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TheDogon · (#82 (**permalink**))

Femergy wrote:

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Abissinia wrote:

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I think of them as MIXED RACE i.e. black and white.... and until someone can prove to me that a white man/woman can have/give birth to a fully African/black child (no half African and no artificial shshsh) theni shall continue to see them aswhat they are MIXED RACE.

I think the nail is being hit on the head here in terms of the simplistic conclusion of the identity of mixed race people. Abissinia describes mixed race from her perspective as "i.e. black and white." Quite simple that description, so easy to arrive at what would be considered black or not. However, this is oversimpllistic and as we know people who are decendents of several 'races' may in complexion be one thing, in culture something else and on paper something else again.

On being mixed race is a complex subject fraught with micro and macro dynamixs. I have no doubt that Abissinia considers Bob Marley as Mixed Race but it is my view that he is Black.

Identity is at the heart of this subject and on the one hand is completely subjective from both the perspective of the invidiual concerned and that of those who consider themselves 'un-mixed'!

Respect and Pce

Fem'

Very insightful. Yes, this is all subjective because the very nature of race is subjective. When a race-minded person expresses their "mixed" identity. They are really speaking in a cultural sense. They are claiming they are not to be associated with African Culture. I feel that we as Africans should accepted the mixed folks who do recognize that African connection.

But Fem, it's hard to explain the frustration that Africans feel when talking about certain mixed people. Here is a person, with the blood of Africa, basically slapping us in our faces. They make it appear as if we are begging for them to be "Black". That alone is beyond belief.

So now, there is talk inmany communities about "mixed" folks, where there was none before. Before, they were us. . .because we were all mixed anyway. But now. . .that time may be coming to an end.