The days of black people having to accept the people whites rejected are almost gone. Barack Obama has walk the walk of a black man and even he didn't get the black vote easy. Some black people don't realise the power they have. Its what MLK and others fought for years ago. This has alot to do with history. When whites go to South Africa they know the culture and history there is between black Africans[the indigenous] and whites. Despite there being a coloured /mixed race culture and group. In most of the Americas and some of Europe the black culture is almost more important to the country than anything else. If you asked a Brazilian to send home a black brazilian to Africa he would point out what blacks have brought to Brazil as a melting pot. As racist as some white in that country might be. When you are the original and creator of certain things its hard for people to ignore you . The fact is this world is a selfish place and every group is more concerned with their own. Black African people are a little bit more diverse than others. Africa has the widest range of skin colours of any contient, there are different looks from Ethiopia to Ghana.

I don't like the way you've put that, although i get what you're saying. the way you put it almost sounds as though black people are more important than those 'misfits'.

Also please note, there's certain people's responses I simply cba to respond to anymore.

yeh cause its obvious, u just have a problem with white ppl.

Really? who doesn't?


And I am not saying that black people are better than "misfits" they should just have their own "misfit" group. Why should they be tossed in the black community when aren't even black.

most mixed race people will choose a race by the time they are 18 that they feel most comfortable associating with.

no matter what race they choose tho, they will be seen and treated as a black here in america.

Not necessarily. I am treated as hispanic and "other", sometimes black, never white.

Also, against popular belief I don't believe that most mixed-race people choose one race. 9/10 of the mixed-race people I know identify as a mixed-race individual...someone with different ethnicities

I consider myself African-American because of my culture and ethnic heritage, not because of the degree of the color of my skin. If that were the case I would be reppin for the Boriquas.

that was my point really. if you are half black and half white you will be treated as black and i will include non-white. i find the treatment here to be white and non-white so to be treated as anything other than white is still to be treated as black. either way you cut it you WON'T be treated as white.

as far as the boricua comment...how do you think they are treated?

i know plenty of mixed race people and while they all claim all of their heritage they normally associate (hang around) mostly blacks or mostly whites. that's what i see.

and i wasn't referencing the color of your skin. that means nothing. at the end of the day you don't look white so you won't be treated as such.

I guess its different according to where you live, even inside a country. That's more often than not the case becauseblack people are more likely to hang around in groups of their own, and so are white ppl (just because of common culture), so unless mixed race ppl say hung out just with each other or another race, that's likely to happen, as in some areas there aren't too mnay groups of friends with both white and black ppl.

I just think people should be described and have the right to who they are, that's all. It causes for less confusion and sides to the argument.

Even if they do associate more with one culture, they should and others should acknowlegde the fact that they have a mixed heritage, without exluding them, as that's just racial predjudice from whatever side its on.

What i don't understand is why black n some mixed people generally agree to the notion of the 'one-drop' rule... and get annoyed when someone opposes it.

all I'm sayin' is hanging out with a certain crowd or community of people is not going to rearrange your genetic makeup.
If you're white and hang with blacks...you're still white.
If you're black and hang with whites...you're still black.
If you're biracial and you hang out with x you're still biracial.

If someone sees you as black, and you're biracial, at the end of the day you know who/what you are irregardless of what other people think or how they treat you. So I don't buy that argument.

I really think people complicate the issue.

I associate myself more with African issues and lifestyle, but I identify myself as a half white, half black individual. It is not rocket science and honestly I have little sympathy for "tragic mulatto" types. Be true to thyself and you'll be aight. Let everyone else burn their brains out with their confusion but I know who I am and whatever actions by myself or others will never change that.