The Study of Racialism

Why do some Black people say this?

..because not everybody is the same color.

In my experience this is most often a matter-of-fact observation of people's own families and/or communities, and ...

Back to you, Phil...you have overlooked anything valid that I've said and you haven't contributed much in the way of a response besides jumping to conclusions about what I (or others with a white ph ...

Maybe you don't care, but YOUR arguments here give credit to the one-droppist argument..

They absolutely do not further any ''one drop argument", and actually just the opposite. Identifying wi ...

I haven't been here long, but it looks to me like you're a naysayer - you're out on a mission to attack those who are part of the movement.

No, you are mistaken. I cant WAIT for there to be a f ...

As a mulatto, I must say that when I see this, I feel the same way that someone who has earned the Medal of Honor might feel when they see a poser claiming to have earned it.

I applaud Richard Mi ...

No, Richard, I think I'll bite too.

Phil...allow me to reiterate the part where I said that one does NOT have to be of European phenotype to be of mixed ancestry. It seems you overlooked this. Wh ...

Pianoplayer, I suspect that you knew as well as I did that the "How do you know they're lying" commentary would eventually come.

Anyhow, disregard them and let's keep talking!

Why?? Is ...

I've noticed that many people (no one here) but in real life or on other sites claim to be mixed with this and that. When I see photos of these individuals, nothing could be further from the truth.
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But their families were friendly, and when he was 17 and she was 11, they began courting.

ohhh... Confused

I never heard this detail before.

People must also think that changing speech patterns in an individual is an easy task.
I would say that, with very few exceptions, it is damned near impossible after age 7. We quite literally lose ou ...

Is there any truth to common conceptions about race and hair?:

1) Male pattern baldness, is a European trait.

2) Native Americans don't grow facial hair.

3) Africans grow little, or less body ...

Salli Elise

Childhood and Family:

''People think that I am Persian, Indian, East Indian, Spanish, everything. People think that I am everything. Nobody knows what I am. And that was a problem wh ...

Salli Richardson was the model and voice for one of the first biracial cartoon characters:

(African-American largely, but also Native American.) That seemed like an interesting background for Elisa ...

One of the things I tell my students is that when black Americans hate whites, it is a form of "self-hatred."

how so?

Because all of them, or nearly all, will claim some white ancest ...

One of the things I tell my students is that when black Americans hate whites, it is a form of "self-hatred."

how so?

I remember before she was born that my ex and another black American friend were teasing her by saying that the little one might turn out with dark skin because after all, her husband is dark.
She ...

Don't you think Mexicans are reluctant to mention their African ancestry precisely because they are aware of the ODR in the United States?

I doubt that. I think its just that they are not aware ...

By American standards is Suzanne generally eyeballed as obviously Black looking or is she eyeballed as racially ambiguous/racially exotic/racially inbetween looking ?

White...none of the above ment ...

How can somebody have 2/3 fraction of anything? Isnt that impossible?

The aforementioned names are well know in all quarters so they have some degree of recognition, status and name recall.

Yes they were all celebrities, but most of them do not have origin in pr ...