The Study of Racialism

Powell · Guru Joined: 27 Nov 2004 {Posts: 2462 }

Just thought you might find the
rather 'odd description' given
of the person referred to in the
link listed below to be of interest.

http://coroner.saccounty.net/unID-87-2226.htm

The person is described as (are you ready for this?)
being 'Either a Light Skinned Black or a Caucasian'.

Contrast the above with:

Bin Laden - no "race" given
http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/terbinladen.htm

Other Islamic terrorists have no "race"
http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/fugitives.htm

American parental kidnapping: Mom is "white" and daughter is "black"
http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/parent/tomayko.htm

By contrast, this "Asian" woman has a "biracial (Asian and White)" daughter
http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/parent/juan_mf.htm

Hispanics are usually identified as "White (Hispanic)."
http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/parent/sanchezaguilera_j.htm

OTHER · Posted: Thu 11 Oct 2007 12:50 Post subject: Mixed is not an option, huh?

Either a light-skin black or a Caucasian, meaning there was no chance that the person was MIXED!?!? Rolling Eyes

You know, this reminds me of something else that gets my goat. Have you ever checked out the CIA World Factbook?

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

I was using it one day to see what percentage of mixed/mulatto/colored people made up countries like Cape Verde, South Africa, etc. - places known for having mixed folks. Well, the numbers are given and sometimes the people are referred to as Creole, sometimes as mulatto, and so on. So, out of curiosity I thought, let me check out the United States to see how they list my people. Yeah, apparently, we don't exist. Mad

"Ethnic groups:
white 81.7%, black 12.9%, Asian 4.2%, Amerindian and Alaska native 1%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.2% (2003 est.)
note: a separate listing for Hispanic is not included because the US Census Bureau considers Hispanic to mean a person of Latin American descent (including persons of Cuban, Mexican, or Puerto Rican origin) living in the US who may be of any race or ethnic group (white, black, Asian, etc.)"

Now, how are you going to be a U.S. agency listing different kinds of mixed folks in OTHER countries while COMPLETELY IGNORING your own mixed folks!?!? The one drop rule is alive and kicking, I tell ya. Evil or Very Mad

odocoileus · Posted: Thu 11 Oct 2007 15:18 Post subject:

That approach to ethnic classification does recognize an important issue for law enforcement:

Does this person have family ties in the black American ethnic community?

This is an important issue for conducting investigations, finding out where a suspects lives or where he may be hiding, figuring out who his associates are.

For most of human existence, the question of who belongs to your extended family was a crucial one. It still is a crucial question in the non industrialized world.