The Study of Racialism

MP mulattoprince · Wizard Joined: 10 Apr 2007 {Posts: 464 }

@ Kalima,

Kalima you are a white woman technically a mulatta but you predominately white, so therefore, you are a white woman. You have been raised in a white culture and raised white, and most of all you feel comfortable being what you were raised and that is white. If you did not feel comfortable with it they you could change your culture by choosing to be apart of another culture. They keep asking about your black ancestry because they trying to find away to put the ODR on you n my opinion. Also with some black men I have spoken to and even over they have powerful sexual attraction to woman who skin tones are not dark or caramel skin. This could also be a reason why some man keeps inquiring about your ethnicity. There could possibly be black women who inquire about your black ancestry out of jealousy, and if you reveal that you are mixed with black American this makes them feel comfortable around you and some will even feel comfortable mistreating you. So it is better to protect yourself from mistreatment at the hands of both blacks, whites, and other non whites in America. A person who has another option based upon phenotype or born in another country would have to be a little crazy to labeled themselves voluntarily black in America. I wouldn't. Kalima you white, and live your life free as much as possible from having to identify and acknowledge some black ancestry that would open you up to racism and rudeness. They tried to get Anatole Broyard (had a white phenotype) to publicly identify as black, he would not but those close friends of his -- he revealed to them that he creole and black ancestry, but publicly he found no benefit to go around saying he was black when it could open him up to unprovoked racism and affect his financial income. Kalima, because of your phenotype you are majority free of ODR, and I support your choice to identify as white because that is what you are in phenotype, and how you were raised culturally.

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

MP mulattoprince · Wizard Joined: 10 Apr 2007 {Posts: 464 }

@ Salsassin,

HUH, what are you talking about?

punjabtrini · Mentor Joined: 04 Sep 2007 {Posts: 253 } Location: USA

An interesting site!
On further analysis, the definition of mulato is usually one black and one white parent but there are many mulatos (offspring) per definition who possess African characteristcs who may be seen as being mulato.

In my part of the country (Midwest) that I am located, people of Finnish ethnicity and other offspringmeld towards the Finnish phenotype as opposed to someone of non Finnish ethnicity. I reference this as I looked at the Jan Silva piece and there was a blend of both phenotypes as oppoed to one phenotype predominating. I cannot explain it but it is interesting. Mulatos from Latin backgrounds tend to meld towards a medium while those of ANglo-Saxon backgrounds tend towards an Afro one. Limited observation, of course.

A song from the past:
yo soy un negro fino
de piel normal, mi bemba no es negro, es bien colorao,
aunque tengo el color de blanco, negro morire!........
I do not recall the the rest of the words but it is the one i remember.

MP mulattoprince · Wizard Joined: 10 Apr 2007 {Posts: 464 }

@ punjabtrini

punjabtrini
said: An interesting site!
On further analysis, the definition of mulato is usually one black and one white parent but there are many mulatos (offspring) per definition who possess African characteristcs who may be seen as being mulato.

In my part of the country (Midwest) that I am located, people of Finnish ethnicity and other offspringmeld towards the Finnish phenotype as opposed to someone of non Finnish ethnicity. I reference this as I looked at the Jan Silva piece and there was a blend of both phenotypes as oppoed to one phenotype predominating. I cannot explain it but it is interesting. Mulatos from Latin backgrounds tend to meld towards a medium while those of ANglo-Saxon backgrounds tend towards an Afro one. Limited observation, of course.

MP said: Part of the reason is that when mulattoes were forced to identify black under the ODR they where sent into the black race, and began intermarrying with blacks thus becoming more black again. Wherefore, I am going to assume that because in Latin American culture and Latino cultures the mixed race people intermarry among themselves a lot so the mixed race phenotype continue to be reinforced.