Identification with the global black community is a very important part of constructing the identity of people of African descent. By identifying with this diaspora, they align themselves with the story of a strong, resilient people with a fluid and beautiful culture. To feel part of the African diaspora, one must first identify with the race that connects all people of the diaspora more than with their shared experiences or culture: the African race. In Racial Formations, Omi shows that in social interactions, “one of the first things we notice about people when we meet them (and their gender) is their race. We use race to provide clues about who a person is” (Omi 87). Race is an extremely important part of not only identity, but who we are in society, who we are in relation to the rest of society. From identity to history to social interaction, race has a role to play in who we are and we are left to wonder what the implications of race are and its importance in our lives. It is the complexity of identity within race that makes us reconsider who we really are. Race is a purely social concept but there is a reality in the way it is expressed within the African diaspora. Race has played an important role in how African diaspora societies have categorized their peoples and contributed to the formation of their identities. In this article, I will focus on the construction of race and how race and racialization played an important role within the African diaspora as it used classifications from outside to determine social conducts. of a person in society. Even though race is a social construct, with no basis in biology or other science, its impact has merit, as we can see through the way race affects the diaspora, shapes identity, and changes the way society perceive things.