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Posts: 1,594
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: My Own Exquisite Hell, , United Kingdom
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10-05-06, 04:18 PM
Gmahogany wrote:
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Many CA's who could never understand why Blacks in America got so hyped up about racial issues and overly identify as "black", now TOTALLY understand where we're coming from, because of their own experiences living in predominantly white countries like England, France, etc. Before that experience, many of them seemed to think we were either making things up, or ranting and raving about race because we have nothing better to do,lol.
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Whenever family members from JA move up to the US, at first, they seem to almost disbelieve us when we tell them of the barriers and the Yank born ones get alot of flack for being "hypervigilant" and sensitive...that is until they get their first taste of "otherness" and you see the realisation dawn on their faces. I have heard the same from 1st generation CAs here in Britain.
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It's tough to definethe point at which one is "over zealous"- it's worth discussing. Does that imply militancy, anger, obsession?
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As for the mixed race people, well... as far as it stands in America, the one drop rule still lumps everyone together as black.To the contrary, here in the UK, I have noticed that they seem to more obviously associate with their white heritage (so many I have met have Euro mothers however)... but that is just my personal observation.
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