i know this girl who is a quarter black or a quadroon. is she still biracial? she identifies herself as biracial. Her mom is half black half white. She does not look all that black except that fact she has a black girl body, her eyes are black, and her hair is extremely frizzy.
2006-09-29 12:59:00 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Biracial has become a rather generic term, as people no longer use more precise percentage figures like quadroon and octaroon. It's "mixed" in some generic sense, and that's all anyone really needs.
Get used to this: it's the wave of the future, and we have to adjust our sense of good manners accordingly. Some people are offended by things that other people consider quite proper topics of conversation. Trying to figure out the gene pools of people's ancestors is one such topic. Best let the individual take the lead in how they view these details of their lives.
I always envy people with interesting backgrounds. Mine is so plain Vanilla, given where I come from. I was born in the middle of Pennsylvania Dutch Country, and I am pure PA Dutch -- which is really German, but never mind. So people with interesting family backgrounds may or may not want to say much about them.
2006-09-29 13:10:36 · answer #1 · answered by auntb93again 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How she identifies herself is what she is. it used to be the rule that one drop of black blood made a person black. They also used to do all the math to figure out quadroons and octaroons. Now most people just accept that almost all black people in this country have at least one white ancestor and that black and white is more about culture and appearance than percentages.
2006-09-29 13:10:08 · answer #2 · answered by Kuji 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, she could still be considered bi-racial. Half-black (mulatto), one-quarter black (quadroon) or one-eighth black (octaroon) would all be considered bi-racial. Anything less than one-eighth would really not be taken into consideration and such a person would just be regarded as white.
Personally, however, I would consider a person to be whatever he/she is the most of and disregard the notion of bi-racial or multi-racial entirely.
(By the way, I didn't know anyone still used those old terms.)
2006-09-29 13:11:47 · answer #3 · answered by randyboy 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
First of all...does it really matter if she's biracial? Waaaay back in the day, if you had one drop of "black" blood in you then you were considered black. So technically, yeah the girl in question is black. In reality, she is whatever race she says she is-her life, her choice. Who are we to tell her what "box" to be in?
2006-09-29 13:09:09 · answer #4 · answered by Andrea P 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes
2006-09-29 13:04:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What diff does it make? Most Americans don't know their own mix and you can't see what all of their races are.We are mixed from too many to get it straight! Just being "people" is the best!
2006-09-29 14:00:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes sh'e still biracial if i have a black great grandmother that's more than one race so yes I'd be biracial
2006-09-29 13:02:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
if there is a mixture of 2 races or more thn yes it is biracial
2006-09-29 13:08:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bi-racial...that goes for anyone that has more than one race in her family tree. It just doesn't apply to blacks only but people don't like to be refer to as bi-racial if they look white.
2006-09-29 13:09:16 · answer #9 · answered by Boricua Born 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yep
2006-09-29 14:19:37 · answer #10 · answered by belle 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋