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Unfortunatlely, we're not there yet.
Who should mixed people relate most to?
Unfortunatlely, we're not there yet.
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If you are anything other than white then you are a minority in a "white" persons eyes. Take Barack, his mom was a white lady, dude is educated tothe fullest and mad successful, yet he's still being called the "Black" Presidential candidate. If he had everything about him the same excepthis Dad was white this election wouldn't have the country divided like it does. Sucks but that's just the way it is.
Sad thing is, there is no such race as white. Even worse than that is white people call themselves Americans but everyone else has to have a prefix in front ofthe word American. As if they originated here... I could go on but won't.
Sad thing is, there is no such race as white. Even worse than that is white people call themselves Americans but everyone else has to have a prefix in front ofthe word American. As if they originated here... I could go on but won't.
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I'm mixed and I don't really see myself leaning more in one direction than the other.
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Ding Ding Ding. We have a winner. Race in my opinion is really no different than the color onf ones eyes. It is just somethign we have humans have made todivide and segregate people.
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i'm half black half white, everyone assumes i'm black just light skin, cop puts Black for ethnicity, if I was alive 200 years ago I would be pickingcotton, so I identify with being black, if someone gets technical I just tell them, but prefer not too since people will say some mild racist comment then turnand say "haha, it's cool, he's only half black" like that gives them a pass
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dog you will be black in everyones eyes with that tone.I think you should chill with whoever you want too thoughOriginally Posted by iBlink
I'm more so in between.
My dad's like... really dark; Like Charlie Murphy dark. And my mom has this natural tan.
But you actually get what I'm saying. I never had to relate to any one group when I lived in New York, but in, I was only exposed to black people and my charachter caused me to stand out. Around my mom's family, I can be myself, but I feel as though the rest of society sees me as just a young black man, which iisn't the case.
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I know it's hard cuz if your into Blink 182, Blacks will consider you a "white boy".
Because of your skin tone, whites will consider you Black.
One is based on interest and personality, the other is based on skin tone so it becomes a complex problem.
I think you should be yourself and let people know your situation so they dont try to play you one way
or the other.
Because of your skin tone, whites will consider you Black.
One is based on interest and personality, the other is based on skin tone so it becomes a complex problem.
I think you should be yourself and let people know your situation so they dont try to play you one way
or the other.
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Thats very true. Many people only experience one culture and call it their's without getting to experience others.
I'm not biracial, but I would relate to the culture that I was exposed to more and knew more about. If it was equal, then I would just say both. It'snot like it's a bad thing to experience more than one culture.
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I think you should try to relate to both. I mean they're essentially both a part of you and it shouldn't be a matter of choosing which side you want tobe on. Individuals with multiple cultures have the upper hand because they can relate to more people, as long as you look passed your skin color you feel me?I'm mexican and vietnamese and people ask me all the time which do I consider myself more as. Most of the time I just tell em mexican so they can just moveon with their day.
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Not believe we are there yet is what is holding us back
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The people who run society (white people) always feel a need to label people. You will always be a black male in there eyes but what they peg you as does notmatter. What matters is what you view yourself as. You have grown up in a environment where you had many diverse influences so let those influences define whoyou are. My two best friends are mixed, one is Filipino/Ecuadorian and the other is Japanese/Panamanian. Living in NYC is definitely different than otherplaces but I don't know if they consider themselves to really be either. They jus are and they the only thing that should matter, personality, define whothey are.
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I'm in the same boat as well. I'm half black/half hispanic. I grew up with my mother's side of the family which is straight Jamaican. I neverreally spent that much time with my father's side of the family until a few years ago. I barely speak any spanish so most people just assume I'm black.I identify more with my black side because that's the culture I was brought up in. I get alot of weird looks when people hear me play reggaeton in my caror on my iPod. People definitely judge you by how you look but I don't let that phase me. I won't let someone else try to make me fit into what theythink I'm supposed to be. Just be yourself and have others take you as you are. Don't ever feel like you have to switch up your demeanor for anyone.
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"There is no such thing as half black. Being half black is like being half pregnant" -Chris Rock
I hate to break it to you, but society says your black...your just a "Carlton Banks" kind of black.
I hate to break it to you, but society says your black...your just a "Carlton Banks" kind of black.
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i ignore society and i do whatever i want, regardless.
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Who ever the heck works for you..you don't gotta be "white" or "black", all that crap is $%%+ society makes. Listen to, watch and bewhoever the hell you want
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My current situation.
But I've learned not to really get caught up in this type of stuff. I relate to whatever my past experiences in life cause me to.
I just acknowledge that because my skin is brown, society will always assume that I listen to hardcore rap, grew up in the projects (kinda true, but still,)and sell drugs for a living.
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i feel you bro, i'm jamaican and black american
but i relate more to my jamaican side, but i still acknowledge my other half
but mixed people should just relate to whatever makes em feel more comfortable
but i relate more to my jamaican side, but i still acknowledge my other half
but mixed people should just relate to whatever makes em feel more comfortable
