The Study of Racialism

cherri2 · New User Joined: 09 May 2007 {Posts: 33 }

Hi i`m multi-racial(canadian) and my parents are from that country, i don`t really undertsand why the people there think the way they do ,and if they are the only ones who think that way.Are vinceys the only ones who call lightskinned people'' brown skin people''? do other countrys do the same?.

It makes me angry when i heard my mom refer to someone as a brown skin person when she forgets their name,i`m not use to how they label people over there by their skin colour or hair type i think its racist.I use to be lightskinned but not anymore due to tanning i`m light -med brown now,i told my mom that she shouldn`t only call lightskinned people brown because there are different shades of brown out there and i told her that i`m brown too she says ''NO YOUR BLACK ''then i told her what did she think i was before ''she said brown''.

People of ethnic backgrounds who are brownskinned can be light brown,med-brown,dark brown and there are different shades for each group.It makes me wonder if people in that country think that anyone who is darker than the light group is consider black if they have a black background,but anyone who is lighter is consider brown even though they have a black background.I also heard her refer to someone as carib just because her face is wide,skin is kind of red,and her eyes are small,yes she does have a carib background but she isn`t only carib,i heard my aunt use it on someone too.My great grandad is carib but i don`t even have those features.

Also are vinceys ashame of their background? , the census shows that over 70% of people in S are black which isn`t true ,and mixed is a small percentage.My great auntie(brown skin colour) who is my mom`s father sister is mixed with black because her great grandfather is black and he married her scottish maternal great grandmother,after that their kids and grand kids marry indian people,i always wonder how they define themselves.My mom said her parents are proud people so its why they don`t share things about themselves i wonder if that`s the case with other vinceys?

Now the hair- if someone`s hair is less curly other there they call them coolie.I got that idea in my head by my mom i don`t use it anymore but when i use to see someone from those islands with hair like that i think they are either trini or half indian,i know its dumb they can also have curly hair too.My hair is curly which is a cross between different ethnic hair textures but all my mom sees is ''nappy hair''(i don`t believe in this word for any hair type).My hair is very soft with nice curls and she only looks at it when its dry and she would be negative,when i have a good curly hair day she doesn`t even look at it,it doesn`t matter how i have it she`s texturised(perm hair) she tells me that her hair was rough when she was younger and she would compare it to my own saying'' like your black people curly hair'' as if she`s trying to put it down,but months ago i heard her say before '' you have good hair'' which doesn`t make sence to me.My mom only calls herself black but she would perm her hair as if she`s ashame of ''black hair'' (she said that`s what her hair is) but she thinks that i`m turning my back on black people because i want to say i`m mixed that`s hipocritacal.I see people listening to rap music saying N this and N that,they would perm their hair but get mad if someone doesn`t call themselves black.

Fledgist · Posted: Sat 19 May 2007 18:08 Post subject: Re: st.vincent and the grenadines

cherri2 · New User Joined: 09 May 2007 {Posts: 33 }

thanks

my mom uses it for the colour of someones skin,like you said she uses it for people with visible mixed ancestry because she doesn`t know if their mixed.I hate that people would label others by the colour of their skin and they won`t consider someone mixed because of their looks.

Otorongo · Experienced User Joined: 28 May 2007 {Posts: 107 }

I added your thread to a site with various Vincies to get direct input.

http://www.islandmix.com/backchat/showthread.php?p=2536294

Fledgist · Posted: Sat 02 Jun 2007 19:39 Post subject: Re: hi

cherri2 · New User Joined: 09 May 2007 {Posts: 33 }

Otorongo-I wish that you haven`t put it there,the people over there said mean things because its not the onedroprule site.I would never put questions on a vincey site i wish you had ask me first that you want to put it there.I`m Canadian not a Vincey so i won`t know if they would take what i said the wrong way,and they didn`t even understand what i wrote.I`ve been around alot of vinceys some people over there aren`t even aware about their culture.I`ve been mistreated by vinceys and i don`t want to think that st.vincent is the only island that behaves that way i don`t want to go into details what happen but it mess up my life.Thanks for trying to help anyway.

PS.can you please erase it.

Salsassin · SuperWizard Joined: 04 Apr 2005 {Posts: 3515 }

Beauty · Experienced User Joined: 02 Jun 2007 {Posts: 102 }

I have heard the term brown. It usually refers to to those who are lighter than the average black person and those from mixed backgrounds. I quite like the term brown because my skin is a browny colour.

cherri2 · New User Joined: 09 May 2007 {Posts: 33 }

cherri2 · New User Joined: 09 May 2007 {Posts: 33 }