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(11) Whites are biased. When 'white kiddies' form clubs, whites call these "youth groups". When non-white young people do the same, whites call them "gangs".
sometime's stupid people sound smart, as a black person, I found macmeals comments offensive, on many level's - but then may be he's playing the devil's advocate - lets all refuse to play with him/her
sometime's stupid people sound smart, as a black person, I found macmeals comments offensive, on many level's - but then may be he's playing the devil's advocate - lets all refuse to play with him/her
You don't have to be black to find me offensive, believe me....
On the topic of doing away with, or keeping race definitions, how about the "one drop" rule? It's the craziest thing I've ever heard of. How in the heck does that make sense that if a person has one drop of anything other than white, they are that other race, but if they have one drop of white, they do not become white? Of course, this "rule" is being phased, but it's still really prominent it seems.
The 'One Drop Rule' is a farce at best.
And; it certainly does not apply to Hispanics anyway...........there is no Latino race, period.
sometime's stupid people sound smart, as a black person, I found macmeals comments offensive, on many level's - but then may be he's playing the devil's advocate - lets all refuse to play with him/her
You have not been on this board long enough to truly grasp macmeal's sense of sarcasm/satire-----------most of our Black regulars here tend to relate, shall we say?
On the topic of doing away with, or keeping race definitions, how about the "one drop" rule? It's the craziest thing I've ever heard of. How in the heck does that make sense that if a person has one drop of anything other than white, they are that other race, but if they have one drop of white, they do not become white? Of course, this "rule" is being phased, but it's still really prominent it seems.
Correction: The “One Drop Rule” applies exclusively to blacks. If you have one drop of Negroid blood, you are considered black in this country. No other race has such a distinction. It stems from slavery, and the belief that black equates to inferior.
Correction: The “One Drop Rule” applies exclusively to blacks. If you have one drop of Negroid blood, you are considered black in this country. No other race has such a distinction. It stems from slavery, and the belief that black equates to inferior.
But if the "one drop rule" actually does apply to that extent today, why would almost no one consider your typical NYC Puerto Rican (I'm making these numbers up, but: 75% white, 25% black) to be "black" ? Many people do consider mixed-race Dominicans (who tend to be equally black as they are white) to be "black," but there are many other Latino groups who the general populace does NOT consider "black" despite their mixed lineage. I'm just curious to know what you think because I didn't really think that people went by the "one drop rule" anymore. I can understand someone being 1/2 black (Obama, for instance) to be considered "black" but I have known people who are 1/8-1/4 (and even some Hispanic people who were 1/2!!) black who weren't considered "black."
Benicar, this is really random, but I learned what the term "high yellow" meant in college. I used to be in a choir in which most of the members were African-American and I asked a few of them why they kept referring to this one light-skinned black girl as "yellow" and they explained it to me.
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I used to be in a choir in which most of the members were African-American and I asked a few of them why they kept referring to this one light-skinned black girl as "yellow" and they explained it to me.
