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But for mixed people growing up in the "black community", it can be just as harmful to them as white racism, and that is the point I was trying to make.
The overwhelming majority of people that I grew up with in Los Angeles were/are either light skinned (or light brown) Black, mixed race and/or Black Creole. Many in my family are mixed race or are in interracial marriages. My father is VERY light skinned. Why were we not subjected to this "black racism"?
Your experience is NOT the experience of ALL (or even most) light skinned Black people or people of mixed race. I'm sorry that your father and aunt were cruel to you but those are their personal character flaws and not the flaws of the entire population of Black Americans.
Vpunk, you are nearly 30 years old, its time to grow up and move on. Just let it go. No one has a problem with you embracing both sides of your heritage. No one has a problem with you calling yourself biracial. And if you are light enough, no one cares if you want to pass for White but that does not change the fact that you do have African ancestry.
The summation of this thread is that the only people who are buying into your "woe is me" nonsense are those people who 1) have zero knowledge base for what you are attempting to claim 2) are self hating and 3) don't like Black people anyway so they can "understand" why you don't want to be Black.
The overwhelming majority of people that I grew up with in Los Angeles were/are either light skinned (or light brown) Black, mixed race and/or Black Creole. Many in my family are mixed race or are in interracial marriages. My father is VERY light skinned. Why were we not subjected to this "black racism"?
Your experience is NOT the experience of ALL (or even most) light skinned Black people or people of mixed race. I'm sorry that your father and aunt were cruel to you but those are their personal character flaws and not the flaws of the entire population of Black Americans.
Vpunk, you are nearly 30 years old, its time to grow up and move on. Just let it go. No one has a problem with you embracing both sides of your heritage. No one has a problem with you calling yourself biracial. And if you are light enough, no one cares if you want to pass for White but that does not change the fact that you do have African ancestry.
The summation of this thread is that the only people who are buying into your "woe is me" nonsense are those people who 1) have zero knowledge base for what you are attempting to claim 2) are self hating and 3) don't like Black people anyway so they can "understand" why you don't want to be Black.
Why is your experience any more valid than his experience? He is first generation mixed race (although his Black parent most likely has white ancestry), your family is multiple generation mixed race firmly rooted in the African American community. Your experience and his experiences will be different although you may both be light skinned of mixed heritage.
You have to know your family's experience is not applicable to the vast majority of African Americans, ever hear of the talented tenth?
Why is your experience any more valid than his experience? He is first generation mixed race (although his Black parent most likely has white ancestry), your family is multiple generation mixed race firmly rooted in the African American community. Your experience and his experiences will be different although you may both be light skinned of mixed heritage.
You have to know your family's experience is not applicable to the vast majority of African Americans, ever hear of the talented tenth?
You'd be surprised just how typical her experience is.
It's not typical are the majority of African Americans part of the light skinned elite?
Elite does not necessarily mean light-skinned, and light-skinned does not necessarily mean elite. My dark-skinned African American father's family is much more affluent and educated than my light-skinned Latin mother's family.
It's not typical are the majority of African Americans part of the light skinned elite?
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Elite does not necessarily mean light-skinned, and light-skinned does not necessarily mean elite. My dark-skinned African American father's family is much more affluent and educated than my light-skinned Latin mother's family.
EdwardA was talking about "light skin" Black people, NOT Hispanics. Sheesh! He's right tho: more higher class Black people ain't all "Black" just looking at them than the hood rats. I don't see that many light skin hood rats thinking about it.
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