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17-02-07, 08:09 AM
My view on mixed race people is two-fold.As with most things, I don't believe there is a one size fits all approach to this. When I see a mixed race person from the UK, South AFrica, Brazil, or a few other places, I consider them mixed race and don't view them any differently than I view a white person. Don't expect anything from them or trust them(unless they show and prove). In those places, mixed race people tend to have vastly different experiences than Black people, because the systems in those places allow/encourage them to.
When I come across a mixed race person from America, I consider them tobe Black and treat them as such, until they give me a reason not to,(and more often than not, they too consider themselves Black and rep that).Commonality of experience(be it chosen or forced),is a crucial element. A mixed race person in America, is SOMETIMES, more likely to have the same kinds of attitudes about whites as a collecitive(regardless of what their momma/daddy is)/be hip to racial dynamics than some full blooded Black folks from all Black countries who can sometimes be very unhip to such matters, and see race as trivial in comparison to classs/tribe/education level, ad nauseam.
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