03-17-2008, 01:07 PM
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| Band Whore  Join Date: Sep 2006
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Rep Power: 21  | Irish, Scots, Greek, English, Dutch, Spanish and Seneca Iroquois here. Of course when the mix is mostly from Western Europe it's just "white". I think a mixed white/black person is going to be considered black by society and that makes them choose to identify that way. Other kids will tell them that they are black. Same if they inherit Asian or even Hispanic features from one parent. So I don't really think that the individuals make the choice for themselves; others in their environment do. Peers, the dominant parent, which grandparents are more in their lives. |
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03-17-2008, 01:15 PM
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| Band Whore  Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Queen Creek, Arizona Age: 24
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Rep Power: 9 | My nephew is half black. He came for the wedding and I decided to ask him about it. He's 10. He's All Star Football and has been for four years, he's playing with kids almost 3 years older than him, many of whom are black. He is being raised by his mother, who is white (my sister) and has never met (or will ever meet) his father (typical he doesn't want anything to do with them and hasn't contacted since she said she was pregnant story). He says the black boys give him shit. They say he's fast like a 'black boy', but he 'acts white'. He talked a lot about how he'd like to know more about his black heritage, but as of now, the 'black' in him doesn't mean much... he is very intelligent for his age. He went into how he doesn't think he's black OR white, he is both and he isn't MORE one or the other. He said on the standardized tests he always marks both white and black.
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03-17-2008, 03:08 PM
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| Band Whore Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Queen Creek, Arizona Age: 24
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Rep Power: 9 | He really does. He and Mark got really close this trip, which was nice.  
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03-17-2008, 08:56 PM
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| Band Whore Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Queen Creek, Arizona Age: 24
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Rep Power: 9 | Isn't he? He's already quite the heartbreaker a school!
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