When did this biracial thing actually start to kick in ??

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

Maybe in some other country. where I come( Philadelphia, PA) from they were called light-skinned black people.

Nah they called them that here in America too

 

[Razor Reader]

If it's true that he had a cac father then, ya he's biracial. You can call him black you're not technically wrong.

I don't know about that fam.

 

[BlackJesus]

I you look black, regardless of your non-black parent, you're black to me.

 

[Razor Reader]

Nah they called them that here in America too

Maybe in the 1920s.

Not in the 70s 80s and 90s.

 

[West Coast Avenger]

Maybe in the 1920s.

Not in the 70s 80s and 90s.

You couldnt be more wrong....

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

Maybe in the 1920s.

Not in the 70s 80s and 90s.

Irregardless of what they were called, a distinction was still made.

 

[Razor Reader]

You couldnt be more wrong....

So on the west coast you will calling a light skin blacks mulattos left and right like that?

 

[Razor Reader]

Irregardless of what they were called, a distinction was still made.

Fam, I think they took the word mulatto off the senses like in the 30s. So honestly there was no distinction between a mixed person and a black person for the majority of the 20th century.

 

[West Coast Avenger]

So on the west coast you will calling a light skin blacks mulattos left and right like that?

I'm older than u are bruh...and in movies, TV shows etc...the word was highly used....even up till the early 90's...

 

[Razor Reader]

I'm older than u are bruh...and in movies, TV shows etc...the word was highly used....even up till the early 90's...

Nah fam, nah.

 

[West Coast Avenger]

Nah fam, nah.

How old are you?...lol @ nah...

 

[Ghost Utmost]

So where does culture play into this ? I mean, it's not too many people will blacker than Frederick Douglass and he had at least one white parent and probably a few more down the line.

We going to include him as biracial because, I don't think they're too many black Americans who are prominent in history who are more quintessentially black American than him.

If logical points like this were enough to dead this debate then it would have been over long ago.

Alas..

But you're right. This is the first thing niqqas say (not the same exact historical figure, but the same idea).

And somehow the Blacker Than Thou crowd finds a way to say something besides 'you're totally right'.

 

[Razor Reader]

How old are you?...lol @ nah...

Over 35...

 

[Aphrodite]

It's been going on....
Maybe occurring more based on region/area.

 

[Thebadguy]

When the mixed kids started getting raised by white moms instead of being raised by black moms. Back in the day, the white dad had nothing to do with the kids and the mom raised them with us.