You Can't Meaure or Define "Whiteness" or "Blackness" so Don't Try

The XX blogger wrote, “…my style of blogging is very white - I feel like I have to conclude everything, which leaves less room for the more deliberative communication patterns I find among African-Americans….Whites don’t really feel comfortable saying ‘I don’t know’ or just going through inconclusive cognitive exercises.” I have a problem with someone labeling something as very white or very black. Yes, we must embrace and recognize racial differences as I said before, but that does not mean that we can generalize these races. Who can define what it means to be black or white? Sure, some whites might not feel comfortable saying, “I don’t know.” Some blacks also may feel equally uncomfortable with those words. Defining anything as purely white or black is generalizing and stereotyping a race of people who have similar bonds while ignoring any variations those people might have.