A part of "Intersectional Concepts: Terms of Racial, Ethnic and Cultural Political Activism" by Luis Albert Rosales, a dictionary of modern racial, ethnic, and culturally-related terms found in activist communities in the United States.
black fragility
noun
- the defensive behavior of black people when confronted by opposing discussions and arguments about racial identities and racial dynamics outside of the Black American experience, especially in moments where they feel vulnerable, marginalized, or invalidated by other ethnic minorities of a similar or the same race.
Example: "Black fragility is common when non-American minorities discuss racial matters with black people who are blinded by blackness."
Is it not actually racist to say a black person is blinded by their blackness? I can't do this. There is such a thing as thinking too much.
The idea here is that black Americans tend to view race primarily in an American-centric view due to the conditions and upbringing of their concept about race, for example the one-drop rule and Jim Crow. In other countries where dark skin people live, their perspective on race is different. Since there have been more migrants coming from Latin America (which tend to be mestizo), our perspective on race is far more complex. We also have to consider ideas from migrants coming from Africa and Asia. The simplistic concept of race, which solely relies on phenotype, creates a cultural dilemma as more migrants enter a country. it's a double edge sword, it may change the culture but it also may shatter long standing historical racial concepts in any country.
In my opinion, it's better to observe people and compare ones culture for us to better society. When we exclude "white people" from the conversation, that undermines genuine dialogue.