Russ doesn't look even remotely black, he's south asian for sure. Black skin doesn't equal being of sub-saharan African descent, just like pale/pink skin doesn't equal being of north European descent(japanese people are pale and sometimes have pink nipples but they are not european)
I dont think he's black the same way as NA looks at it. there's variants in latin america and south america that doesnt necessarily mean "black" as non-NA considers "african-american" as black. anything else and they arent.
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