This is why you should never question anyone's intelligence. Albinism is a defect, not a race. Again, race is a social construct not a scientifical classification. You obviously don't understand what that means. The enemy is the system of white supremacy. It does the black community no good to divide ourselves amongst who's "pure" enough. Anybody who has any African blood and rejects the system of white supremacy is my brother regardless of its just one drop.
Mixed People Ain't Black!
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SwagKingKong
All Star
No, not really. I met my grandparents when I was a kid but they both died when I was young and my dad isn't really close to all of his brothers and sisters (he has nine). So I've only met a handful of them and my dad is the youngest one, so all of my cousins on that side is in their mid 30s or so
plus they all live very far from us too. On the countryside so it doesn't really interest me to go there
up in here
Superstar
it is shunning when you deny them their right to identify as Black. When someone says, "you are not Black you are mixed" they are denying that person the right to thier culture and are disconnecting that person from their own family history. It is an underhanded comment that divides Black people. Black is not merely genetic, it is a social construct that operates today as a signifier of culture and history. If someone identifies as Black, they are identifying with the history and culture of their family and their people. They have every right to identify as such as it is their heritage. They have a right to identify as mixed or as Black. It is their choice how they identify. If some mixed people only identify when it is convenient, that person is shallow, but that person is not all mixed people.
Also, truth is, even on the continent of Africa, there is no single "pure Black race". People from Sudan do not look like people from Zimbabwe, and they dont look like the people from Nigeria, and they dont look like people from Ethiopia. "Black" is a way for people of "color" to unite. When you start saying "mixed people aren't Black", you need to check yourself, because unless you straight outta Sudan, there is someone out there who is Blacker than you. If someone is genetically mixed but identifies with their Black heritage, no-one has the right to deny them that.
up in here
Superstar
you do realize that those "mixed" babies were raised by their Black mothers in Black families surrounded by Black culture and experiences? Their identites as Black people is not merely a result of how they are definied by whites, but also how they are embraced by Blacks.
Black people know our own history, and we embrace our family not because whites told us to do so, but because they are our family.
the argument for all this shyt is CULTURE....
i personally think race is ridiculous construct but CULTURE is much more tangible and real imo than Race.
Black culture
white culture
city culture
suburban culture
thats easier to stratify people in rather than race....especially now we are getting to a point where people are so mixed up its becoming flimsy anyway.
i personally think race is ridiculous construct but CULTURE is much more tangible and real imo than Race.
Black culture
white culture
city culture
suburban culture
thats easier to stratify people in rather than race....especially now we are getting to a point where people are so mixed up its becoming flimsy anyway.
filial_piety
Banned
If you're biracial, I don't see how anyone could or would identify themselves as one race over another when they are the product of two distinct lineages.
From what I can tell when it comes to this black and white shyt, biracials tend to identify as "black" because they are automatically launched to the top of the pyramid within the black racial heirarchy. Calling themselves "black" and congregating amongest blacks as a racially mixed person will give them priveleges amongst them due to black folks peverted underhanded preferences for nearly all things Caucasian (this is especially true with women).
If they ever tried identify themselves as white, they would either be shunned completely and/or placed at the bottom of their pyramid altogether. So in the grand scheme, they are just going to identify with the group where they stand to gain the most because you better believe that if white people fully accepted them as "white" they would have jumped on that train a loooong time ago.
From what I can tell when it comes to this black and white shyt, biracials tend to identify as "black" because they are automatically launched to the top of the pyramid within the black racial heirarchy. Calling themselves "black" and congregating amongest blacks as a racially mixed person will give them priveleges amongst them due to black folks peverted underhanded preferences for nearly all things Caucasian (this is especially true with women).
If they ever tried identify themselves as white, they would either be shunned completely and/or placed at the bottom of their pyramid altogether. So in the grand scheme, they are just going to identify with the group where they stand to gain the most because you better believe that if white people fully accepted them as "white" they would have jumped on that train a loooong time ago.
exactly! I'm glad you get it.
bi-racial people come to the black community because they become instant superstars. Their stock goes up by being "rare" and "unique" (especially bi-racial women).
thats the
part about it...I actually really like mixed girls...but trust me breh...i have seen some straight
mixed girls man...and at the same time i have seen some strait AMAZING full bred black girls...
I can't stand nikkas who don't date dark skinned girls just cuz they dark. Or some notion that light skinned people in general are some how superior.
Last girl i talked too couldnt even tell you everything she was and grew up in the burbs....had black aunt and shyt...but i was bout the blackest thing she knew anything about. Had nada to do with race and everything to do with culture
why should bi-racial people have the first right of refusal?
why is the opposition so fierce when black people try to determine who is who amongst us? when other races are exclusive we say nothing...as soon as black people try to draw the line, make some distinctions and set some standards and guidelines all of a sudden their is so much resistance.
up in here said:
So basically, Black people should just sit back and wait for people to decide whether they are on our team or not? GTFOH..how is that proactive?
up in here said:
there needs to be line a drawn as to not be crossed...the problem is not diversity...the problem is black people never want to be definitive about anything and that is why problems never get solved.
We can't even agree on who is black and who is not.....how are we going to solve more pressing problems?
How can you build a community where everyone is allowed entry?
Nation states don't operate like that, military organizations don't operate like that, corporations don't operate like that, even fukking street gangs mark their territory and are based on membership.
Sierra Mist
Banned
So it's ok to keep them away from identifying with their white half but not their black half?
THAT IS A STRWMAN ARGUMENT. I never said anything about them not being allowed to know BOTH of their cultures.... The point is they aren't ONE culture. You want mixed people to only identify with their black parent as if the white parent doesnt exist. shyt is so retarded.
AND I'VE BEEN SAYING AFRICA ISN'T MONOLITHIC. Jeez. This shyt is lame. You guys come up with the dumbest arguments that make no logical sense.
filial_piety
Banned
I'm not so sure that this is really it, I'd agree that white women were probably the ones who fostered the "biracial" catagory amongst mixed children that we see today. Why? Well, you have to realize that quite a few biracial children were not born in the same time or circumstances as the children born between black women and white men were.
Also, I can't really blame them to some extent. If I were a parent, I think it would be pretty insulting for a child to completely shun one side of the family simply based on politics. For you to be white or whatever and have your kid completely go against who you are is a subtle smack in the face imo.
You seem rather insecure and envious. Since when did all mixed people get the "superstar" treatment from the black community? Most mixed people who are raised in black communities are ridiculed for being mixed or not black enough to some degree. it certainly isn't like you're trying to paint it.
Their is resistance to your position on this matter because it's stupid. Your position is counterproductive. the whole light skin vs dark skin fracture in the black community is bad enough, but you want to take it to another level and divide the community even more. There needs to be less division and more uniting against the enemy, which is white supremacy.
Bi-racial people are already on our team because they're not white. It's not an issue of them choosing to be black, it's about not rejecting them when they come to the realization that they are black despite having a white parent. 99.9% of mixed people can't pass for white so they don't have a choice but to be black, some just don't accept that reality.
The rest of your post was too stupid to even respond to.
Kunta kinte
The End
No need to write novels over this, if your parents are from 2 different races and conceived u, that makes u biracial, mulatto...it's not hard to comprehend.
The guy in the video doesn't really know how melanin works.
the more melanin you have the more genetically dominant you are.
Black Africans have the most melanin so therefore we are the most genetically dominant.
thats why when we mix with other races, lets take whites for examples--the children look Black.
This is some divisive rhetoric. 'mixed' people are Black in the eyes of society. Regardless of what this dude says in the video.
the more melanin you have the more genetically dominant you are.
Black Africans have the most melanin so therefore we are the most genetically dominant.
thats why when we mix with other races, lets take whites for examples--the children look Black.
This is some divisive rhetoric. 'mixed' people are Black in the eyes of society. Regardless of what this dude says in the video.
kermit da hustla
Banned
xenophobia != racism.
racism in america is a provincial institution designs for the express purpose of stifling the advancement of slavery's descendants. white people are deathly afraid of us reclaiming the greatness they stole from us, which is exactly why racism in america is largely an anti-black system.
you're delusional if you think the treatment of other "races" or "ethnicities" is equivalent to what black men and women are subject to even now.