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Topic: NAACP President Ben Jealous |
odocoileus
Replies: 20
Views: 2131
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Forum: Issues for Biracial Americans Posted: Sat 27 Jun 2009 06:28 Subject: NAACP President Ben Jealous |
| The majority of Hispanics in the US are Mexican Americans. The incidence of SSA ancestry in that population is low, I believe 8 per cent. I don't see any way you can claim the majority of Mexican Amer ... |
Topic: What ethnicity would you guess that I am? |
odocoileus
Replies: 21
Views: 2139
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Forum: Ethnicity in America Posted: Sat 27 Jun 2009 02:38 Subject: What ethnicity would you guess that I am? |
Here in LA, first guess would be Latina, that is Mexican American. Depending on what part of town you're in, people would definitely start speaking to you in Spanish first.
Second guess would be A ... |
Topic: NAACP President Ben Jealous |
odocoileus
Replies: 20
Views: 2131
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Forum: Issues for Biracial Americans Posted: Sat 27 Jun 2009 02:03 Subject: NAACP President Ben Jealous |
quote] Visible to whom? To me, all people descended from Spanish Caribbean fit this description. To you they might not. [/quote]
This takes us into the whole debate about determining ancestry by ph ... |
Topic: NAACP President Ben Jealous |
odocoileus
Replies: 20
Views: 2131
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Forum: Issues for Biracial Americans Posted: Fri 26 Jun 2009 14:38 Subject: Re: caste into ethnic group? |
Who says? No studies have been done on that. You are probably also ignoring Hispanics, the various tri-racial groups, etc?
I should have specified visibly mixed African and non African ancestry. ... |
Topic: Black High Society and black on black class discrimination |
odocoileus
Replies: 3
Views: 711
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Fri 26 Jun 2009 01:09 Subject: Black High Society and black on black class discrimination |
In the long run, if Michelle plays her cards right, they'll warm up to her. As long as she recognizes that it's a question of what she can do for them, and not the other way around.
Malia and Sas ... |
Topic: Are You Black; Black Enough; and Who Decides? |
odocoileus
Replies: 6
Views: 706
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Forum: Issues for Biracial Americans Posted: Thu 25 Jun 2009 23:06 Subject: Re: Are You Black; Black Enough; and Who Decides? |
| The author again appears to be off in terms of his comments about slavery-era racial classification. But can someone verify the accuracy of his comments regarding Homer Plessy/the Supreme Court case?
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Topic: Latest pics of Micheal Jackson and hte kids he bought |
odocoileus
Replies: 30
Views: 3566
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Forum: Popular People Posted: Thu 25 Jun 2009 22:21 Subject: Latest pics of Micheal Jackson and hte kids he bought |
TMZ is reporting him as dead of cardiac arrest, approx an hour ago.
The demons have vacated the corpse. |
Topic: Birmingham teen admits killing Indiana man at car wash |
odocoileus
Replies: 1
Views: 518
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Thu 25 Jun 2009 21:03 Subject: Birmingham teen admits killing Indiana man at car wash |
| After his arrest, Lane also admitted shooting Wright, Lucas testified. Lane said he walked up while Wright was rinsing his car, and the defendant asked what time it was. Lane said Wright responded by ... |
Topic: Nixon's View on Interracial Procreation |
odocoileus
Replies: 9
Views: 560
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Thu 25 Jun 2009 20:28 Subject: Nixon's View on Interracial Procreation |
Nixon's widely reported to have said that Italians were "just not like us", "us" being Americans of Northern European ancestry.
At least he was consistent. |
Topic: NAACP President Ben Jealous |
odocoileus
Replies: 20
Views: 2131
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Forum: Issues for Biracial Americans Posted: Thu 25 Jun 2009 20:08 Subject: NAACP President Ben Jealous |
| THis argument has always irritated me. It's a comment that, i feel, is meant to put to undermine mixed race ID's by saying everyone is mixed somewhere down the line (or that many are mixed)...so big w ... |
Topic: Why Obama scares me |
odocoileus
Replies: 24
Views: 1488
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Mon 15 Jun 2009 18:51 Subject: Why Obama scares me |
Agree w/ sagascend. I only hope these folks have more bark than bite.
The original post references a letter written by low budget action star Chuck Norris.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE. ... |
Topic: Mya Rudolph |
odocoileus
Replies: 13
Views: 1877
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Forum: Popular People Posted: Mon 15 Jun 2009 17:59 Subject: Mya Rudolph |
I'll bet they cast a dark skinned man to play Barak and a biracial woman to play Michelle.
Seriously, many people can't overcome their programming to see what's actually in front of them. |
Topic: Mya Rudolph |
odocoileus
Replies: 13
Views: 1877
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Forum: Popular People Posted: Mon 15 Jun 2009 14:42 Subject: Re: Mya Rudolph |
http://www.accesshollywood.com/dish-of-salt-maya-rudolph-talks-away-we-go_video_1102650
At 2:37 in to the video she talks a little about her view on race.
I also heard it rumored she wants to ... |
Topic: Why Obama scares me |
odocoileus
Replies: 24
Views: 1488
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Mon 15 Jun 2009 14:33 Subject: Why Obama scares me |
Intelligent people tend to regard "Birthers," people who are obsessed with the irrelevant issue of Obama's birth certificate, as fools.
Obama's mother was an American citizen. Her ancestr ... |
Topic: The ODR: A Gift from the English? |
odocoileus
Replies: 7
Views: 553
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Forum: History of the U.S. Color Line Posted: Fri 12 Jun 2009 19:39 Subject: The ODR: A Gift from the English? |
| If we are talking about labeling the us-versus-them dichotomy as "white" and "black," then I would say "yes." The very terms "white" and "black" to de ... |
Topic: The ODR: A Gift from the English? |
odocoileus
Replies: 7
Views: 553
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Forum: History of the U.S. Color Line Posted: Fri 12 Jun 2009 17:49 Subject: The ODR: A Gift from the English? |
| "Race and Ethnicity in the Old Norse World." Taking as its point of departure Tacitus's observation of the homogeneity of the Germanic tribes, this article probes his idea about the Northern ... |
Topic: Congresswoman's abandoned house angers neighbors |
odocoileus
Replies: 1
Views: 202
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Fri 12 Jun 2009 16:33 Subject: Congresswoman's abandoned house angers neighbors |
| The congresswoman has gained a degree of infamy in the Sacramento neighborhood. The two-story house, gray with red trim, is badly in need of paint. The front lawn is a patchwork of grass and weeds wit ... |
Topic: The Arab world's dirty secret |
odocoileus
Replies: 8
Views: 957
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Forum: International Stories Posted: Wed 10 Jun 2009 22:15 Subject: The Arab world's dirty secret |
I see a lot of commonality between the Arab Islamic approach to Afro/non Afro relations, and the Latin American approach.
A widespread acceptance of racial mixing, as long as it occurs within the ... |
Topic: "Black people come in different colors".... |
odocoileus
Replies: 54
Views: 4203
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Forum: History of the U.S. Color Line Posted: Wed 10 Jun 2009 21:55 Subject: "Black people come in different colors".... |
You guys are arguing nonsense, because their is no measure.
You can clear this up real quick.
What is a black person?
What is the average accepted color range of a black person?
What is ... |
Topic: "Black people come in different colors".... |
odocoileus
Replies: 54
Views: 4203
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Forum: History of the U.S. Color Line Posted: Wed 10 Jun 2009 21:40 Subject: "Black people come in different colors".... |
American Heritage dictionary definition:
Inflected forms: de·mon·ized, de·mon·iz·ing, de·mon·iz·es
1. To turn into or as if into a demon. 2. To possess by or as if by a demon. 3. To represent as evi ... |
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