Originally posted by Oncewhite
What is there to be shamed of? The history of Thomas Jefferson? The voodoo occult? The fact that if a white person mixes with a non-white person, they won't have white children? What is the shame exactly?
Just the tone, content, and pretext of all your posts. They're all pretty shameful and embarrassing. Try to get out more, dude.
Well, it's shameful because it implies of an inherent superiority by being 'white'. It's embarrassing because your first post supposes their is a 'remedy' to becoming 'white' again. Then, there is racist pretext demonstrated by the tone of your language, and your choice of vocabulary. Finally, there are sentences like this:
Originally posted by Oncewhite
I know he was interested in freeing the slaves but it was reported (not at monticello) that he had algebraic problems to figure how many generations it would take to get that bloodline back to white, apparently, after he finished with some of them, and produced or donated his good genes (lol), he may have figured this was enough to help out the nation, instead of freeing them without any white blood...
I think you've wasted enough of my time, and you really need to go out and live in the world.
it's not like this everywhere
Half-whites identifying with their non-white lineage is known in anthropology as hypodescent; this, IMHO, stems from racially exclusionary practices. Basically, in a society which follows hypodescent (most Western cultures fall into this category) a mixed-race person is ascribed the status of the (socio-culturally) subordinate race. I'm no expert on this topic, but it seems to me that this is based upon the desire of the "dominant" race to exclude anyone who is "tainted" by minority lineage.
While the origin of this trend (and it is by no means universal) may be an attempt at "racial preservation" it is also reinforced by the fact that in Western culture we are completely engulfed in whiteness (I should probably say European culture but FTW), which may drive one to embrace the distinctness of one's non-white background. Some caucasians are probably still blind enough to the rest of the world to believe that everyone wants to be white; this is not the case. Personally I think it's fascinating (and good for you) to explore and indulge in the practices of various cultures, despite my WASPish background (don't tell any white people I said that or my membership in the country club may be revoked LOL)
Re: Biracials in America
Originally posted by Quiero Mota
Has anyone noticed that biracial people in the US who are half White and something else always identify more with their other half? Regardless if their other parent is Black, Asian, Hispanic, Native American, Polynesian, Indian, Arab or whatever. They always claim whatever their non-White parent is.
To be honest, I haven't noticed this. What I have noticed is, with blacks especially, they always seem to identify with their 'blackness' rather than the part of them which is white. You know - they have a black father and a white mother, but they refer to themselves as 'African American's'.
How black do you have to be before you can call yourself that? 😕
I've been curious about this for awhile now, so I may as well ask it here. 🙂
Obviously, I can only speculate, as I'm neither mixed race or black. But my guess would be that black culture is more exclusive. In a politically correct society, a black person may take part in any aspect of culture, without eyebrows being raised. Now, the same cannot be said for a white person partaking in activities that are culturally black, for example hip hop and use of vocabulary.