Do not get offended...please!?

Question

I'm mixed I'm 1/2 black and 1/4 white and 1/4 native american. I really wanted to know how come if you're half black mixed with anything else your automitically black??? What about the other half of you? I don't understand...for example why is Halle Berry black...when she's half white? Why is Mariah Carey black if she's mainly Hispanic? I don't understand is there some kind of rule. I'm not trying to deny my black ancestry but deny the other ones either....why do I have to chose.

Answer 1

Many blacks will try to claim every bi-racial person who is half black as one of their own. They actually want these people to deny the other half of their heritage! They only do this because they are racist and ignorant. Every mulatto I have met finds this very annoying. They also will come up with lame excuses for their racism. For example, they will cite the archaic "one-drop rule" from colonial Virginia which has no relevance to today. They will also trot out the old lie that black genetics are dominant. This is so stupid because some mulattos look very white. In other words, white genetic features often dominate over black genetic features. They are just racist and this stems from insecurities they have about their race.

Bi-racial people are not black, white, or asian. They are bi-racial. They need to embrace all the aspects of their heritage.

Answer 2

I have a "white" friend that has darker skin than most "blacks". "Black" is a word. Words are symbolic and dynamic. We live in two worlds, one world is in our minds. This is a symbolic world. Money is very important in the symbolic world. We also live In a physical world. Money has very little value in the physical world. What can you do with money? Start a fire with it? If that other person is not brainwashed into believing money has more value than that junk-mail you got today, what can you buy with it?

What is money? Ink on paper? What is junk mail? Ink on paper? What does the word "gay" mean to you? I can remember a time when it meant "happy". So you are "black", will you be offended when I fly the confederate flag on the back of my pickup truck? To some people the confederate flag is a symbol of tyranny, to others it symbolizes the fight against tyranny, their heritage.

Actually I live in Florida so I have to travel quite a distance north to get to the "south". The local grocery store sells grits, turnip roots and collard greens (how many northerners know what I am talking about?), yet most people from Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi would say I have an accent. Someone from Indiana, Illinois or Idaho would not think so.

Is the color "cyan" a shade of blue? What about a dark cyan? If you travel to different parts of the country you will get different answers. Now I have a question for you. Which world is real? The physical world or the symbolic world? Are feelings and emotions "real" or that lump of coal you got in your stocking for christmas? I bet the anger you felt was real but it is not part of the physical world.

Answer 3

You don't have to choose, you should be who you are. There is the "one drop rule" but it is just plain ignorance. It was made by some Caucasians in the early 1900's. It stated that anyone mixed with black is black. It's a way of saying that all blacks look alike (www.frenchcreole.com) It's not true. I'm also a multiracial-American.

Answer 4

Well it's called the one drop rule. I think it's stupid. Basically if you have any black blood you're automatically black here in the United States. It's not like that in other countries. It's just the United States has to categorize everything into race. I have a niece who is half black and half white and she actually doesn't look black at all. She has more Caucasian features which she gets from her mom. But since her father is Black she's automatically considered Black!

Answer 5

You name your heritage with colors not ethnic denominations. You are African, Caucasian, and Native. The reason your ethnic description is African American is because of the government ruling way back when slavery was in effect. Because the females slaves were raped by their owners there were so many mixed race slaves, some "passing" for caucasian, that they made this law up to make sure that no person of African descent were treated like caucasians and would remain classified as an animal. And Mariah Carey is African and Venezuelan not African and Hispanic. Did you know that J Edgar Hoover was of mixed heritage and would have been classified as ***** if the caucasians had known he had that little bit of ancestry in him?

Answer 6

Well, during slavery their was a assine rule that said that if the person had one drop of black blood in them, then they automaticaly were considered African American. I know this is one of the stupidiest things, but peope actually lived by this rule. Even if the person had fair skin and European features they would still be considered AA. Sadly, this still goes on in the 21st century. Society has a lot of growing up to do.

Answer 7

Previous answer citing the origin of the "one drop rule" tells you of the origin of the Why. The fact that this was so ingrained in society, even the Black culture, shows the power of words. Sadly, many people of mixed ethnicity identify more with the Black culture because they are treated in the same manner as those who show no other ethnic characteristics. Somewhere in their past there was an experience(s) that told them that they were seen by the world as black and it didn't matter what else they "claimed" to be. Some of these experiences come from those that are close to them. Mostly out of a mind-set that they are preparing them for the real world. Many times this is solidified with interactions from others outside of those close to them.

Following are words that helped me in a very difficult time and still help.

SET ME FREE





*****, ******, Colored
Black, African-American
Labels imposed by the
Color of my skin
Not allowing for the
Indian or Caucasian
That lies within

Race, Color, Creed
Shall these be my defining labels
Or shall my deeds?
I want to be freed!
Can you hear?
Can you feel?
My Need.

SET ME FREE!
SET ME FREE!

Let me be me
Not what you say
I have to be

You can’t…
You shouldn’t…
Don’t…

I can…
I will…
BE STILL

Stop.
Look.
Listen.
The eyes before you glisten

Hold back!
Be strong!

I can’t
It’s wrong
That strength is false
And leaves me at a loss,
And I can’t survive in this
Boxed in life
That only allows for
Bitterness, anger, and strife

SET ME FREE!
SET ME FREE!
Let me be me
Not what you say
My blackness should be
But Human
Phenomenal Woman
Born Equality!


My prayer is that this answer will truly help you. God Bless

Answer 8

Just be glad you're not famous like Tiger Woods! The more famous he becomes, the more races try to identify him as their own. Can you imagine all those cultures fighting over you?

You don't have to chose anything - you can always check off the box next to the "other" line. Be glad you can chose!

Answer 9

well, black is a very dominating culture. White really(dont take this the wrong way)isn't,so they say your all black even if your half white. but as
4 indian ( i'm also part indian) , it can also b dominating ,so your both. also other cultures such as Hispanic, asian and etc. r dominating.but white is the least dominating.

Answer 10

Its like adding small amount of coffee grinds to water. The richest of the color dominates. You don't have to chose what race u r. There is a box on all applications that says I refuse to answer this question. And there is a box that says Other. On the Other line put black, white, and native american.