberly, i think African americans are only africans who live n the USA, this may come as a shock to you but there are other countries outside the USA you know.

Answer 4

Black Albino possibly.There is a well known Jamacian singer who is an Albino called Yellow Man.He is still regarded as a black man who happens to be Albino.

Answer 5

yes; it just would mean that both parents have the recessive gene for being albino. same as if 2 parents both with brown eyes had a child with blue eyes- that would mean that both parents have the recessive gene for blue eyes. being albino is a recessive trait, and only occurs when a child is born to 2 people who have the gene for it, and the gene could be dominant or recessive; since we're assuming both parents are black, then they both must have the recessive gene. and they are still black, including the child.

(someone posted that sickle cell anemia is a 'black persons' disease- thats false. anyone can inherit or develop sickle cell, its just dominant in people of african descent. not all black people have it, either.)

Answer 6

Yes, they are still black(African American). That is their race.

Being albino means that a person has a problem with the pigment in their skin, not having anything to do with their race.

Answer 7

What an excellent question. Racially they are black, but mentally how would they feel!! This is one of those questions where you can just reel out a simple answer, however there are so many more questions about how they would feel growing up as a white black person!

Also, they would baffle people by being a white person who has good rhythm

Answer 8

I had a friend who had a 'Latin' hue to her skin colour. She was married three times to three none-white (African and Afro-Caribbean) men with whom she had five children.

Each child had a 'different' skin tone and well into their mid 20's they were 'still' arguing as to 'What to call themselves' - regarding this. And this series of arguments could and would arise out of maybe something that had appeared in the Press or ....for whatever reason.

Seemingly, there was nothing about 'what to call ones Self' that was resolved ....which may or may not be important to the individual concerned.

I've encountered some none-whites for whom it seemed to be of considerable Importance to have a 'name for their colour or race or...! And they seem to have the opinion that all others with a similar hue should have the same issues or considerations as their own, whilst being told by these others that 'this was not the case.' At least, not so much importance was attached to it.

It just seemed to me that we each carry about our own stuff which we assume others carry too, and try to load 'Others' with it too.

Sash.

Answer 9

Yes, because being black is not just about skin color, but a load of genetics. (for instance, more black people are prone to sickle cell anemia than white people, and this is because of genetics stored in a random part of the DNA, not the part that codes the amount of melanin in the skin)

Answer 10

We try not to use the word black anymore, it's pc to say African-American, so the albino would be called African- American

Answer 11

Black has come to mean everybody who has one or more black parents & everybody who has mixed race parents but still looks black - so yes. .. Most 3rd/4th/5th generation US & UK 'blacks' are in fact mixed race