I am a mixed race woman and I resent the assumption from both sides that 'mixed race=mixed up mind'. In fact I find the most confused people in my life to be mono-racials, Black friends who refuse with a passion to accept that they are not African, who wear hazel/honey coloured contacts, weave and chemically destroy their hair and readily throw away their culture in exchange for any other and I am assumed to be confused, without even knowing me?

I readily except that I am a mixture of both european and African, I despair over the fact that the Guyanese side of my family have lost both their African name, culture and Traditions through colonialism and slavery. In fact it surprised me as a 14yr old that my Guyanesefamily didn't even know what part of Africa they came from, they can only assume it's west Africa. I have to admit, I am angry at the complacency my family and some members of the 'Black' community have shown, my own family accept their jewish surname-I do not, they accept there white European names given to them by someone whom once owned them, I do not. In fact, considering I'm supposed to be some confused mulatto desperate to pass and be accepted by whitey, I've done allot more than my counterparts to find out & reclaim my African heritage. My european heritage is readily available and accessible for me to find, the African side is not.
Mixed race people have the right to identify themselves as they see fit, it's laughable that you as 'Blacks' feel you have a right to identify us, I mean really, what is that about, Whites seem to think their in the same position to name us?

I'm starting to feel painfully indifferent to those of you who tarnish all with the same brush, it shows laziness and ignorance that I just don't care for.

Whomever stated that the Black community need to stop putting lighter/mixed women on such a hierarchy, is right.

And what kinda idiot thinks all people of a particular mix or race are all the same? I say stop worrying about all and every other mans business and worry about your own, I've just got a whole heap of Malcolm X speeches in my head about how Africans are to complacent about reclaiming what is theirs.

Plus the question is pointless and misguided.