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Topic: Black and not African American |
LMartin
Replies: 50
Views: 8472
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Forum: Ethnicity in America Posted: Wed 18 Jun 2008 20:31 Subject: Black and not African American |
| None of my roots are African-American. Neither am I comfortable being referred to as such, and will correct someone for mislabeling me. Because black and AA are generally considered the same in the U ... |
Topic: Do white guys like black women? |
LMartin
Replies: 116
Views: 41134
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Forum: Women's Interests -- Men Welcome Posted: Sat 30 Jun 2007 18:27 Subject: Do white guys like black women? |
Okay, that last commenter seemed kind of weird to me.
I saw the topic and wanted to comment. I think something like who's attractive to who is very personal and can't be generalized. You like who y ... |
Topic: Racial Labeling |
LMartin
Replies: 48
Views: 5118
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Forum: Popular People Posted: Mon 04 Jun 2007 18:27 Subject: Racial Labeling |
| It had been so many years that I had seen the word mulatto that I had nearly forgotten the association with an animal. So I looked it up last night before I posted and thought ''aw s...!'' I did remem ... |
Topic: What is "White"? |
LMartin
Replies: 35
Views: 4847
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Forum: Ethnicity in America Posted: Thu 31 May 2007 00:12 Subject: What is "White"? |
| Thinking some more on the subject of colourizing....it's now anti-social and insulting to call a Native American person "red" and an East Asian person, "yellow" but "black&quo ... |
Topic: What is "White"? |
LMartin
Replies: 35
Views: 4847
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Forum: Ethnicity in America Posted: Sat 19 May 2007 21:15 Subject: What is "White"? |
In thinking about the concept of "white" I'm trying to figure out if there is anything left if superiority is taken out of the equation.
What is "white" if this is gone?
Ca ... |
Topic: The perception of anti-Black bias by this site |
LMartin
Replies: 30
Views: 4284
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Forum: Site Management Posted: Tue 15 May 2007 20:46 Subject: The perception of anti-Black bias by this site |
But this also means that we can't complain about celebrities anymore, so what about the Popular Culture and Popular People fora? I'd be willing to lessen the entertainment value.
This may be a bit o ... |
Topic: The perception of anti-Black bias by this site |
LMartin
Replies: 30
Views: 4284
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Forum: Site Management Posted: Tue 15 May 2007 18:38 Subject: The perception of anti-Black bias by this site |
| In short, I am becoming reluctantly convinced that our very policy of allowing people to advocate multiracialism is seen as anti-Black. This means that nothing will satisfy those who see anti-Black bi ... |
Topic: Who is really mixed race? |
LMartin
Replies: 91
Views: 7904
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Forum: Issues for Biracial Americans Posted: Mon 14 May 2007 19:32 Subject: Who is really mixed? |
I am too confident to need such a thing, and too universal in outlook to need any ethnic heroes. Sagascend is fighting her own demons. She is not speaking to anything I wrote.
This crosses the ... |
Topic: Who is really mixed race? |
LMartin
Replies: 91
Views: 7904
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Forum: Issues for Biracial Americans Posted: Sun 13 May 2007 21:24 Subject: Who is really mixed? |
Ethnic groups are groups for a reason. There are shared cultural norms, kinship ties, communities. Even if the historical reasons for their creation are political, the process of forging these tie ... |
Topic: Who is really mixed race? |
LMartin
Replies: 91
Views: 7904
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Forum: Issues for Biracial Americans Posted: Sun 13 May 2007 19:33 Subject: Who is really mixed? |
Sorry for the digression, guys. Please carry on.
I don’t know if it makes sense, Frank. We both said our bit. We both made our accusations. We both rejected them. And we both hold on to our origina ... |
Topic: Who is really mixed race? |
LMartin
Replies: 91
Views: 7904
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Forum: Issues for Biracial Americans Posted: Sat 12 May 2007 17:43 Subject: Who is really mixed? |
| The one-drop rule is based in the moral authority of blacks. It is simply the moral victory of blacks over whites. It caused white flight from multiracials when blacks started asserting their claim ov ... |
Topic: Who is really mixed race? |
LMartin
Replies: 91
Views: 7904
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Forum: Issues for Biracial Americans Posted: Fri 11 May 2007 17:59 Subject: Who is mixed? |
It is a logical fallacy to say that...because the preEnlightement world was barbaric that everything that came from the Enlightenment was good.
It is just as much a logical fallacy to attribute thi ... |
Topic: Who is really mixed race? |
LMartin
Replies: 91
Views: 7904
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Forum: Issues for Biracial Americans Posted: Thu 10 May 2007 23:44 Subject: Who is really mixed |
If you accept that racism, as we know it today, did not always exist. As many believe it began in the European Enlightenment, then that means people learned it, and also means it can be deconstructe ... |
Topic: About Dragon Horse's posts |
LMartin
Replies: 39
Views: 4316
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Forum: Site Management Posted: Mon 30 Apr 2007 19:19 Subject: About Dragon Horse's posts |
Yes Sir (smile), the fault is mine.
Not at all. The site should always try to avoid depictions of extreme conflict or sexuality (violence or lewdness). I, personally, don’t want to be associated ... |
Topic: About Dragon Horse's posts |
LMartin
Replies: 39
Views: 4316
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Forum: Site Management Posted: Mon 30 Apr 2007 18:11 Subject: About Dragon Horse's posts |
Yes Sir (smile), the fault is mine.
Not at all. The site should always try to avoid depictions of extreme conflict or sexuality (violence or lewdness). I, personally, don’t want to be associated ... |
Topic: "Passing" For Who You Really Are -- by A.D. Powell |
LMartin
Replies: 32
Views: 17708
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Forum: Meet The Authors Posted: Sun 29 Apr 2007 18:25 Subject: Re: "Racial" Definitions |
| Unlike North America where one drop of black blood makes you black, in Latin America it is one drop of white blood makes you mixed. Not white, but mixed. Even more strangely, Latinos do not have a mix ... |
Topic: "Passing" For Who You Really Are -- by A.D. Powell |
LMartin
Replies: 32
Views: 17708
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Forum: Meet The Authors Posted: Sun 29 Apr 2007 17:56 Subject: Re: "Racial" Definitions |
| Unlike North America where one drop of black blood makes you black, in Latin America it is one drop of white blood makes you mixed. Not white, but mixed. Even more strangely, Latinos do not have a mix ... |
Topic: "Passing" For Who You Really Are -- by A.D. Powell |
LMartin
Replies: 32
Views: 17708
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Forum: Meet The Authors Posted: Sun 29 Apr 2007 17:55 Subject: Re: "Racial" Definitions |
| Unlike North America where one drop of black blood makes you black, in Latin America it is one drop of white blood makes you mixed. Not white, but mixed. Even more strangely, Latinos do not have a mix ... |
Topic: "Passing" For Who You Really Are -- by A.D. Powell |
LMartin
Replies: 32
Views: 17708
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Forum: Meet The Authors Posted: Sun 29 Apr 2007 17:17 Subject: Re: "Racial" Definitions |
| Because most people really don't classify by racial one droppism as much as cultural ones. I have had plenty of mixed friends who have said they had people act really interested in them when they thou ... |
Topic: Gender Comparison of Human Sex Drive |
LMartin
Replies: 21
Views: 7640
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Forum: Women's Interests -- Men Welcome Posted: Sat 28 Apr 2007 20:19 Subject: Gender Comparison of Human Sex Drive |
The level of testosterone is different. Aggressiveness yes, but culture plays a major role as well.
But my point is that the level of testosterone is directly controlled by our genes, as is every o ... |
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