Do you think its right when a person is half white and half black theyre referred to as Black/African American

Question

Not just when mixed with white and african american, but any mixed person if they resemble a certain race more, people dont consider that they are mixed but just say they are of one race. I dont think thats cool that their other race isnt acknowledged.
Ex. Halle berry is referred to as African American but she is mixed

Answer 1

Most people that call themselves African American are not....They are just American with ancestory that dates way back to Africa. They have never been to Africa, and the name is a way to label themselves as a group, and unfortunately causes segregation! My ancestory is from Russia, but I am not a Russian American.

I believe the term malado, is for half black and half black, but who cares. We are all humans, all the same, and all equal. People segregate because of what they are afraid of, because of what they do not know. It is my belief that we were never supposed to segregate. Some of the most beautiful people are from mixed cultures, Jamacain Chinese for example.

It would be wonderful, if we didn't have to put a label on people and groups, just love each other, and see past the cultural differences. Everyone has the same basic needs, food, shelter, clothing, to love and be love. So let's try to forget race, it is ok to celebrate your culture, but who cares what color a person is!

Answer 2

if a person has a parent who is African-American regardless if their other parent is white, Hispanic or Asian then they are African-American. Halle Berry is African-American. Besides African-Americans are all mixed. I'm African-American but I have Spanish ancestry and Native American on my mother's side. If an American has considerable African descent they are African-American. Plain and simple.

Answer 3

Personally I believe you can claim to be whatever race you have in you without regard as to which you most resemble. Don't take this wrong I mean no ill will in the following.I do not like the moniker African-American though unless everyone is going to legally allow me to call myself Cherokee-German-Russian-Irish-American that and claim my status. My apologies if I sounded like I was venting here.

Answer 4

I don't like the labelling of anyone. I could never understand why society feels the need to point out anyone's cultural background. You will never hear, Oh that person is African American and Caucasian/White -- because they believe that not to sound right.

Answer 5

There is a history behind that which goes back to long before the civil war. Rules said only white men could vote, own property, etc. To enforce such absurd laws, they had to legislate exactly who was white and who was not.

Because it was to their advantage, they decided if a person had even one drop of black blood, "the one-drop rule," they were not white. Things like that have been the source of conflict for years.

Answer 6

Being black prevents you from being white.
Being white comes with the presumption that you are regular and everyone else is other. Mixed (black, latino, asian...) people don't have that presumption. They recognize that their values and beliefs (culture) make them more than white.
Unless they only had contact with the white side of the family, then they are white. Most of those people are the ones who say things like: it doesn't matter, we are all the same.

Answer 7

I think its hillarious when black people, such as Tyra Banks, the biggest joke in American....goes on and on about her "blackness", and how proud she is to be a successful black woman, blah, blah, blah, yet her skin is so light, and her hair is straightened and dyed almost blonde...who is trying to look white here? If she is so proud of being black, and she should be, everyone should be proud of their heritage, then why is she trying to look so white? Michael Jackson, the freak, is another good example. He went from a decent looking black man to a freakish looking nothing man, because he is neither black nor white now.

Answer 8

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe it was Jesse Jackson who coined the term African American. It was his way of keeping the spirit of racism alive. I believe someone earlier had it right. How many blacks have parents that come from Africa, or come from Africa themselves? Not too many. In addition, how many blacks come from places like Haiti, or Jamaica?

Answer 9

unfortunately for whites if you look a little bit dark then you are black. i feel sorry for biracial kids coz this always leaves them confused when they have both races in them, well i really dont know how am gonna handle it myself coz im black married to white and we gonna have kids soon, and i know this will be a big problem when they start school and all that. i think its time we forget about races and focus on personality.

Answer 10

I thought she was Afro-amer. Well she sure does look like it to me. also I think that it depends on the person. I have a friend whose mix with wh/bl she identifies herself with the black culture. I think only that person can define what the are in there eyes