"I am not my race, my race does not make me who I am." what are your thoughts about this statement?

[King Poetic]

nikka I'M NOT BLACK, I'M O.J. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Remote]

Just to be clear, your race doesn't define you. But don't be so naive to think that in the real world, others won't try and use it to define and limit you.

 

[Unknown Poster]

those tumblr types are weird

You really are right.
I've really been noticing an uptick of black girls on there who hate white racism but secretely (or not so secretely) have a thing for white guys.

I never read any anti-black male slander on there from them so it doesn't bother me.

Alot of women of color on tumblr are pretty damn whitewashed...

 

[At30wecashout]

She made a post about how she now dates a white guy and he hates how she posts things about black love and pro-blackness.

That was a very surprisingly from her.

And there you have it. She is sacrificing the ability to defend her heritage and speak about her existence because her boy don't wanna feel guilty.

That there is what we call a "degenerate coupling." Folks like that need help, cause you shouldn't have to feel ashamed about who you are, and skin is apart of that,

just to appease a partner. She fukked up

 

[Barnett114]

 

[godliness]

yeah she is attractive. she seems like a huge c00n tho. and only likes white boys so ......


Edit: This bish bunz af
Edit 2: Chicks like her are literally the reason tumblr sucks so bad. Its full of c00n hoes like nikki.

 

[Kane]

In a vacuum, there's nothing wrong with that statement.

In the real world, it's a c00n talking point.

 

[Tropical Fantasy]

Wow....a couple things as I know this girl in real life.....

1 she's one of those girls who takes pictures crouching with the prayers hands, if that means anything to you

2 she's a feminist

3 She's black and dominican but when asked ONLY says dominican

Take those how you want

hmmmmm

safe to say she's a bozo

 

[Unknown Poster]

This was her explanation which seems a bit more fair and balanced.

Anonymous asked: Could you elaborate on the point you made about your race?

its pretty self explanatory.


its a quote I can relate to,
to me people instantly base you off the color of your skin, your race, or a box that you check off and its just like why? why does my race matter. it doesnt make me who i am. its just apart of me.
i dont want to be boxed in to a category so all my other attributes are forgotten . your race doesnt equate to who you are.
i dont want to be defined as a “black girl” ( not out of being ashamed of my race cause im NOT ashamed ) but because i dont want to be defined by race because my race had nothing to do with who i am as a person, im defined by what i do, the person i am. & i am very proud to be black dominican but im nikki and my race hasnt made me nikki. whether i was born white , black red or yellow id still be nikki and i make my own decisions, and have my own opinions and mindsets and race isnt a factor when someone asks me who i am or why i am the way i am or why i do the things i do or why i hang out with this person or do this or that.

still unclear , heres some articles

http://m.statesville.com/news/this-i-believe-our-race-does-not-define-us/article_afe32d1c-8f4a-11e3-b7e1-0017a43b2370.html?mode=jqm

http://theracecardproject.com/defined-society/

 

[Mugenight]

Just to be clear, your race doesn't define you. But don't be so naive to think that in the real world, others won't try and use it to define and limit you.

Let them try.

It's obvious for anyone with a brain to realize that the system in many places is not designed in blacks favor but that doesn't mean you don't make way. The thing is life in general is not fair and it never will be.

 

[Unknown Poster]

I'm assuming she lives in a city where she interacts with many non-black groups.*

So she's had experiences with/emotional connections to non-black groups, which she'll have a hard time detaching herself from in order to examine the concept of race and racial identity outside of a western liberal context.

"White" Supremacy makes being black/african a taxing experience, and for someone that's

• Young and not properly educated on their racial identity by their parents,
  
• Enjoyed/enjoying pleasant interactions with non-black races in their city/town on a regular basis

that makes their racial identity become a ball and chain they wish they could free themselves from.

I would say this is the primary logistics behind alot of interacial dating, and c00n characteristics in general...





*NY, I checked...

Word.

You see, I live in NYC now, but I was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. For those who don't know, Pittsburgh is NOT diverse at all. It is one of the most racist cities in America and one of the most segregated. Please do not let this whole "most liveable city in America" fool you, it's actually home to the poorest black community in America. So, from growing up, my identity was shaped by being raised in a predominantly white city, town, going to predominantly white schools from kindergarten all the way to college. So, there was the issue of me being black, me being african, and me being in a different class bracket than the majority of black people in Pittsburgh.

So because of that, I was hated on by whites, blacks, AAs etc. I hung out around alot of white people back then too. Now, I can honestly say I hang out with all different types of people...but especially more black people.

The older I got and when I was in college, I started to notice to brevity of the racism in Pittsburgh....it was too much to the point I made extra effort to finish school to graduate and move to NYC.

Believe me thee, I heard all of the smack that could of been talked. I had people ask me if I was originally born in America, I had people call me everything from an "oreo" to the n-word with an er on the end, when I'd say I was Nigerian to people I would immediately hear them talk smack on Nigeria how it's a shytty dirty country...whatever. So basically I took pride in myself not just cause of how my family taught me to be proud of myself, but it was a defense really cause so many people would make little passive aggressive racist statements to me on a daily basis growing up there.

 

[MikeyC]

 

[Unknown Poster]

In a vacuum, there's nothing wrong with that statement.

In the real world, it's a c00n talking point.

It just seems like saying this is akin to wanting to run away from all of the negatives and problems with being black.

"my race does not make me who i am"

 

[AintNoCrampInYaMouthTho]

She made a post about how she now dates a white guy and he hates how she posts things about black love and pro-blackness.

That was a very surprisingly from her.

Breh that shyt was so obvious. People who usually spew that, only do when they dating out

 

[BlackManLiveFromLondon]

You never hear whites talkin that 'race doesn't define me' talk

fukk all these c00ns