Considered "Black" In america., Wow, what has this come to. |
 Apr 30 2005, 07:09 PM
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"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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Aug 14 2005, 11:02 PM
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i could be 99.9999999999999% white and have .0000000000001% african american in me and be considered black.
i didnt know people didnt know that. hmm... |
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WinterNights2 Considered "Black" In america. Apr 30 2005, 07:09 PM
Spirited Away ^ You..... never knew that? Apr 30 2005, 07:17 PM xcaitlinx Uh...DUH! Even if you're 0.00000004% afric... Apr 30 2005, 07:31 PM
WinterNights2 QUOTE(caytexo @ Apr 30 2005, 8:31 PM)Uh...DUH... Apr 30 2005, 07:33 PM delicateATROCiTY QUOTE(WinterNights2 @ Apr 30 2005, 7:33 PM)I ... Aug 15 2005, 12:12 AM Spirited Away ^, now that I didn't know...
But Mariah Care... Apr 30 2005, 07:34 PM mzkandi QUOTE(uninspiredfae @ Apr 30 2005, 8:34 PM)^,... Apr 30 2005, 07:37 PM WinterNights2 QUOTE(mzkandi @ Apr 30 2005, 8:37 PM)Funny yo... Apr 30 2005, 08:04 PM miss barnes QUOTE(uninspiredfae @ Apr 30 2005, 6:34 PM)^,... Apr 30 2005, 09:46 PM Spirited Away QUOTE(miss barnes @ Apr 30 2005, 9:46 PM)i ju... Apr 30 2005, 09:48 PM EmmalieV Yes , no matter the percentage you will still be c... Apr 30 2005, 07:38 PM Im So Vain QUOTE(Emmaliev @ Apr 30 2005, 4:38 PM)Yes , n... Aug 15 2005, 12:35 AM PiGo QUOTE(littlebit2006 @ Aug 15 2005, 12:35 AM)B... Aug 15 2005, 12:57 AM miszSERENiTY People consider me black and I`m Jamaican/Chin... Apr 30 2005, 08:48 PM danishcookiez my history teacher was always going on about how a... Apr 30 2005, 09:52 PM Spirited Away QUOTE(danishcookiez @ Apr 30 2005, 9:52 PM)my... Apr 30 2005, 10:28 PM xSWEETxCANDiix QUOTE(danishcookiez @ Apr 30 2005, 7:52 PM)my... Aug 14 2005, 11:57 PM bRoKeNxALoNE Aha. This is too obvious. I mean come on. Even I k... Apr 30 2005, 10:11 PM angel-roh LOL.. Yeah of course I knew that. They all are Afr... Apr 30 2005, 10:20 PM Spiritual Winged Aura o wow, i didnt know " white " people are... May 1 2005, 12:23 AM Spirited Away QUOTE(aznxboredxperson @ May 1 2005, 12:23 AM... May 1 2005, 10:21 AM DanielleMaria05 I have black in me. Like, literly a drop in a big ... May 1 2005, 07:33 AM yanners well, for me, i guess i consider "black... May 1 2005, 09:58 AM ROARxD you just have to have this little bit of black in ... May 1 2005, 02:21 PM whooooshy yes, i heard about that in my history class. we sa... Aug 15 2005, 12:03 AM |
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