The Study of Racialism

No need to bother. I should have known better than to post to a forum like this. I'm sorry for anyone whose feelings I have hurt.

Naw it's an American thing, of course it depends on what part of the county you live in.

I know a good number of Black Americans on the East coast who speak Spanish because a foreign language had ...

As if most indigenous "White" Americans can speak another language. Rolling Eyes

Most indigenous Americans don't speak a foreign language so to even question and/or assume it's only " ...

Therefore, trying to make themselves out to be the good mulattoes and make people like you (Kalima) and me out to be the big bad racist mixed race people (mulattoes).
Yes, I was just thinking about ...

Now, does anyone have a rationalization as to why some people either have a preconceived notion to think there is a link between ethnicity and bilingualism (Hispanics) or rather there is a lack of rel ...

Says a minimum of 25% black. Not sure how to quantify that. My mom identified black but is phenotypically white. Her whole family is the same way, identifies black but look white or maybe 'mixed'.

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Says a minimum of 25% black. Not sure how to quantify that. My mom identified black but is phenotypically white. Her whole family is the same way, identifies black but look white or maybe 'mixed'.

Hello, welcome Smile

The thing is that most black folks are not poor. [url=http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/race/black/ppl-164/tab16.pdf]According to the US Census Bureau, 22.7% of Black Americans fell below the p ...

I think this is a very significant article. I've seen similar things in medical schools. It doesn't help someone to lower the standards to 'get in' then have them be unprepared for the coursework, and ...

I think he's doing just the opposite.

I agree with this so much.

I grew up with two parents, but one was an alcoholic and both were notorious spendthrifts who lost two homes to foreclosure while I was growing up. For four years we live ...

"redistribution of wealth"???

That sounds suspiciously socialist/communist to me. Surprised

Yeah, it's the flip side: who's "white" enough.

I'd laugh if it weren't so sad.

What's MGM?

I love this ezine! What a great attitude this lady has!

The second stream comes from land-owning (and formerly slaveowning) biracial American southerners. Their Euro genetic fraction comes mostly from extramarital relations between Euro male slaveowners ...

If family members pictures are allowed to be taken out of the protected forum without people's permission, my children's pictures will be off this site. That is completely unacceptable.

Kalima said,
''Race is not a real physical thing in the first place, so elevating it in this manner is (in my opinion) stupid.''

Then phenotype makes no difference? It does to some people.

Eli ...

I capitalize Black because otherwise people seem to feel offended, as if you're not giving them enough respect. I never capitalize white. I think it's pretentious and stupid.

What not capitalize bo ...