menzzingos wrote:

Black Flash wrote:

I totally agree Flash, I and my mate were discussing this subject just today. Mixed race people are turning out to be one of the most racist set of people next to the indians and the whites. Some of the comments, and the way they express them are coming directly from their white side. They would rather be seen with a white partner than a black or they stick soley with their own purely for racist beliefs and is on par with the so called Coloureds in South Africa.
White people cannot be trusted around black kids whether they are mixed or adopted.

I know a black girl that was adopted by whites and was constantly told that she is not to marry a black man when she is old enough, so imagine what they tell their mixed raced children. No wonder they are mentally not stable people. Anyway that girl married my cousin and now have a big house in Florida. One in the eye of her racist white adopters.
Funny though, mixed race people back in the old days were more black than modern day and were always considered black.

Why is it that some people on this site love to generalise when it comes to mixed race/asian/white but if someone generalises about black people in the media or where ever people dont like it at all. Treat others as you would like to be treated...

P.s this isnt aimed at everyone so dont all jump on me, just a few people on this thread but I cant be bothered to go back look at their display names, one in particular on this page though

xXEbonyEyesXx wrote:

Abissinia wrote: 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'

Femergy wrote: 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.

@ The Dogon

I wasn't talking to you, I understand what you said and totally agree with you. niceone.gif

I was talking about other people on the thread who go on like mixed race people are all negative. I know some are like that but they were going on like its everyone and I think its unfair to do that.

xXEbonyEyesXx wrote: Sorry Ebony, I didn't mean to jump into your business.

And thanks for breaking things down for us.

xXEbonyEyesXx wrote: It IS unfair to genalize, though generalization does have it's place at times. I defend bi-racial people because I have knownsome who DON'T fit the negative stereotype,often ascribed to all of them. Having said that, common sense and logic tells me that I'm not going to give them the same benefit of the doubt that I automatically give an "fully' Black person, because a biracial person has both more motive and opportunity to do what is being described by some here. I watch ALL Black folks for signs of traitorship/self hate/sellout/Tom tendencies, but my antenna is particularly active around biracials, for obvious reasons. The only diffference I have with the view expressed by some here, is that they seem to feel that no matter what the biracial person in question says/does/ how they allign themselves, they can never be trusted or fully accepted, and should be dismissed out of hand. That I totally disagree with.

I've learned take things on a case by case basis, because I can honestly say that I've seen some bi-racial people be MORE willing to talk honestly about colorism/good hair etc and perceive the foolishness of it/disavow it (Black/Korean singer Amerie comes to mind, just as an example), than some 2 Black parent having light skinned Black folks who want to insist that there is no colorism/preferential treatment/ given to them WITHIN the BLACK community , or even want to insist that being light or more white looking is somehow a DISADVANTAGE and a source of oppression and tragedy, for them, or who actually secretly buy into the sh*t and really DO think they are better. THAT'S the type I have no use for, and I don't care whether they have 1 Black parent or 2 Black parents. If they talk that nonsense/have that view, they are not to be trusted in my estimation, and are consequently, on my lifetime sh*t list.