People who are half black do you say you are black or mixed?

Question

i say i am black because when people see my mom they are like oh she is black. i know that i came from a black woman for sure so i know i am black. i my not look like what people say is black but i don't care. i tell people if they were to start that whole black only and white only thing again to day, (there would not be a mixed section because black people are mixed to), they would take one look at my mom and say "get your *** to the black section."
my dad is Asian and he makes sure i follow my Asian culture as well. i don't really like people saying i am mixed because my mom is just too then, her grandmother father was Mexican and grandmother's mom was black and had Irish. now my moms grandfather was black, Irish, and native. that was on her mom side of the family. my moms dad side has too many to speak of. everyone on my mom side of the family is very light and has long hair. but my mom she is dark skin with shoulder length hair. so i am like how come she has to say black.

and i can't! if all black people went back you would see they all have something else in them, so they are mixed. because on the real if mixed is a race there are no black people. i mean do not get me wrong, if someone was to tell me they said they were mixed i would have no problem with that. i like to see people embrace both of there sides. i just don't want to. so please tell me why you say you are black or why you say you are mixed. thank you.

Answer 1

Mixed.

Also, one of the reasons that so many Americans
(particularly those who are Mixed-Race via their
parent's generational-ancestry, rather than via
their parent'sbeing in an interracial-relationship)
-- refer to themselves by a mono-racial term
(such as black, white, etc.), is because in
the United States, up until 1967, the racist
'One-Drop Rule' could be enforced against them
having their full-lineage publicly acknowledged.

The racist 'One-Drop Rule' was created
during the antebellum, chattel-slavery era
by White racial supremacist in order to
get people to believe the false racist myth
that the so-called White "race" was "pure"
and to falsely view the Black "racial"
admixture (even the slightest amount) within
someone's ancestral lineage as being "tainted".

To embrace the 'One-Drop Rule' (the false and racist
teaching that 'any amount' of Black ancestral lineage
make a person "full black") is the equivalent of BOTH
embracing "racism" and embracing the false teaching
that a Mixed-Race person's Black lineage is "tainted".

My advice is that any non-Racist should *not* embrace
the concept of the 'One-Drop Rule' -- as "Black blood"
is *not* "tainted" -- and should never be perceived
or embraced as being so (not even in the
name of so-called "pride" and "unity").

In addition, legally-speaking, attempted forcible
application of the racist 'One-Drop Rule' -- against
any individual or group -- was made illegal and ruled
as unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court
in 1967 via the case of 'Loving vs. The State of Virginia'.

Through the 'Loving vs. Virginia' case, the U.S.
Supreme Court, ruled against both all of the laws
banning Interracial marriage -- and -- also ruled
that any so-called law which forcibly applied the
'One Drop Rule' -- was racist, discriminatory,
illegal, unconstitutional, and non-enforcible.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/1402

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/1400

Related Links:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MGM-Mixed
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FGM-Mixed

------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------

In regards to the matter of being Mixed-Race via one's
generational-ancestry, the following may be of interest:

--- Dr. Luigi Caveli-Sforza, who is the Executive
Director of the Human Genome Project and the
world's foremost authority on human genetics
has both tested and proven that more that
70% of all of the African-Americans actually
have a full ancestral lineage which consists
of +20-30% White / European and more
than +25% Amerindian bloodlines.

--- That means that the 'average' (+70%) person
born to two (2) parents who are both members
of the AA Ethnic group actually has slightly
less than 50% Black / African blood lineage
found in his or her full-ancestral lineage.

For more information -- see supporting links listed below:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/1399
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/1032
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/1034
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/991
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/1570
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/1573

Hope that's helpful (or at least interesting) :D.

Have a nice day.

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Answer 2

If that is your picture displayed, you could say you were any race you choose. Traditionally, if a person has "any" black blood in them, they are considered black. Right or wrong that was the way it was done.

When having babies, sometimes the genes will play tricks on the parents. For example, if you married a white man, your baby may be black or Asian or any other blood you have in you. By the same token, if you married a black guy, you could have an Asian baby or since the Irish is in the background perhaps a white child with red hair. The further we go down through generations, the more mixed up we all will be. I don't have a lot of answers for your question but just thought I would throw in some "learned" situations. Pops

Answer 3

It's all about personal preference. There are those out there that can actually care less whether you know they're bi-racial or not and there's others who are just screaming to let the world know. I also believe it has to do with whatever group they identify with more, or whatever ethnic group they grew up around. I myself am bi-racial (Black and Puerto Rican) and I guess it's kind of easier for me because I can just identify myself as a Black Latina. I don't parade around town making it known that I'm mixed - I only mention it when people ask. And whenever says something ignorant to you such as "You don't look Black" or "You don't look _____" (fill that blank in with whatever ethnic group you want), then you need to realize how close minded they are. Not all blacks, latinos, asians, native americans, etc. look the same. As long as you know who you are, you don't have to prove yourself to anyone.

Answer 4

Depends on the person. But I can say this..if you are even a drop of black you usually lean somewhat toward the black..African American people have strong characteristics. Noses, hair textures and coloring in the skin..even the voice tones.Being mixed allows you that choice...But to me it s seems if you are even a partially black, people perceive you as black..I am half black..I do know what I am talking about. If Hallie Berry identified herself as solely Caucasian, imagine all the fuss that would cause.

Answer 5

properly Ian Johnson -- an exceedingly gentle skinned Afro/Am soccer participant -- proposed to a white cheerleader in front of a stadium crammed with human beings and a good number of persons replied on line --on the Trojan weblog for one -- with destructive, racist, comments against it. he's so gentle it relatively is in specific cases annoying to tell no be counted if or no longer he's black. yet, specific whites -- following that previous one drop rule -- did no longer settle for him as white. This rejection is the main rationalization why many gentle mixed human beings grew to become "black."

Answer 6

The majority of people don't usually ask me, they just assume I'm black. I do, sometimes, get people who tell me that I don't look full black, then I'll say mixed. Other than that though, I always say I'm black.

Answer 7

I met a girl who looks black and his father looks black. She said she is white. Had not met her mother. I guess you are lucky that you can choose which one you like to be called if you have one of each.

Answer 8

I have two younger bi-racial sisters., mixed with Mexican and black. They both consider themselves to be black! In my experience the majority of mixed people I have encountered (that were mixed with black)consider themselves to be black.

There is a small number that considered themselves to be mixed, or other!

From what I have gathered, it really depends on your experience.

Halle Barry is mixed, but due to her racial experiences in high-school she told Ebony Magazine in 1993 that she considered herself to be a black woman. Kimora Lee Simmons has stated the same thing!





Don't believe the hype!

Answer 9

I interviewed a guy for a job and during the interview i ask what is your nationality and he said What the hell do you mean by that.Needless to say i was not getting into that crap.This did not answer your question but i wanted to tell you about it

Answer 10

Well I consider myself to be American because honestly if you see me you wouldnt be able to tell what race I am. But my paternal grandfather is hispanic, so in school they classify me as hispanic. My father is half white half hispanic and my mother is black.