The Study of Racialism

I would not put too much weight upon the experiences of those few individuals with the combination of chutzpah and family support to successfully define themselves however they damned well please, a ...

Where are you getting these numbers, David? I was just reading (I wish I could remember where!) that the opposite is true...that there are now more interracial "unions" than ever. I rememb ...

...but love is where I look for change, and there were more marriages between black and white in the 70’s than there are today, which is a major way I measure racial progress. When people commit to a ...

I have never overtly denied being mixed nor 'Black', but people will know that my preference is mixed. Now, that will ruffle feathers admongst many White and Black Americans, but that is the truth.
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Since the site-standard definition is "belief in someone’s inferiority, or mistreatment, based upon ancestry but independent of appearance or wealth," and since nothing in the two statements ...

David's story is not, nor does it have to be, representative of the broad experiences of other multiracial people.

Oh, but I think it might be. The tide is changing now, I notice, because there a ...

Matthews said:

a prominent nyc publisher informed me that she could never marry someone with my genetic background because her liberal jewish parents "weren't THAT liberal," and an agent ...

Goodness, I appreciate listening to patois...I just can't read it without wanting to poke my eye out with my keyboard. [/i]

Ah, yes. Someone had, actually, sent me this link. Thank you so much. I think I blocked it out. I have a hard time reading non-standard English, even if it involves intelligent discussion.

I tha ...

Thank you, Jaime. I'm very pleased to meet you.

I looked up imix and found that it (probably) stands for "island mix," but I am unable to find an actual forum with that name here. Could ...

Thanks very much, Salsassin. I have been poking around. Good stuff, everywhere.

Oh boy. Fsweet, despite what I have specifically stated were my intentions, you're continuing to assert other things that have nothing to do with me or my personal tirade. I believe this is why you' ...

Thank you for your kind welcome, Maya. To date, I have received over 100 comments and about 150 e-mail messages about this article, and every last person has perfectly understood what I was trying to ...

Thank you so much for your warm welcome, Zsana.

The issue of race is also a curious thing. Other than the slightly bizarre discussions in which I ocasionally find myself, I can count on two hands ...

Hello, everyone. I am the author of "I am a nigger," and in the interest of full disclosure, I have asked to have the text removed from this forum in light of the existing link to it on my ...