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All the Arabs I know are shades and shades darker than me. Heck sone of them are as dark as sub Saharan Africans. Two people I know from Yemen come to mind. If they consider themselves white they must have sone serious self loathing issues. Same with all those Hispanics who are mostly of indigenous descent but mark white on the census. They are just trying to be something they are not. I wonder how many readers do this themselves.
You keep using the term "white" and refering to skin tone. Causasian is an old racial classification once widely used. It only means we have common ancestors that originated in middle asia. In regards to your "darker shades" many middle eastern peoples have been intermarrying with sub-saharan blacks for centuries. While I tend to think of myself as "white" I know most of my ancestors came from europe.
Yet he identifies with the black community. I'm saying this if only because he "seems" to have chosen to live within a black community far from the shores of a very multi-cultural multi-racial culture in hawaii.
Like he really "chose" to be identified as black... He is biracial, neither black or white. To others - particularly white others - he looks black and has thus been treated as black. Why wouldn't he identify with the black community?
You keep using the term "white" and refering to skin tone. Causasian is an old racial classification once widely used. It only means we have common ancestors that originated in middle asia. In regards to your "darker shades" many middle eastern peoples have been intermarrying with sub-saharan blacks for centuries. While I tend to think of myself as "white" I know most of my ancestors came from europe.
Like he really "chose" to be identified as black... He is biracial, neither black or white. To others - particularly white others - he looks black and has thus been treated as black. Why wouldn't he identify with the black community?
Sorry, but I don't buy your "whites are all racist" argument. That argument is older and moldier than I am.
LOL...what's with white folks' obsession with wanting to be Indian?
Obsession? I didn't even know about my Indian ancestors until our 9th grade civics teacher had us all check into our family trees. I had always considered myself white and nothing else. Then I became a librarian and was given the same assignment; research your family tree so you can help others do the same. That is when I took one family name back to Germany that I had always thought was English. The only difference between the English name and the German name was the last letter in the name. I am not obsessed; I'm just educated.
Obsession? I didn't even know about my Indian ancestors until our 9th grade civics teacher had us all check into our family trees. I had always considered myself white and nothing else. Then I became a librarian and was given the same assignment; research your family tree so you can help others do the same. That is when I took one family name back to Germany that I had always thought was English. The only difference between the English name and the German name was the last letter in the name. I am not obsessed; I'm just educated.
Whites are obsessed with "indian" ancestors. I believe it's because we've been indoctrinated for decades to believe whites are somehow "uniquely" bad. Educated or not I've come to believe many of us are just afraid to be proud of our ancestry.
Like he really "chose" to be identified as black... He is biracial, neither black or white. To others - particularly white others - he looks black and has thus been treated as black. Why wouldn't he identify with the black community?
Some black people identify with the white community more.. they fit in more. The feel safer and I live in a mixed neighborhood with all kinds of people.
I know blacks who wouldn't walk down the street at night in an all black neighborhood. Now do you think a white person would walk in an all black neighborhood and feel safe? I don't think so.
Yes but hispanics can't have it both ways. They want their affirmative action, free college because of their race. The notion of a hispanic race only came after affirmative action so they could get in on quotas and lots of financial aid.
Actually, most Hispanics oppose affirmative action.
The vast majority of Americans, immigrants included, have supported equality of opportunity but have been opposed to preferential treatment for members of racial and ethnic groups. For example, polls have shown that more than 70 percent of Hispanics dislike racial preferences.
National (US) Poll * June 3, 2009 * U.S. Voters Disagree 3-1 With - Quinnipiac University – Hamden, Connecticut (http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=1307 - broken link)
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Oppose 70 - 25 percent giving some racial groups preference for government jobs to increase diversity. Black voters support it 49 - 45 percent while Hispanic voters are opposed 58 - 38 percent;
Oppose 74 - 21 percent giving some racial groups preference for private sector jobs to increase diversity. Voters in every racial and religious group oppose this;
Oppose 64 - 29 percent affirmative action for Hispanics in hiring, promotion and college entry. Black voters support it 59 - 30 percent while Hispanics split 47 - 48 percent;
Oppose 61 - 33 percent affirmative action for blacks in hiring, promotion and college entry. Black voters support this 69 - 26 percent, as do Hispanics 51 - 46 percent;
Oppose 62 - 32 percent affirmative action for white women in hiring, promotion and college entry. Women oppose this 58 - 35 percent but blacks support it 55 - 37 percent.
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He is biracial, neither black or white. To others - particularly white others - he looks black and has thus been treated as black. Why wouldn't he identify with the black community?
