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Re: One Drop Rule & Self Loathing Blacks
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Humano</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Britisha,
You said something earlier which I totally agree with - regarding race as a myth. It was what I was alluding to in an earlier post when I called it an "absurd social construct." Yet, society classifies me as a black man, and something with which I have no problems. Sometimes, in filling out certain forms, I have to put down a specific race, but when I can get away with it - and I've been doing this for years - I tick the "other" box and write in "human being."
Your post in defense of Tropicana may make some good points but it is irrelevant to the discussion that I think Tropi started. No one denies the history of racism, and it current manifestations, so I won't waste time going talking about that. What I wanted to get at was why it bothered her so much that people are not identifying themselves as "black." It seemed she was deeply troubled. My view is that I don't give, as I said before, a rat's behind, how someone chooses to identify him/herself. In my view, there is no such thing as racial purity, and there is but one race - the human race. Does that make me indifferent to the reality of how people are viewed on the basis of skin color? No! But I find that I have less headaches. And I will join in any effort (and I have done so) to work for equality of all peoples, especially in racial and religious discrimination. I have in me, as numerous Jamaicans do, the blood of black Africans, Caucasian and East Indian. Now there's not a damn thing that I did about my racial makeup. I reject the suggestion by some that someone of mixed race suffers from some sort of identity crisis. The implication is that you will not be sufficiently 'black' and will not be knowledgeable about ones 'blackness.'
I long for the day when our differences can be celebrated and not used as division in the human family. I long for the day when we can fully embrace the vast richness of humanity, immerse ourselves in all the good things that we all possess and contribute. I know who I am. I take from all cultures - African, European, Asian, etc - the best things that they have to offer and I enrich my life's experiences. I have no time for parochialism. Life is too short.
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R_E_S_P_E_C_T!!!!
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Humano</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Britisha,
You said something earlier which I totally agree with - regarding race as a myth. It was what I was alluding to in an earlier post when I called it an "absurd social construct." Yet, society classifies me as a black man, and something with which I have no problems. Sometimes, in filling out certain forms, I have to put down a specific race, but when I can get away with it - and I've been doing this for years - I tick the "other" box and write in "human being."
Your post in defense of Tropicana may make some good points but it is irrelevant to the discussion that I think Tropi started. No one denies the history of racism, and it current manifestations, so I won't waste time going talking about that. What I wanted to get at was why it bothered her so much that people are not identifying themselves as "black." It seemed she was deeply troubled. My view is that I don't give, as I said before, a rat's behind, how someone chooses to identify him/herself. In my view, there is no such thing as racial purity, and there is but one race - the human race. Does that make me indifferent to the reality of how people are viewed on the basis of skin color? No! But I find that I have less headaches. And I will join in any effort (and I have done so) to work for equality of all peoples, especially in racial and religious discrimination. I have in me, as numerous Jamaicans do, the blood of black Africans, Caucasian and East Indian. Now there's not a damn thing that I did about my racial makeup. I reject the suggestion by some that someone of mixed race suffers from some sort of identity crisis. The implication is that you will not be sufficiently 'black' and will not be knowledgeable about ones 'blackness.'
I long for the day when our differences can be celebrated and not used as division in the human family. I long for the day when we can fully embrace the vast richness of humanity, immerse ourselves in all the good things that we all possess and contribute. I know who I am. I take from all cultures - African, European, Asian, etc - the best things that they have to offer and I enrich my life's experiences. I have no time for parochialism. Life is too short.
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R_E_S_P_E_C_T!!!!
When one can't discuss an ISSUE without being subjected to attacks, psychoanalysis from unqualified individuals and stupid questions about "why is this topis of interest", there is NO point in discussing ANYTHING!
...( dat is how most photogs would exemplify the sexy blond dat all Americans pant for) an wedda dat is self loathing on the part of the poster? 
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