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Topic: Need a little help understanding this whole thing... |
BlueDreams
Replies: 3
Views: 125
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Forum: Ethnicity in America Posted: Wed 04 Nov 2009 01:48 Subject: Need a little help understanding this whole thing... |
What exactly does this mean?
It means that a genetcs test is saying that you have genetic markers that indicates African, European, and Native American ancestry.
Am I mulatto, mgm, mult ... |
Topic: NAACP President Ben Jealous |
BlueDreams
Replies: 20
Views: 2139
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Forum: Issues for Biracial Americans Posted: Fri 26 Jun 2009 01:48 Subject: NAACP President Ben Jealous |
So they will naturally insist that their self definition is the only definition. It's all about them. They aren't even particularly interested in anyone else.
Yes, that would make sense...though I ... |
Topic: NAACP President Ben Jealous |
BlueDreams
Replies: 20
Views: 2139
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Forum: Issues for Biracial Americans Posted: Thu 25 Jun 2009 17:20 Subject: NAACP President Ben Jealous |
Some parents, for reasons that are understandable, don’t want to deny their children their own racial
THis argument has always irritated me. It's a comment that, i feel, is meant to put to undermi ... |
Topic: Linda Ramirez Ticketed For Calling Boys In Tree Monkeys |
BlueDreams
Replies: 30
Views: 1792
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Fri 11 Apr 2008 00:02 Subject: Linda Ramirez Ticketed For Calling Boys In Tree Monkeys |
| I think they both overreacted. The kids weren't going to hurt the tree by climbing it and there wasn't any need to have them stop playing (not that I haven't known neighbors to be anal about these sor ... |
Topic: Do the mixed race suffer emotionally? |
BlueDreams
Replies: 12
Views: 950
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Thu 14 Feb 2008 04:29 Subject: Do the mixed race suffer emotionally? |
| Most of the kids mixed race in my family are a little young to analyze, but from what I can tell they're fairly normal with most of them doing well in school and not into themselves as much as you'd e ... |
Topic: Why r AfricanAmericans offenden when ppl call them African? |
BlueDreams
Replies: 35
Views: 4751
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Forum: Issues for Biracial Americans Posted: Mon 17 Dec 2007 22:08 Subject: Why r AfricanAmericans offenden when ppl call them African? |
I find this interesting...I didn't realize there's people in America that consider themselves African in America. Would the people who mentioned this say it's on a downward trend or about the same.
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Topic: My Husband's Back |
BlueDreams
Replies: 6
Views: 1757
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Mon 10 Dec 2007 05:29 Subject: My Husband's Back |
| Diet does, race doesn't...least it doesn't in my family. Race and, more specifically, culture can play a big part though. My brother was switching from soy milk to regular while I was his daycare prov ... |
Topic: ha anyone though about this? |
BlueDreams
Replies: 25
Views: 2189
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Wed 05 Dec 2007 08:38 Subject: ha anyone though about this? |
So you guys do know how to laugh after all.
As long as they're not part klingon. |
Topic: Is race dying? |
BlueDreams
Replies: 7
Views: 864
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Tue 04 Dec 2007 01:46 Subject: Is race dying? |
| Mister Mann Frisby, a former Daily News reporter, told the paper he found the widespread black rejection of racial solidarity "scary." "When I see studies like this, it makes me cringe ... |
Topic: With "race" comes responsibility |
BlueDreams
Replies: 21
Views: 1520
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Thu 11 Oct 2007 06:34 Subject: With "race" comes responsibility |
| It takes alot of social and cultural maturity to work with children...this mulatto-mixed dogma seems so in it's infantcy that I would have concerns about a woman who subscribes to these thoughts who w ... |
Topic: Bush vetoes Health Care Bill |
BlueDreams
Replies: 3
Views: 329
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Sat 06 Oct 2007 02:19 Subject: Bush vetoes Health Care Bill |
| I'm really pissed about this. Health Insurance is one of those few things in life to be a documented crap-hole for american society (okay, it could be far worse...unless comparing it to other develope ... |
Topic: When Are You White? |
BlueDreams
Replies: 20
Views: 1791
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Sat 06 Oct 2007 02:10 Subject: When Are You White? |
It probably works the same way in any small community or state. I doubt it would be particularly useful in "racial espionage."
We do it in LDS circles all the time. Your from DC, oh do y ... |
Topic: More blacks, Latinos in jail than college |
BlueDreams
Replies: 19
Views: 997
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Mon 01 Oct 2007 20:09 Subject: More blacks, Latinos in jail than college |
Melani, this ignores family dynamics and environment. Asian-americans, in general, do suceed but some subsets do not as well.
I think to say they choose to do it is oversimplifying and ignoring the ... |
Topic: When Are You White? |
BlueDreams
Replies: 20
Views: 1791
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Sun 30 Sep 2007 18:32 Subject: When Are You White? |
| I feel white when I'm around white people. My voice changes a little, my vocab does as well. Not all the time do I feel white, of course. When race is mentioned personally or on an academic level, I f ... |
Topic: Cities Cracking Down On Saggy Pants |
BlueDreams
Replies: 27
Views: 1585
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Thu 20 Sep 2007 00:56 Subject: Cities Cracking Down On Saggy Pants |
They like to show off their love handles.
Looking around campus I realized that most people I see wear their pants slightly sagging. Not so bad that they're waddling like penguins to hold ... |
Topic: Cities Cracking Down On Saggy Pants |
BlueDreams
Replies: 27
Views: 1585
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Tue 18 Sep 2007 04:11 Subject: Cities Cracking Down On Saggy Pants |
| Lol, you'd think it was some sort of disease. As for elementary kids, it already has caught on. Most of my brothers wear baggy jeans (not down to your knees...but baggy), get good grades in school, an ... |
Topic: Black Woman Kidnapped, Tortured, Raped, and Called N Word |
BlueDreams
Replies: 57
Views: 5022
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Thu 13 Sep 2007 06:00 Subject: Black Woman Kidnapped, Tortured, Raped, and Called N Word |
There should be a vomitting smilie.
Why aren't these people locked off permanently from society. They horrify me and I never saw a better case for locking someone up and throwing away the key than ... |
Topic: PBS Wide Angle Brazil In Black and White |
BlueDreams
Replies: 25
Views: 2679
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Sun 09 Sep 2007 06:38 Subject: PBS Wide Angle Brazil In Black and White |
I think they'd probably reject you.
I think that the quota is flawed on it's categorizing and agreed that it should be more of a help to poor people in general than a single color. The blonde seem ... |
Topic: PBS Wide Angle Brazil In Black and White |
BlueDreams
Replies: 25
Views: 2679
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Sun 09 Sep 2007 00:45 Subject: PBS Wide Angle Brazil In Black and White |
| Yes! Thanks my mulatto. |
Topic: Mixed Race in America Implications for Black America DVD |
BlueDreams
Replies: 7
Views: 811
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Sat 08 Sep 2007 01:05 Subject: Mixed Race in America Implications for Black America DVD |
| I'm pretty certain by 2050 the order is white, hispanic, black, and then Mixed. Mixed are around 10% then and Black is 13 or 14. So we're close but we're not larger. If you're talking about b/w mixies ... |
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