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the bold kinda does not make sense because there are various looks for spainards and italians not counting immigrants
classification in america, its quite simple.. its just that other caucasians who dont look like white -AMERICANS arenot gonna be seen as white and colored in america was another word for blacks.
Um, yes I realize this. First I should have worded it that He has been asked if his heredity was perhaps Italian, Spanish or Portuguese. Second, I Know that Colored was another word for "black" people in America, as I mentioned that is what was recorded on his birth certificate. At the time of my DH's birth, it was standard to have race notated on birth certificates in this country. This practice set a persons course for segragation in many sectors in life at that time.
no one is an african americans except for AMERICAN BLACKS. unless we apply the whole notion of the Americas and the african descent people who live in these areas
Many Cape Verdeans consider themselves American Blacks.
No. I asked a question, and I would like you to answer it.
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biracial: bi=two or more, racial=race
biracial is two or more races combined. not that hard to comprehend.
If it's two or more races, why just "bi" racial?
And why are you making such a hoopla over this when the vast majority of "people of color," in this country, i.e. African Americans and Latinos, are multiracial? Seems to me that Obama's just another bro.
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genetically he is mixed.
Whoop-de-damn-do.
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socially though when you see someone who looks like him walk down the road, what do you say, oh, look at that mixed guy.
uhhh no, you say, ok thats a black guy.
thats why he labels himself black, since thats what people on the street label him as.
Like I said, he's just another brother.
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i basically have the same makeup as him. white mom, black dad, and i can tell you, no white on the street is saying im biracial, even though i am.
so i just socially percieve myself as black even though im not.
Tragic.
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i dont really care, i cant be blamed for peoples immediate need to box someone the second they see em.
That's how America is. Deal with it.
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i do the same thing with different types of whites.
This is where you are mistaking about most biracial identifying with one or the other. As you know, you can't take what just someone in the spot light does, it doesnt always represent many as a whole. There are a lot of groups, and movements out there for biracial people to be identified as just that, biracial, accepting and being proud of both, not being forced to identify as just one or the other. Since these groups have thousands of members, then it would be false to say that most, choose one or the other.
Despite whether there's a current movement or not, traditionally, biracial people have chosen to exist as one race or the other. I know many biracial people that identify themselves as African American, since they experience racism from whites. Although they experience some issues from the black race, they would rather choose to identify themselves as black than experience hatred and outright rejection from whites.
Finally, whether you want to admit it, or not, many biracial people also feel "superior" because they have "white" flowing in their veins, which makes them usually feel they have "better" hair, skin color and features than "pure" African Americans. I know...I'm going to get bombarded with comments from the "we're all mixed with something" folk, however, let's keep it real, you know what I mean...
[quote=teejuris;11601478]Despite whether there's a current movement or not, traditionally, biracial people have chosen to exist as one race or the other. I know many biracial people that identify themselves as African American, since they experience racism from whites. Although they experience some issues from the black race, they would rather choose to identify themselves as black than experience hatred and outright rejection from whites.
Finally, whether you want to admit it, or not, many biracial people also feel "superior" because they have "white" flowing in their veins, which makes them usually feel they have "better" hair, skin color and features than "pure" African Americans. I know...I'm going to get bombarded with comments from the "we're all mixed with something" folk, however, let's keep it real, you know what I mean...[/quote]
What do you mean?
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