for coolie ppl(black mixed with caribbean indain) that are called mixed race.?

Question

i asked this before but in cultures & groups and I don't think they under stand. my parents aren't different races but they are mixed up. Now imagine every day for 9 years you’re asked the same question & in London where I live, when people ask you if you are mixed race it means you are half black and white. That happens to me. this question was just to know if other people in London that are coolie get asked if you are mixed race all the time. i don't have a problem but if you are asked if you are that every single day you get pissed. Also if you don't have that problem how can you judge me you don't under stand how it feels its just plain announcing. I’m young (16) you get angry quick. I don’t want any answer that don't answer this. Does this happen to you and how do you feel when you are mistaken for a race u r not EVERYDAY.wouln't you get pissed. I call myself black cause that’s my colour.

Answer 1

My husband is mixed race (asian and white) and he gets questions all the time about 'where he is from' (answer = Manchester!). He prefers to call himself brown! But, let's face it, we're all different shades of brown, from the very dark to the very light. Try not to get upset by it - people love to pigeonhole others but in the long term they don't matter. It's what's in your heart that's important, so be a good person, work hard and try to make the world a better place for everyone. Anyone who feels the need to 'classify' you isn't worth bothering with.

Answer 2

Hello from the US! I grew up in the Carribbean where decendants of African slaves and Carib "Indians" are called West Indians, not Coolies. You might like to know that the term "coolie" can be offensive in the US.

Also, the major races of the world are thought to be Caucasoid (white/European, Japanese), Negroid (Black/African), and Mongoloid or Sinoid (Asian, East/West Indian, Eskimo).

According to many anthropologists, that would make you "mixed race" as a decendant of Blacks and Carib Indians. Maybe you could think of yourself as Exotic or Multicultural!

I know that the British, and many other whites, can be hung up the mixed race thing. As globalization progresses, there will likely be very few single-race people after a while anyway. Anyone still stuck on labels will have a hard time.

I'm sorry if this bothers you right now, or if other people's questions are annoying.

FYI, I am a "Euro-mutt" -Romanian, Hungarian, German, French, Scottish.

Cheers.

Answer 3

I thought a coolie was an Indian (from India) who lives in the West Indies. Thats what I learned in Bahamian History and thats what it means.

If I say my friend is a coolie I mean he is of Indian (the country) descent. Trinidad has a lot of coolies.

Answer 4

Yes, a person mixed with caribbean indian and black is referred to as 'dougla' here in Trinidad and Tobago.

Answer 5

Im sorry that people dont understand you,I dont think its just coolie people who get asked if they are mixed, I think a lot of fair skinned black people do, esp if they have longer hair (and have it straightened).
Just dont let it bother you, they are the niave ones.

Answer 6

both coolie and dougla people are mixed.but they're primarily black. they also have amerindian ancestry such as the carib and arawaks indians.

Answer 7

If they ask if you're "mixed race" just say, "Nope....I'm one hundred percent human..."

That should be enough.

Answer 8

Na luv....

Mixed Race means YOU ARE MIXED RACES.

WHITE & BLACK
INDIAN & WHITE
CHINESE & BLACK

Get my drift - Getting all rude and expectin peps to ansa your question when you can't even ask it nicely.