Black racial identity is externally imposed before it is self-chosen

Evidence

In other words, black people are singled out for a certain kind of treatment in this country precisely because they are black. It is not a simple matter of how they choose to identify. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 340

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The legal self-identification requirement for ethnic groups constitutes self-racialization — Mareike Riedel, Islamophobia, Racial Discrimination…, 57; Full racialization requires external ascription and internal adoption to eventually coincide — Mareike Riedel, Islamophobia, Racial Discrimination…, 65; New racial identities can form in response to racism itself — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 51 (+7 more)