Considered "Black" In america., Wow, what has this come to. |
 Apr 30 2005, 07:09 PM
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 Hello my name is Yula, I'm a baller!  Group: Member Posts: 329 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 125,918  |
"To be considered black in the United States not even half of one's ancestry must be African black. But will one-fourth do, or one-eighth, or less? The nation's answer to the question 'Who is black?" has long been that a black is any person with any known African black ancestry."
By- F. James Davis For full story click http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sh...ed/onedrop.html |
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Apr 30 2005, 07:34 PM
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 Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
^, now that I didn't know...
But Mariah Carey is considered to be Black. |
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Apr 30 2005, 07:37 PM
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QUOTE(uninspiredfae @ Apr 30 2005, 8:34 PM) ^, now that I didn't know... But Mariah Carey is considered to be Black.  Funny you mention Mariah. I always knew she was mixed but didnt know there was so little black in her. Her mother is white and dad is like hispanic and black. My friends were arguing that they dont consider her black and what not....Meh..whatever shes black to me winternights....they dont teach the one drop rule in history class?? |
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Apr 30 2005, 08:04 PM
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Hello my name is Yula, I'm a baller! Group: Member Posts: 329 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 125,918 |
QUOTE(mzkandi @ Apr 30 2005, 8:37 PM) Funny you mention Mariah. I always knew she was mixed but didnt know there was so little black in her. Her mother is white and dad is like hispanic and black. My friends were arguing that they dont consider her black and what not....Meh..whatever shes black to me winternights....they dont teach the one drop rule in history class?? We aren't taught about races. We have huge racism... lol one white kid got hit with a bat during P.E cuz he said the racial slur for african american. |
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WinterNights2 Considered "Black" In america. Apr 30 2005, 07:09 PM
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