Thank you for posting this series. This country still hasn't dealt honestly with racism. I've tried explain to my white friends how racism affects you when you are black: education, housing, jobs. They don't want to hear it. They are supposed to be my friends! I'm sharing real life stories from my own experience. All they want to do is make excuses. Just stand up and say its wrong and it shouldn' t happen. Don't make excuses, don't perpetuate it.
I AGREE WITH YOUR COMMENT and there are some that do look mixed and are and dont look it and still are and regardless one self should not have to choose one side and I dont.But If they do thats there own issue you know.
@TheJanetsvids - YOUR STATEMENT "I wish all these mongrel freaks would call themselves white. We've go enough problems in our Black communities"
I SAY TO YOU; The problem that plagues many Black Communities today has nothing to do with the genetic make-up of the people, but EVERYTHING to do with the behavior, mentality and complacency of too many Black Folk living in these communities.
@americanpatriot00 I AGREE WITH YOUR COMMENT and there are some that do look mixed and are and dont look it and still are and regardless one self should not have to choose one side and I dont.But If they do thats there own issue you know.
What do they mean "pass" for white. I swear NIGGAHS are the dumbest shit out there. The sooner we Black people breed these liabilities out the better.
This is a bunch of nonsense. If they are as proud of being who they are as they claim, then why not accept both sides of their ancestry? Why identify to one race and reject the other? Oh, let me guess, it comes from the "one drop rule" nonsense? Doesn't that date back to racism as well? You are what you are. "Social" races shouldn't even be made as ridiculous as it is now. All this is just skin color. True race is deeper, which would clearly confirm that there's only one race. Human race!
@AlihsaanP you are wrong. they call themselves black because most of them were the result of rape. their white fathers or white grandfathers raped the black women back in the 1600, 1700 and 1800s. I think its due to hating the white race which has a history of evil deeds towards blacks. Iam pure black and if i was a mixed race and i found out that my great grandmother was raped on a cotton farm back in slavery, i would not associate myself being white. no one wishes to be with a devil
@AlihsaanP I AGREE with you but everyone has the right to choose though even though I aceept both but hey read my comments just conversate n wann hear others opinions.
@Indiahicks23 Trust me, if these same ladies were rather calling themselves white, people would be shouting out "SELF-HATER." It's very unfortunate how people concentrate wayyy toooo much on "race".
If every Black Person - a.k.a. African American took a DNA Geneology Test, the results would always show European and in some rare cases, also Native American ancestry. No American Black Person is full blooded African. The percentage of none African Blood within us varies greatly.
@americanpatriot00 well that's interesting. One wonders why some, at political level and private level, seem to favour blackness and being called black. I do appreciate there are those that don't
Halle Berry is called " black " Barak Obama is called " black "
@americanpatriot00 F.Y.I they have one parent one race and another a different race. making them MIXED. yes african americans do have some type of mix usually far down the line. But mixed people are fucking mixed. why does america feel the need to catergorize mixed people into one fucking catergory wtf is wrong with you people.
lol well maybe black people wouldn't put you through such a hard time,if you didn't pass yourself off as a white women.i know some blacks are a mess and can't let go of the the whole she's lighter then me so i'm gonna hate her concept.but the minute you go around calling yourself white or let people think you are without correcting them,all to maintain certain advances but go back to being the light skin black girl,well that's when i say goodbye and good riddance.
@TheVoice2318 In some ways, but in others is that really true? From what I've observed, light skinned women are seen as more "beautiful" (rolls eyes) because of what the media has projected and many young men today are color struck and say they only like "red-bones" or whatever ignorant terms they use. BUT, because of this, some darker black women snub and basically hate lighter bw because bm and the white media have made them feel inferior. So, light black women DO get not more, but equal hate.
i want to meet some of the people who think this way now in 2012. The people who are not in denial and know what's still going on down to this day. We could have great conversations.
Black, white, whatever. This is all ultimately a bullshit game of semantics. These women clearly aren't your typical Shanaynay or Tamika, which is what the current usage refers to in employing (no pun intended) the word "black".
When I say "black", I'm talking about P-Diddy and Lil-Wayne, not Johnny Mathis. Everyone I know understand this.
And it is a fact that there is institutionalized racism within black communities themselves that is directed at the darker portion of the population.
@djs259 - I have nothing against P-Diddy, but if the only people you call black are the crotch holding, four letter uttering, no education, broken English speaking when it's the only language you know, pants down past your ass like a prison fag who get's pimped out, then you have no clue how diverse Black People are.
When I say "Black" I'm including the Huxtables, the Banks, and the Jeffersons.
Their deceiving manipulating fucks just like the jews to use whites off their gullible nature to get what they need and then later say oh Im black.. You cant just do that! and even true black people would get mad at them too. These bitches arent fooling me. The guy is toughest to detect tho...Id pick something up sooner or later on him though.
I am black, both my parents are black, and both their parents are, but people ask me if I'm black all the time. Black people will joke around and say I need a tan or white people will say some borderline racist comment or joke without the "no offense" on the end because they don't seem to understand who I am. Like they don't believe me.... Yeah nowadays when people ask me what race I am I say "I'm black, but I'm lightskin." lol then they'll ask me "r u sure? you looked mixed." SMH
I don't consider myself black, white, or mixed, I have no race, because I have continually been rejected by both races (especially so-called non-racist black people). I wish I was black, or white, but I am neither.
@jamesandchante - What you do in life is far more important than what you are. You had nothing to do with your genetic make-up. It's so insignificant. Ultimately, it's your actions that will shape the masses of people's opinion of you.
@americanpatriot00 I totally agree with you. You sound like a nice person. I am a nice person too. But, although you and I know this truth, many people do not. Many people judge others by the way they look, the things they own, and people they know. So, many people have treated me badly, because of their first impression they have of me based on my looks. Honestly, most people do like me once they get to know me. Many people who use to treat me badly eventually apologized to me since then.
@jamesandchante I think I might have given you the impression that I do not like certain races because I have been rejected by a few individuals. However, I like people of all races. I simply do not categorize myself with any particular race, because I do not feel any closer, or more distant, to one race over the other. I feel just as close to Asians, Hispanics, etc., as I do to black people and white people. I don't think it is wrong to have a racial identity, I just don't have one.
@jamesandchante Most people that call themself Afro-Americans are mixed anyways from looking at dna test returns.There was a fellow that foundout he was 95% arab,and his whole life before the test he labeled himself black or Afro-American.He even rejected the label.The guy posted a video on youtube.
@oramikleepunk Yes, this is true. Most African-Americans are mixed with Europeans. Yet, manyAfrican-American people are so bitter toward white people because of the discrimination that they suffer from them that they deny they are part white. Many white people don't seem to want to admit that their forefathers interbred with a race that they consider inferior either. Then people like me, who remind everyone of this interbreeding are disliked and rejected because we remind all of them.
@tyronewashington1 Wow, its amazing how you can be so ignorant and think its perfectly fine. maybe you should use the little sense that you have and read something educational...like a book.
A lot of black people are hateful toward really dark blacks and really light blacks (like me). But, black people are racist I know I have been treated like crap by many of them, and I just wanted to be accepted by them. The lady said they never ask her what race she is? People of all races ask me that all the time. That actually don't get bothered by it.
The man is angry, but, wouldn't you be angry if people talked to you IN YOUR FACE about your race (unknowningly, of course)...that would burn a hole in your heart that would be extremely hard to repair.
@rassledassle82 I agree. For some reason white people often said hateful things about black people to me. I tell them I am half black. Then they tell me I am not a "real" black person, because I look so white. It is suppose to be a compliment, but I think it is insulting. It doesn't make me angry with them, because they aren't trying to be rude (they don't even know they are being rude!). But, it saddens me.
@jamesandchante I feel you...I am a mixture of races, being primarily black, but I've had rude comments made IN MY FACE regarding being african-american...one of the most insulting things I've had happen was a co-worker sometime ago asked me if I was mixed. When I probed as to why she asked me this, she finally said that her husband saw me and said that I must be mixed because "blacks" are usually dark AND unattractive...this blind stupidity totally DISGUSTS me and disturbs me deeply.
@jamesandchante Just curious. What race do you identify more strongly with? I'm just wondering why it doesn't make you even a little aggitated when you're being insulted to your face by people that don't even know you're "half" black.
@TheVoice2318 It does bother me when white people say bad things about black people; and I always remind them that I am black when they say these things. Sometimes I feel angry that they are saying racist things, sometimes I feel sorry for the person saying racist things, because they seem to be to ignorant to realize they are being hurtful; and I always feel sad that black people have to suffer because of such racism. Yet, I do not feel more attacted to one race over the other.
@TheVoice2318@jamesandchante I'm not really sure which comment of mine you were refering to, but it does bother me when white people say racist things about black people. It doesn't make me hate the person saying it, but it definitely makes me lose respect for them. Black people say racist things about white people to me all of the time too. That bothers me also. So, I do not identify more than one race over the other. So, I do not identify with one race over the other.
@TheVoice2318 So, I do noty identify with onew race over the other. I mostly feel a disconnect from both. I feel like a foreigner in my own country, among my own groups of people. I would love to be accpted by both; and I would gladly claim them both. I would settle for being accepted by one, and I'd claim whichever onew would have me. But, I can live without beling accepted by either; and since neither one fully accepts me I really have no choice (to both races I'm neither one).
@magirecords2004 and almost all Brazilians have ancestry that's black and indigenous, which is why so many of them look that way. even the ones who look white could easily still have it, it just depends on the person. you were making a joke, but you kinda spoke the truth too.
@XBASS247 - The fact that "we" come in different shades doesn't mean quack shit! The point is that some of the things being talked about in this "old shit" still affect blacks today. Tyra Banks did numerous shows discussing some of these same issues. Wake up and join the rest of us back on Planet Earth.
The term African American is BULLCRAP!!!! It was given because they destroyed all the documents and wants to ERASE the TRUE history, yes, they are called Hebrew Israelites, the TRUE ones!!!! BUT< YAHWEH said he will come back and get his people read Isaiah!
Google these names to learn about a few very influential people who were part black. Alessandro de Medici, Chevalier de St. Georges, Aleksander Sergeevich Pushkin, General Alexandre Dumas, Alexandre Dumas pere, Alexandre Dumas fils, Bernardino Rivadavia, and Vincente Guerrero.
Race stuff is stupid. There's no "pure race". People have moved around Earth for 1000s of years. For example someone saying they're "all white", or all anything else, isn't. Look at the people not "white" from Africa and Asia who have gone into Europe. Prehistoric migrations, Rome and Greece forcefully taking people there or people going there voluntarily, Genghis Khan, Moorish invasion (lasted 500 years!), 1400s-1800s slave trade, etc. So yes, Europeans have non-white ancestors. Its a fact.
My mother's father's mother and both of her parents were black cherokees (not officially part of a tribe), and there's a line of native ancestry going into the 1700s. On that same side I have a white greatX3 grandfather. No records on my father's side but his mother/grandmother are clearly black-indians (native eyes/hair and black+native features). And there are light-skinned people (means white ancestry) on both sides of my family, yet I'm still called "black"? That's how things are in America.
@docdoom187 Maybe that's how SOME PEOPLE (not everyone) thinks in America. But you don't have to call yourself black if you have a lot of other races in you. The first step in educating people about the diversity of the races is admitting to it in public. How else are the ignorant supposed to learn? You don't actually expect them to read about it do you?
@yesyoumay Honestly, I don't demand to be called anything. The statement I made was a fact about my ancestry and it's more or less the same for EVERY single other "African" American unless they're an immigrant from Africa and not from a family that has had it's roots in America for hundreds of years. I was just making a point. The point is that the labels we get hit with due to a racial rule made by whites during the Slavery era, and nationalistic attitudes by blacks today, are obviously a hoax.
Because of the One Drop Rule (when it was officially in effect in the slave days, and in the modern days when the habit of using it was still thought to be necessary) African Americans are a very diverse group of people, which is why you have "black" people with DNA racial percentages of african, european, and native american, and skin tones and other features all over the map in varying degrees. Some "black" people might even be more white than black because of this but they don't even know it.
The One Drop Rule (from slavery days) dictated that anyone part black was to be called black, even if they were part white or Native (unless they were an official tribal member). Even after this racist rule became TECHNICALLY obsolete, the idea is still around because old habits in America are hard to break. This is why biracial people are usually still called black.
@docdoom187 I really don't care what other people want to label me. Ultimately, whatever the lable is, it doesn't changed that I have human blood, that has DNA that has things in common with most of the people on this planet. You can can a dog a cat, but he is still a dog. Call me black, white, mixed, reptilian, I don't really care. however, I do want to be treated with respect, and I do want to have people feel comfortable around me. Most people aren't able to do either.
my thing is this its already hard enough being black and when you decide to lay down with someone of another race or marry someone of another race it you decide to bare children with this person you should know no matter how much teaching or appreciation of your child's 2 races in them, its still going to be hard for them to be able to understand themselves. Regardless of what people say it is hard growing up and still as an adult being a child of two races
Disagree, calling yourself mixed race is a highly noble statement and implies that you are putting yourself above the racism that goes on in both white and black groups. Its like saying I'm a human, I'm not a certain sub-category.
@yesyoumay - No offense, but your argument is "WEAK SAUCE". Putting yourself above racism is all about WHAT YOU DO AND HOW YOU DO IT. It's not about simply saying you are mixed race. Anybody can do that, and racism exist among all people, not just black and white.
@yesyoumay - The easiest way to put yourself above racism is to not tolerate it from ANYBODY towards anybody. Staying silent when you hear it being used makes you just as guilty as the people using it. I learned this lesson long ago.
@yesyoumay The easiest way to put yourself above racism is to not tolerate it from ANYBODY towards anybody. Staying silent when you hear it being used makes you just as guilty as the people using it. I learned this lesson long ago.
@americanpatriot00 Well actually putting yourself above racism is to put yourself as an individual before your own race. Being white, black, or mixed means nothing really if you identify yourself as an individual. Others may try to categorize you but that's their own ordeal and their own simple perspective of what you are. You getting mad or whatnot doesn't help any situation for yourself. You rise above it by showing your individuality more than any type of "pride" in your race.
@yesyoumay Identifying as mixed race can be a better reflection of ones actual heritage but the fact that(white)society views the overwhelming majority of biracial people as just another black person despite how many times they might say I'm not black I'm mixed race and even if they did biracial people are still not white and thus are often treated exactly the same as any black person since all society sees is their brown skin dark eyes and curly hair.This is why Halle Berry identifies as black
@SAMitch89 - Considering the fact that all "African Americans" are of mixed race lineage, every American Black Person (a.k.a. African American) can make those claims.
@americanpatriot00 All African-Americans are part white to some degree. However, most European-Americans are mixed with black and Indian too. However, having one parent who is considered to be one race, and having one parent that is considered another race is totally different than having an ancestor of another race three or four generations back. If this were not the case, white Americans could claim they understand (from experience) the racism black people experience since they are mixed too.
@FireBomberBassist Well don't say that because I am bi-racial and look similar to these people and that is very rude to say about these people. I think these people are beautiful so yeah the don't look "creepy" as you say...soo soo rude.
@sweetkisses021 I think it's mainly their hair style and way they dress considering how long ago the Phil Donahue show aired. I do appologize if I offended you. Thanks for being polite and not throwing a fit at me.
Lady in blue is of white race (she had little chance of being born white given her ma is black, but still she is). It's quite another thing she, whatever the reason, wants to be identified with the black race. I find it ridiculous the way she puts it for the simple reason she's white. She could have said I feel identified with the black culture though I'm a person of white race. Imagine Obama saying he's white being more black than white? Now take a look at her claiming she's black. Jesus.
If blacks had followed Booker T. Washington, all this would be moot. Because Booker basically called for blacks to be like Asian Americans, even before the paradigm existed. And it has proven to be a successful paradigm. It's based on "Industry, Thrift, Intelligence, and Property." Asians achieve success in the US in spite of racism. This is because they see America is the land of opportunity, where hard work and sacrifice is rewarded. Blacks need to convert to this attitude and approach.
Blacks have achieved astronomical success in America. COMPARED TO BLACKS IN AMERICA, how many Asian Mayors of cities do we have? How many Asian Congressman,US Presidents, Alderman, School Principals, Governors, State Representatives, Firefighter Chiefs, Police Cheifs, Federal Judges, NFL Head Coaches, NBA Head Coaches, MLB Head Coaches, Oscar Winners, Tony Winners, Leading role actors and actresses, Inventors, Singers, Song Writers, Authors, ARE YOU STILL THERE??
@americanpatriot00 Speaking of our President, I went to high school with Barry Obama, born in same hosp., grew up in same town, we were at Harvard the same time (him Law Schl, me Grad Schl). And guess what-- he grew up with virtually NO BLACKS. Instead, Barry grew up in a state with an Asian Governor, 3 Asian Congressmen (and 1 Asian Congresswoman), Asian fire chief, Asian police captain, Asian Supreme Court judges, Asian school supt., and majority Asian state reps. ARE YOU STILL THERE? (LOL)
@takfam07 - Because of the success of the Civil Rights Movement, because of the Martin Luther King Juniors, the Medgar Evers, the Jesse Jacksons, the list goes on and on. Asians, Native Americans, Hispanics and others have piggy-backed off the success, strides, trials, tribulations and hard work of American Blacks.
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BLACKS HAVE ACHIEVED SUCCESS IN AMERICA in spite of the racism that still lingers from the residue of slavery and JIM CROW (American Aparthied).
@americanpatriot00 NEWS FLASH!! I am the only person you'll ever dialogue with who knows Barry Obama personally. Yes, Barry grew up with no blacks, but instead in a US state--RUN BY ASIANS. Look up facts/figures for Hawaii 1977/78, his junior year. And his sister Maya (with whom I've worked) is Indonesian. His Kenyan father ran away, so he was raised by an Asian father-figure. Interesting isn't it-- our first black Prez, and he grew up not with blacks but with an Asian majority. (cont).
@americanpatriot00 (cont). I first met Barry Obama in 1974 at a Japanese action hero (Kikaida) appearance at Pearlridge mall. Met up again at Punahou Academy (he's two yrs. ahead). He worked at Baskin-Robbins on King St., I worked at Swensen's Ice Cream a mile away. We played b-ball and bodysurfed Sandy's together a couple of times. Shared some hash buds, too. He called me "MG" (he liked my '69 MG Midget convertible) and "Lefty" (we're both southpaws), even at Harvard. He's a cool guy.
@americanpatriot00 Speaking of Civil Rights, yes--blacks did what they're good at-- clamor for rights. But they couldn't march in as equals, because they didn't develop their culture. That's why, per capita, blacks lead the nation in unemployment, welfare, low educational attainment, fatherless households, AIDS, criminal violence, teen pregnancy, poverty, and lack of entrepreneurship. And black leadership is a travesty-- sting white guilt, get handouts. Asians do it the hard way--we EARN it.
@takfam07 - When you graduate from the Peanut Gallery, we can continue this conversaion, but you're far from reality and seem to have drifted into your personal hatred, envy, myths, stereotypes and racism. I don't know what exactly your problem is with blacks, but something tells me you've been that way for a long time..
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IRONIC PART IS..asians in America, just like hispanics have benefitted from Black Struggles. Instead of hating, you need to be thanking, and OH, It's not cool to be a racist.
@americanpatriot00 No I don't hate blacks at all. I grew up with Obama and I studied Afro-Am at Harvard with Skip Gates and Cornel West. I spent years defending black and minority issues. Now I see what works, what doesn't and why. There's nothing "racist" in saying that maladaptive black cultural memes--much more than racism --account for black civilizational crises today. Booker T. presciently said that over 100 years ago. But then as now, blacks stubbornly say "no"--society must change.
Asians and other minorities HAVE definitely benefited from the wrongs that was made right by blacks. Sadly, they've done it with little gratitude, and Asians in particular have desperately tried to assimilate with whites on almost every issue whether right or wrong. Funny thing is Asians themselves have had a foot put up their asses shortly after Pearl Harbor, during the Vietnam and Korean Wars and they still kiss ass. GO FIGURE!
@Solowizard Asians kiss ass? Well maybe blacks should try it, too. I know you read my previous post. Even though blacks outnumber Asians by 2.5 to 1, Asians businesses earned 4.6 times more TOTAL REVENUE than black businesses. Oprah, Interscope, BET, JayZ? Nah. It's all for "show," a house of cards. Another telling stat from US Census 2008--Average Household Incomes, by Race: Whites=$52,312. Blacks=$34,218. Hispanics=$37,913. ASIANS=$65,637. Shall we move on to Education next? ;o)
@takfam07 - Naaa, I'll leave that up to you. Kissing ass is beneath me, and Americanpatriot00 is correct, you have some deep seated envy for blacks. What other reason would you create all those lies? As far as Education, it's been proven that Asians are professional cheaters. You guys even have Youtube videos showing how to cheat on the SAT Test. So there! YOU've BEEN DEBUNKED....AGAIN. LOL
@Solowizard Lies? Check out ww(dot)census(dot)gov. It's OFFICIAL. There are nearly 3x more blacks in the US than Asians. However, Asian businesses employ more people, pay them more, and earn nearly 5x more in revenues. And the avg. Asian household income is nearly DOUBLE that of blacks.
Damn, man--what're you guys doing all day? Smoking crack, sniffin' booty, collecting welfare, and crying racism? Stop with the excuses and get it together. Then maybe people will actually "envy" you.
@Solowizard You want to talk SAT Test? Well, then I'm sure you know this fact-- the first item on the official SAT exam is: "If you are Black, check here." Embarrassed? Nah, since you never hear about black cultural "honor," I'm sure you don't give a damn. And cheating? How about that recent Atlanta test scandal--black teachers fixing their students' scores. The nation was all excited that black students were FINALLY improving their math/reading scores--but NO. What a disgrace.
@takfam07, I hate to disappoint you, but there's more whites on welfare than blacks simply because whites out number blacks. Also, you said something I found utterly HILARIOUS! You said that there was a lack of Entrepreneurship among blacks. LOL! I guess you never heard of OPRAH WINFREY, SEAN (P.DIDDY)COMBS, JAY Z, TYRA BANKS, CURTIS JACKSON, the list goes on and on, and these are blacks celebrities. I know and know of countless Black Non-celebrities Entrepreneurs. YOU ARE JUST WRONG!
@Solowizard Yes, there are slightly more whites on federal assistance than blacks. Of the total amount of welfare collected in the US, 38% is collected by whites, 37% by blacks. But remember--whites outnumber blacks by 5-to-1. Which means that blacks are 5x more likely to collect welfare than whites. And sure, blacks have always been prevalent in sports and entertainment. But what about black high-tech industry leaders? Major black accounting firms? Black insurance industry giants? (cont).
@Solowizard (cont). Blacks are 13% of the US population, but, they comprise only 5% of university faculty, 3% of financial managers, 3% of physicians, 2.3% of corporate board members of large companies, 2% of lawyers and judges, and 1% of architects.. Blacks are less than 0.5% of all physics and math professors. Black owners comprise less than 3% of the nation's businesses, and take in less than 1% of the nation's gross receipts. Only 4% of black annual spending goes to black-owned businesses.
@Solowizard The US Census Bureau report in 2007: Blacks were 12.6% of US population, Asians 4.8%. Blacks owned 1.9 million non-farm businesses in the US (7.1%). Asians owned 1.6 million (5.7%). Black businesses employed 921,000 persons with total payroll of $23.9 billion. Asian businesses employed 2.9 million persons with total payroll of $82.2 billion. Black business generated $98.9 billion in receipts, Asian businesses generated $461.3 billion in receipts. Entrepreneurship, anyone? ;o)
@takfam07 LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL! It's funny how you're just making up all kinds of shit. It's even more funny how you let blacks rent all the space in your head. LMAO! You're so stupid, you don't even realize that you're broadcasting this by keep writing about your compulsive preoccupation with blacks. LOL,LOL,LOL!
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Q: Did you get beat up by some black kids in school? Just curious.
@MusicTrackMaster "Making up all kinds of s#!t"? So let me guess--confronted with official data, you will then say that the US Census Bureau is "racist"? Yup. Jackson, Sharpton and Farrakhan have taught you well. Blacks keep spiraling downward, trying to pull everybody down with them. Asians quietly get their s#!t together and keep getting stronger and wealthier. Hell, Asians should celebrate Booker T. Washington, since blacks have abandoned him. Yet we're doing exactly as he said.
@takfam07 LOL! don't know how Jackson,Sharpton and Farrakhan came into the equation, but the people you're arguing with got it right. I'm white, and even my Asian Fiancee admitted that asians are the biggest cheaters academically. Even economically in world global trading. SURE! You guys are very successful, but very successful at producing illegal, inferior counterfit goods and illegal hunting and selling of endangered, protected animal meats and byproducts. In that area you lead hands down.
@MusicTrackMaster Sure, and you can also point out that whites cheat--probably the biggest cheaters in history. I'm sure blacks and native Americans would agree on that. Who do you think precipitated the sub-prime mortgage crisis that crashed our economy? And African leaders don't steal donor aid, or trade in illegal ivory? Everyone cheats. Asian success wasn't founded on illegal trade. We're talking about cultural memes, and how they help a race fail or succeed. Let's stay on topic.
@takfam07 - My nephew was on a little league baseball team that was talented enough to play in the World Series of Little League Baseball. They lost to a Japanese Team only to discover that the players were actually adult grown men. CHEATERS OF THE LOWEST FORM !
@MusicTrackMaster I'm black, and I played in the Little League World Series 30+ years ago. Been following it since, but never heard of a Japanese team cheating. They seem to play with the highest honor and respect. Can you tell me what year this was?
@Africanlongdrop - They may have been Vietnamese, or Chinese, I don't remember what Asian Nationality they were. All I remember was that they were Asian and they were cheaters. It was all over the news at the time.
@MusicTrackMaster When I played Little League World series tournament in the '70s, the Taiwanese team won every single year. They beat us soundly. They were like the Yankees. They were suspected of cheating. They were even banned from competition, a long with all foreign teams, for a few years. Then they came back and dominated again. I never heard it was proven they were cheating. We just all suspected it. We couldn't hit their pitchers, too fast and scary. But they hit us, for sure.
@MusicTrackMaster When I played Little League World series tournament in the '70s, the Taiwanese team won every single year. They beat us soundly. They were like the Yankees. They were suspected of cheating. They were even banned from competition, a long with all foreign teams, for a few years. Then they came back and dominated again. I never heard it was proven they were cheating. We just all suspected it. We couldn't hit their pitchers, too fast and scary. But they hit us, for sure.
@takfam07 Well sir, about 12 years ago there was a big underground study of the commonality CHEATING within the Asian community. Hidden cameras showed Asian adults teaching Asian high school students how to CHEAT on their SAT tests. NO it was not how to STUDY or legitimate prep work, there were seminars on how to sneak in the answers, hide cheat sheets, share answers during the tests etc. There were MANY such CHEAT workshops in many different venues. It was shown to be a cultural phenomenon!
@TheSweetSarahize I'm black, my wife is 100% Asian American. My wife went to Stanford, I went to Harvard. We have two kids, both straight A students. I've come to know the Japanese-American people, through my in-laws. I've never met more honorable people. Asians are by far the most successful non-whites in America. I'll admit that. And as a fellow non-white, I'm proud of them, not bitter or jealous. They work harder than anyone, they never complain. They earned their success.
@Africanlongdrop Uh... Okay ...and thanks for sharing you personal story ...but HOW is it relevant to the discussion at hand. If I mentioned to you an irrelevant little FACT such as that I earn a 7 figure income ...would that somehow be germane to THIS discussion? I don't think so. And how does where you or your wife went to school factor in to the equation ...of THIS discussion? You lost me there. Also nothing that you said invalidates the uncovering of this cultural phenomenon of cheating. ???
@TheSweetSarahize It shows lack of character to deny a group's success, especially a non-white group who has risen spectacularly in a short time. Asians have the highest average household income of all race groups in the US, including whites. Asians are only 5% of total population, but are more than 20% of students at the Top 25 universities. In 2008, Asian-owned businesses in the US earned $461 billion in gross receipts--that's $100 billion more than Black and Hispanic businesses--COMBINED.
@TheSweetSarahize I think black entrepreneurship in the US is on the rise, and I'm excited about that. At the same time, I'm not going to deny Asians what they've earned. Blacks are 12.6% of the population, Asians 4.8%. In 2008, Blacks owned 1.9 million business, Asians 1.6 million. Blacks employed 921,000 people, Asians 2.9 million. Black business paid their employees $29 billion, Asians paid $82 billion. Black gross receipts were $98.9 billion, Asians $461 billion. Cheating or hard work?
@TheSweetSarahize It would be very difficult to cheat on an SAT test, because they administer different versions each time. I scored a 1510 (when it was based on 1600), they told me I was in the top 5 of all blacks in the US. Now I find out that every SAT version administered today includes this first check box question: "If you are black, check here." Did they have that back in our day? I don't recall. But I was one of only two black National Merit Scholars in the whole nation that year.
@Africanlongdrop It is actually quite EASY to cheat on ANY test ...which is why they are always very strict on what is allowed to be brought into the testing area. There are many more ways of cheating than just knowing the exact test format in advance. One common way is when groups are trained to signal each other and share answers. If there is even one exceptionally smart test-taker as part of this cheating group they can all be trained to give signals and share answers ...on ANY test.
@TheSweetSarahize Don't try so hard to deny what's already been shown, researched and PROVEN. Cheating is EASY when working IN CONCERT with a group of dishonest people ...especially when properly trained. Ex: Touching head with left hand a certain way to show what test # I'm on. Scratching back of head with the right hand with one finger indicating answer is A) (on multiple choice test) ...2 fingers means it's B) ...3 fingers means it's C) and a 4 finger scratch means it's D). Just ONE example!
@MusicTrackMaster Your fiancee is right. This has been well researched and documented. Any and everybody may cheat but Asians have made cheating into a cultural phenomenon and they frequently give workshops, classes, seminars on cheating on everything from academic exams, job tests; taxes etc. There is no shame or honor apparently and it is common. I've seen many exposes and videos showing them training new arrivals and others in the fine art of CHEATING. They take cheating to another level!
@TheSweetSarahize As an African American, I wondered how I'd be treated by my future Japanese-American in-laws. Her father told me, "I judge people not by their skin, not by their words, but by what they do and don't do." He was as good as his word. His father earned the Distinguished Service Cross in World War II, fighting the Nazis in France. He volunteered to fight for his country, America, though he and his family were put behind barbed wire at Gila River internment camp during WWII.
@Africanlongdrop You and your father in law are gentlemen. Your grandfather in law was a great man. You mention how Asian people in America, as a culture, are successful. It&#
Thank you for posting this series. This country still hasn't dealt honestly with racism. I've tried explain to my white friends how racism affects you when you are black: education, housing, jobs. They don't want to hear it. They are supposed to be my friends! I'm sharing real life stories from my own experience. All they want to do is make excuses. Just stand up and say its wrong and it shouldn' t happen. Don't make excuses, don't perpetuate it.
jobuNewWay 1 week ago
this is upsetting and angryvating
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I AGREE WITH YOUR COMMENT and there are some that do look mixed and are and dont look it and still are and regardless one self should not have to choose one side and I dont.But If they do thats there own issue you know.
Indiahicks23 1 week ago
I wish all these mongrel freaks would call themselves white. We've go enough problems in our Black communities (if you can call them that) as it is.
TheJanetsvids 1 week ago
@TheJanetsvids - YOUR STATEMENT "I wish all these mongrel freaks would call themselves white. We've go enough problems in our Black communities"
I SAY TO YOU; The problem that plagues many Black Communities today has nothing to do with the genetic make-up of the people, but EVERYTHING to do with the behavior, mentality and complacency of too many Black Folk living in these communities.
americanpatriot00 1 week ago 6
@americanpatriot00 , I don't think I could have put it any better than that.
AWESOME!
MusicTrackMaster 1 week ago
@americanpatriot00 - WELL SAID!
Solowizard 1 week ago
@americanpatriot00 And who told you I was interested in anything you've got. LOL
Stupid twat. Get over your insignificant self.
TheJanetsvids 1 week ago
@americanpatriot00 I AGREE WITH YOUR COMMENT and there are some that do look mixed and are and dont look it and still are and regardless one self should not have to choose one side and I dont.But If they do thats there own issue you know.
Indiahicks23 1 week ago
What do they mean "pass" for white. I swear NIGGAHS are the dumbest shit out there. The sooner we Black people breed these liabilities out the better.
TheJanetsvids 1 week ago
They arent black. they are mixed wtf
GeorgiePorgieOrgie 1 week ago
This is a bunch of nonsense. If they are as proud of being who they are as they claim, then why not accept both sides of their ancestry? Why identify to one race and reject the other? Oh, let me guess, it comes from the "one drop rule" nonsense? Doesn't that date back to racism as well? You are what you are. "Social" races shouldn't even be made as ridiculous as it is now. All this is just skin color. True race is deeper, which would clearly confirm that there's only one race. Human race!
AlihsaanP 1 week ago
@AlihsaanP you are wrong. they call themselves black because most of them were the result of rape. their white fathers or white grandfathers raped the black women back in the 1600, 1700 and 1800s. I think its due to hating the white race which has a history of evil deeds towards blacks. Iam pure black and if i was a mixed race and i found out that my great grandmother was raped on a cotton farm back in slavery, i would not associate myself being white. no one wishes to be with a devil
kironde112 1 week ago
@AlihsaanP I AGREE with you but everyone has the right to choose though even though I aceept both but hey read my comments just conversate n wann hear others opinions.
Indiahicks23 1 week ago
@Indiahicks23 Trust me, if these same ladies were rather calling themselves white, people would be shouting out "SELF-HATER." It's very unfortunate how people concentrate wayyy toooo much on "race".
AlihsaanP 1 week ago
she is not black or white. She is mixed race
alanbstard4 1 week ago
@alanbstard4 - F.Y.I.
If every Black Person - a.k.a. African American took a DNA Geneology Test, the results would always show European and in some rare cases, also Native American ancestry. No American Black Person is full blooded African. The percentage of none African Blood within us varies greatly.
americanpatriot00 1 week ago
@americanpatriot00 well that's interesting. One wonders why some, at political level and private level, seem to favour blackness and being called black. I do appreciate there are those that don't
Halle Berry is called " black " Barak Obama is called " black "
alanbstard4 1 week ago
@americanpatriot00 F.Y.I they have one parent one race and another a different race. making them MIXED. yes african americans do have some type of mix usually far down the line. But mixed people are fucking mixed. why does america feel the need to catergorize mixed people into one fucking catergory wtf is wrong with you people.
GeorgiePorgieOrgie 1 week ago
@alanbstard4 YES but she Is the product of two different racis though.She has the right to feel how she feels.
Indiahicks23 1 week ago
@Indiahicks23 yes indeed I respect that. However, for scientific purposes, anthropoloy etc, she is not, for all intents and purposes, black
alanbstard4 1 week ago
lol well maybe black people wouldn't put you through such a hard time,if you didn't pass yourself off as a white women.i know some blacks are a mess and can't let go of the the whole she's lighter then me so i'm gonna hate her concept.but the minute you go around calling yourself white or let people think you are without correcting them,all to maintain certain advances but go back to being the light skin black girl,well that's when i say goodbye and good riddance.
bluedreamer5000 1 month ago
Wow. You can tell this is old. She's saying light skinned black women are treated poorly in the black community. Total opposite today.
TheVoice2318 1 month ago
@TheVoice2318 In some ways, but in others is that really true? From what I've observed, light skinned women are seen as more "beautiful" (rolls eyes) because of what the media has projected and many young men today are color struck and say they only like "red-bones" or whatever ignorant terms they use. BUT, because of this, some darker black women snub and basically hate lighter bw because bm and the white media have made them feel inferior. So, light black women DO get not more, but equal hate.
mjis4evamine 1 month ago
i want to meet some of the people who think this way now in 2012. The people who are not in denial and know what's still going on down to this day. We could have great conversations.
MzNeekie 1 month ago
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Black, white, whatever. This is all ultimately a bullshit game of semantics. These women clearly aren't your typical Shanaynay or Tamika, which is what the current usage refers to in employing (no pun intended) the word "black".
When I say "black", I'm talking about P-Diddy and Lil-Wayne, not Johnny Mathis. Everyone I know understand this.
And it is a fact that there is institutionalized racism within black communities themselves that is directed at the darker portion of the population.
djs259 2 months ago
@djs259 - I have nothing against P-Diddy, but if the only people you call black are the crotch holding, four letter uttering, no education, broken English speaking when it's the only language you know, pants down past your ass like a prison fag who get's pimped out, then you have no clue how diverse Black People are.
When I say "Black" I'm including the Huxtables, the Banks, and the Jeffersons.
americanpatriot00 2 months ago
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djs259 2 months ago
Their deceiving manipulating fucks just like the jews to use whites off their gullible nature to get what they need and then later say oh Im black.. You cant just do that! and even true black people would get mad at them too. These bitches arent fooling me. The guy is toughest to detect tho...Id pick something up sooner or later on him though.
TheMeltinResponse 2 months ago
I am black, both my parents are black, and both their parents are, but people ask me if I'm black all the time. Black people will joke around and say I need a tan or white people will say some borderline racist comment or joke without the "no offense" on the end because they don't seem to understand who I am. Like they don't believe me.... Yeah nowadays when people ask me what race I am I say "I'm black, but I'm lightskin." lol then they'll ask me "r u sure? you looked mixed." SMH
CdrizzyJ 2 months ago
@CdrizzyJ Alot of Afro-American are mixed in America.
oramikleepunk 1 month ago
@oramikleepunk but not me & my parents aren't american...
CdrizzyJ 1 month ago
I don't consider myself black, white, or mixed, I have no race, because I have continually been rejected by both races (especially so-called non-racist black people). I wish I was black, or white, but I am neither.
jamesandchante 2 months ago 2
@jamesandchante - What you do in life is far more important than what you are. You had nothing to do with your genetic make-up. It's so insignificant. Ultimately, it's your actions that will shape the masses of people's opinion of you.
americanpatriot00 2 months ago 8
@americanpatriot00 I totally agree with you. You sound like a nice person. I am a nice person too. But, although you and I know this truth, many people do not. Many people judge others by the way they look, the things they own, and people they know. So, many people have treated me badly, because of their first impression they have of me based on my looks. Honestly, most people do like me once they get to know me. Many people who use to treat me badly eventually apologized to me since then.
jamesandchante 2 months ago
@jamesandchante I think I might have given you the impression that I do not like certain races because I have been rejected by a few individuals. However, I like people of all races. I simply do not categorize myself with any particular race, because I do not feel any closer, or more distant, to one race over the other. I feel just as close to Asians, Hispanics, etc., as I do to black people and white people. I don't think it is wrong to have a racial identity, I just don't have one.
jamesandchante 2 months ago
@jamesandchante I saw your picture and you look mixed. You are very pretty young lady. :) Which race do you consider yourself?
jamesandchante 2 months ago
@americanpatriot00 Well said.
dermetrice 2 months ago
@americanpatriot00 Well said.
dermetrice 2 months ago
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@americanpatriot00 I saw your picture and you look mixed. You are very pretty young lady. :) Which race do you consider yourself?
jamesandchante 1 week ago
I meant to say this to you, but I think I accidentally sent it to myself...LOL (I'm very nerdy sometimes).
jamesandchante 1 month ago
@jamesandchante You're a human being. There problem solved. =D
Sharayai 2 months ago
@jamesandchante Most people that call themself Afro-Americans are mixed anyways from looking at dna test returns.There was a fellow that foundout he was 95% arab,and his whole life before the test he labeled himself black or Afro-American.He even rejected the label.The guy posted a video on youtube.
oramikleepunk 1 month ago
@oramikleepunk Yes, this is true. Most African-Americans are mixed with Europeans. Yet, manyAfrican-American people are so bitter toward white people because of the discrimination that they suffer from them that they deny they are part white. Many white people don't seem to want to admit that their forefathers interbred with a race that they consider inferior either. Then people like me, who remind everyone of this interbreeding are disliked and rejected because we remind all of them.
jamesandchante 1 month ago
@jamesandchante and not to mention Africans are the ancestors of ALL people-whites included. They weren't just "interbred" with them.
TheVoice2318 1 month ago
@jamesandchante this comment made me feel a lot less lonely
xXnewbiexninjaXx 1 month ago
@jamesandchante no you do have a race, you are what chimpers call the carmel colored shit beast
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@tyronewashington1 What's a "chimper"? What's a "shit beast"? Sorry, but I have no idea what you are talking about. Sounds crazy though...LOL.
jamesandchante 1 month ago
@tyronewashington1 Wow, its amazing how you can be so ignorant and think its perfectly fine. maybe you should use the little sense that you have and read something educational...like a book.
lenorabmomo 1 month ago
@jamesandchante sorry to hear that. So much for encouraging race mixing
alanbstard4 1 week ago
A lot of black people are hateful toward really dark blacks and really light blacks (like me). But, black people are racist I know I have been treated like crap by many of them, and I just wanted to be accepted by them. The lady said they never ask her what race she is? People of all races ask me that all the time. That actually don't get bothered by it.
jamesandchante 2 months ago
READ WILIIE LYNCH LETTERS IT EXPLAINS THIS thourghly
yashar254 2 months ago
W.E.B. Du Bois' Double Consciousness helps people understand this. I sure understand her after reading it.
lotusflower281 3 months ago
@lotusflower281 You hit it on the head... or reading Fanon's Black Skin White Masks...but Du Bois would be great though...probably the best
jadedgurl86 2 months ago
Is it just me or are interracial women HOT!
atomus 3 months ago
@atomus It's just you because woman of all races interracial, or not are beautiful.
soufwesthoustontx 3 months ago
@soufwesthoustontx Hell no! some women are ass ugly
atomus 3 months ago
Rock Newman is a bitch!
DTA550 3 months ago
i also love this host
NiangoChan 3 months ago
I love you uploader
NiangoChan 3 months ago
The man is angry, but, wouldn't you be angry if people talked to you IN YOUR FACE about your race (unknowningly, of course)...that would burn a hole in your heart that would be extremely hard to repair.
rassledassle82 3 months ago
@rassledassle82 I agree. For some reason white people often said hateful things about black people to me. I tell them I am half black. Then they tell me I am not a "real" black person, because I look so white. It is suppose to be a compliment, but I think it is insulting. It doesn't make me angry with them, because they aren't trying to be rude (they don't even know they are being rude!). But, it saddens me.
jamesandchante 1 month ago
@jamesandchante I feel you...I am a mixture of races, being primarily black, but I've had rude comments made IN MY FACE regarding being african-american...one of the most insulting things I've had happen was a co-worker sometime ago asked me if I was mixed. When I probed as to why she asked me this, she finally said that her husband saw me and said that I must be mixed because "blacks" are usually dark AND unattractive...this blind stupidity totally DISGUSTS me and disturbs me deeply.
rassledassle82 1 month ago
@jamesandchante Just curious. What race do you identify more strongly with? I'm just wondering why it doesn't make you even a little aggitated when you're being insulted to your face by people that don't even know you're "half" black.
TheVoice2318 1 month ago
@TheVoice2318 It does bother me when white people say bad things about black people; and I always remind them that I am black when they say these things. Sometimes I feel angry that they are saying racist things, sometimes I feel sorry for the person saying racist things, because they seem to be to ignorant to realize they are being hurtful; and I always feel sad that black people have to suffer because of such racism. Yet, I do not feel more attacted to one race over the other.
jamesandchante 1 month ago
@TheVoice2318 @jamesandchante I'm not really sure which comment of mine you were refering to, but it does bother me when white people say racist things about black people. It doesn't make me hate the person saying it, but it definitely makes me lose respect for them. Black people say racist things about white people to me all of the time too. That bothers me also. So, I do not identify more than one race over the other. So, I do not identify with one race over the other.
jamesandchante 1 month ago
@TheVoice2318 So, I do noty identify with onew race over the other. I mostly feel a disconnect from both. I feel like a foreigner in my own country, among my own groups of people. I would love to be accpted by both; and I would gladly claim them both. I would settle for being accepted by one, and I'd claim whichever onew would have me. But, I can live without beling accepted by either; and since neither one fully accepts me I really have no choice (to both races I'm neither one).
jamesandchante 1 month ago
@jamesandchante Sorry about my spelling, my keys are sticking.
jamesandchante 1 month ago
Those are Brazilians lol! Just kidding.
magirecords2004 4 months ago
@magirecords2004 and almost all Brazilians have ancestry that's black and indigenous, which is why so many of them look that way. even the ones who look white could easily still have it, it just depends on the person. you were making a joke, but you kinda spoke the truth too.
docdoom187 3 months ago
who put the this old shit on and wats the point of it,we come in diffrebt shades and wat
XBASS247 4 months ago
@XBASS247 - The fact that "we" come in different shades doesn't mean quack shit! The point is that some of the things being talked about in this "old shit" still affect blacks today. Tyra Banks did numerous shows discussing some of these same issues. Wake up and join the rest of us back on Planet Earth.
americanpatriot00 4 months ago 15
@americanpatriot00 your point ,is
XBASS247 4 months ago
@americanpatriot00 Your
oramikleepunk 1 month ago
@americanpatriot00 well said to that ignoramus
bertwood3 1 month ago
@americanpatriot00 Yes, this still affects people. Unfortunately, it probably won't change for awhile either.
jamesandchante 1 month ago
who put the this old shit on and wats the point of it
XBASS247 4 months ago
The last woman that was talking in this video made a really cute face in the end. Plus, she's totally right.
ButterflyRedrum 4 months ago
Isn't this perpetuating the view that in order to be White, you have to be "pure"?
PungiFungi 4 months ago
The term African American is BULLCRAP!!!! It was given because they destroyed all the documents and wants to ERASE the TRUE history, yes, they are called Hebrew Israelites, the TRUE ones!!!! BUT< YAHWEH said he will come back and get his people read Isaiah!
datboywitdemvocals06 4 months ago 3
@datboywitdemvocals06 what?
NiangoChan 3 months ago
@datboywitdemvocals06 - Read Isaiah ? REALLY? And who wrote that book?
americanpatriot00 2 months ago
@datboywitdemvocals06 lol your just a bunch of stupid niggers from south subharan africa, without slavery, you would be chucking spears
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lenorabmomo 1 month ago
@tyronewashington1 You must be trying to be funny. Sorry, you FAILED!
jamesandchante 1 month ago
@datboywitdemvocals06 Actually Jesse Jackson coined that term
TheVoice2318 1 month ago
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TheVoice2318 1 month ago
Google these names to learn about a few very influential people who were part black. Alessandro de Medici, Chevalier de St. Georges, Aleksander Sergeevich Pushkin, General Alexandre Dumas, Alexandre Dumas pere, Alexandre Dumas fils, Bernardino Rivadavia, and Vincente Guerrero.
docdoom187 4 months ago
Race stuff is stupid. There's no "pure race". People have moved around Earth for 1000s of years. For example someone saying they're "all white", or all anything else, isn't. Look at the people not "white" from Africa and Asia who have gone into Europe. Prehistoric migrations, Rome and Greece forcefully taking people there or people going there voluntarily, Genghis Khan, Moorish invasion (lasted 500 years!), 1400s-1800s slave trade, etc. So yes, Europeans have non-white ancestors. Its a fact.
docdoom187 4 months ago
My mother's father's mother and both of her parents were black cherokees (not officially part of a tribe), and there's a line of native ancestry going into the 1700s. On that same side I have a white greatX3 grandfather. No records on my father's side but his mother/grandmother are clearly black-indians (native eyes/hair and black+native features). And there are light-skinned people (means white ancestry) on both sides of my family, yet I'm still called "black"? That's how things are in America.
docdoom187 4 months ago
@docdoom187 Maybe that's how SOME PEOPLE (not everyone) thinks in America. But you don't have to call yourself black if you have a lot of other races in you. The first step in educating people about the diversity of the races is admitting to it in public. How else are the ignorant supposed to learn? You don't actually expect them to read about it do you?
yesyoumay 3 months ago
@yesyoumay Honestly, I don't demand to be called anything. The statement I made was a fact about my ancestry and it's more or less the same for EVERY single other "African" American unless they're an immigrant from Africa and not from a family that has had it's roots in America for hundreds of years. I was just making a point. The point is that the labels we get hit with due to a racial rule made by whites during the Slavery era, and nationalistic attitudes by blacks today, are obviously a hoax.
docdoom187 3 months ago
Because of the One Drop Rule (when it was officially in effect in the slave days, and in the modern days when the habit of using it was still thought to be necessary) African Americans are a very diverse group of people, which is why you have "black" people with DNA racial percentages of african, european, and native american, and skin tones and other features all over the map in varying degrees. Some "black" people might even be more white than black because of this but they don't even know it.
docdoom187 4 months ago
The One Drop Rule (from slavery days) dictated that anyone part black was to be called black, even if they were part white or Native (unless they were an official tribal member). Even after this racist rule became TECHNICALLY obsolete, the idea is still around because old habits in America are hard to break. This is why biracial people are usually still called black.
docdoom187 4 months ago
@docdoom187 I really don't care what other people want to label me. Ultimately, whatever the lable is, it doesn't changed that I have human blood, that has DNA that has things in common with most of the people on this planet. You can can a dog a cat, but he is still a dog. Call me black, white, mixed, reptilian, I don't really care. however, I do want to be treated with respect, and I do want to have people feel comfortable around me. Most people aren't able to do either.
jamesandchante 1 month ago
my thing is this its already hard enough being black and when you decide to lay down with someone of another race or marry someone of another race it you decide to bare children with this person you should know no matter how much teaching or appreciation of your child's 2 races in them, its still going to be hard for them to be able to understand themselves. Regardless of what people say it is hard growing up and still as an adult being a child of two races
NaturalElicia 5 months ago
@NaturalElicia African-Americans aren't even just one race to begin with. That's the pure reality of it.
docdoom187 4 months ago
Disagree, calling yourself mixed race is a highly noble statement and implies that you are putting yourself above the racism that goes on in both white and black groups. Its like saying I'm a human, I'm not a certain sub-category.
yesyoumay 5 months ago 2
@yesyoumay - No offense, but your argument is "WEAK SAUCE". Putting yourself above racism is all about WHAT YOU DO AND HOW YOU DO IT. It's not about simply saying you are mixed race. Anybody can do that, and racism exist among all people, not just black and white.
americanpatriot00 5 months ago
@yesyoumay - The easiest way to put yourself above racism is to not tolerate it from ANYBODY towards anybody. Staying silent when you hear it being used makes you just as guilty as the people using it. I learned this lesson long ago.
americanpatriot00 5 months ago
@yesyoumay The easiest way to put yourself above racism is to not tolerate it from ANYBODY towards anybody. Staying silent when you hear it being used makes you just as guilty as the people using it. I learned this lesson long ago.
americanpatriot00 5 months ago
@americanpatriot00 Well actually putting yourself above racism is to put yourself as an individual before your own race. Being white, black, or mixed means nothing really if you identify yourself as an individual. Others may try to categorize you but that's their own ordeal and their own simple perspective of what you are. You getting mad or whatnot doesn't help any situation for yourself. You rise above it by showing your individuality more than any type of "pride" in your race.
zapikachu 4 months ago
@yesyoumay Identifying as mixed race can be a better reflection of ones actual heritage but the fact that(white)society views the overwhelming majority of biracial people as just another black person despite how many times they might say I'm not black I'm mixed race and even if they did biracial people are still not white and thus are often treated exactly the same as any black person since all society sees is their brown skin dark eyes and curly hair.This is why Halle Berry identifies as black
X23Ninja 3 months ago
these guests dont really like their white side
tatidel87 5 months ago
@tatidel87 They are not half white, only one of them are half White. The lady in the second seat is mixed, the rest are Black.
TeenDigitalTech 4 months ago
That Kathleen woman is dead on, I wish there were more people like her
gatheringleaves 5 months ago
That woman @2:59 is the angriest black-white woman I've ever seen, lol.
krazygreen 5 months ago
I also commend Donahue for being as politically correct as possible
HiMishaMarie 5 months ago
@HiMishaMarie Me too.
jamesandchante 1 month ago
I think all people have been through shit....so for anyone to deny anyones struggle is wrong...
HiMishaMarie 5 months ago
@SAMitch89 - Considering the fact that all "African Americans" are of mixed race lineage, every American Black Person (a.k.a. African American) can make those claims.
americanpatriot00 5 months ago
@americanpatriot00 All African-Americans are part white to some degree. However, most European-Americans are mixed with black and Indian too. However, having one parent who is considered to be one race, and having one parent that is considered another race is totally different than having an ancestor of another race three or four generations back. If this were not the case, white Americans could claim they understand (from experience) the racism black people experience since they are mixed too.
jamesandchante 1 month ago
@SAMitch89 i dont really think u can comment considering u arent in their position and have no idea what they go through.
AzzurryStreet 5 months ago
the title is misleading these people aren't 'black' they are mixed.
CampGravatt123 5 months ago
HOW IN FUCK ARE THEY BLACK? SHIT BREEDS OUT THEY ARE MOSTLY WHITE OR MULATTOES NOT BLACK!
Whitevoice14 5 months ago
These are some creepy as fuck looking people
FireBomberBassist 5 months ago
@FireBomberBassist - I could imagine what you must think of Puerto Ricans.
americanpatriot00 5 months ago
@FireBomberBassist Well don't say that because I am bi-racial and look similar to these people and that is very rude to say about these people. I think these people are beautiful so yeah the don't look "creepy" as you say...soo soo rude.
sweetkisses021 5 months ago
@sweetkisses021 I think it's mainly their hair style and way they dress considering how long ago the Phil Donahue show aired. I do appologize if I offended you. Thanks for being polite and not throwing a fit at me.
FireBomberBassist 5 months ago
@FireBomberBassist Ohh ok that makes sense I thought you was talking about their faces or eyes and stuff..lol Yes this was forever ago
sweetkisses021 5 months ago
@sweetkisses021 @FireBomberBassist It's their entire style. The women dress like my grandmother but they aren't old. Lol.
FireBomberBassist 5 months ago
@FireBomberBassist That is an ignorant remark. Such remarks are what is at the base of our social problems in this country.
RayPointer 5 months ago
@FireBomberBassist I think the women are very pretty (but the guy is unattractive to me).
jamesandchante 1 month ago
Lady in blue is of white race (she had little chance of being born white given her ma is black, but still she is). It's quite another thing she, whatever the reason, wants to be identified with the black race. I find it ridiculous the way she puts it for the simple reason she's white. She could have said I feel identified with the black culture though I'm a person of white race. Imagine Obama saying he's white being more black than white? Now take a look at her claiming she's black. Jesus.
JaimeinUK 5 months ago
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JaimeinUK 5 months ago
If blacks had followed Booker T. Washington, all this would be moot. Because Booker basically called for blacks to be like Asian Americans, even before the paradigm existed. And it has proven to be a successful paradigm. It's based on "Industry, Thrift, Intelligence, and Property." Asians achieve success in the US in spite of racism. This is because they see America is the land of opportunity, where hard work and sacrifice is rewarded. Blacks need to convert to this attitude and approach.
takfam07 5 months ago
@takfam07 - NEWS FLASH !!
Blacks have achieved astronomical success in America. COMPARED TO BLACKS IN AMERICA, how many Asian Mayors of cities do we have? How many Asian Congressman,US Presidents, Alderman, School Principals, Governors, State Representatives, Firefighter Chiefs, Police Cheifs, Federal Judges, NFL Head Coaches, NBA Head Coaches, MLB Head Coaches, Oscar Winners, Tony Winners, Leading role actors and actresses, Inventors, Singers, Song Writers, Authors, ARE YOU STILL THERE??
americanpatriot00 5 months ago
@americanpatriot00 Speaking of our President, I went to high school with Barry Obama, born in same hosp., grew up in same town, we were at Harvard the same time (him Law Schl, me Grad Schl). And guess what-- he grew up with virtually NO BLACKS. Instead, Barry grew up in a state with an Asian Governor, 3 Asian Congressmen (and 1 Asian Congresswoman), Asian fire chief, Asian police captain, Asian Supreme Court judges, Asian school supt., and majority Asian state reps. ARE YOU STILL THERE? (LOL)
takfam07 5 months ago
@takfam07 - Because of the success of the Civil Rights Movement, because of the Martin Luther King Juniors, the Medgar Evers, the Jesse Jacksons, the list goes on and on. Asians, Native Americans, Hispanics and others have piggy-backed off the success, strides, trials, tribulations and hard work of American Blacks.
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BLACKS HAVE ACHIEVED SUCCESS IN AMERICA in spite of the racism that still lingers from the residue of slavery and JIM CROW (American Aparthied).
americanpatriot00 5 months ago 2
@americanpatriot00 NEWS FLASH!! I am the only person you'll ever dialogue with who knows Barry Obama personally. Yes, Barry grew up with no blacks, but instead in a US state--RUN BY ASIANS. Look up facts/figures for Hawaii 1977/78, his junior year. And his sister Maya (with whom I've worked) is Indonesian. His Kenyan father ran away, so he was raised by an Asian father-figure. Interesting isn't it-- our first black Prez, and he grew up not with blacks but with an Asian majority. (cont).
takfam07 5 months ago
@americanpatriot00 (cont). I first met Barry Obama in 1974 at a Japanese action hero (Kikaida) appearance at Pearlridge mall. Met up again at Punahou Academy (he's two yrs. ahead). He worked at Baskin-Robbins on King St., I worked at Swensen's Ice Cream a mile away. We played b-ball and bodysurfed Sandy's together a couple of times. Shared some hash buds, too. He called me "MG" (he liked my '69 MG Midget convertible) and "Lefty" (we're both southpaws), even at Harvard. He's a cool guy.
takfam07 5 months ago
@americanpatriot00 Speaking of Civil Rights, yes--blacks did what they're good at-- clamor for rights. But they couldn't march in as equals, because they didn't develop their culture. That's why, per capita, blacks lead the nation in unemployment, welfare, low educational attainment, fatherless households, AIDS, criminal violence, teen pregnancy, poverty, and lack of entrepreneurship. And black leadership is a travesty-- sting white guilt, get handouts. Asians do it the hard way--we EARN it.
takfam07 5 months ago
@takfam07 - When you graduate from the Peanut Gallery, we can continue this conversaion, but you're far from reality and seem to have drifted into your personal hatred, envy, myths, stereotypes and racism. I don't know what exactly your problem is with blacks, but something tells me you've been that way for a long time..
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IRONIC PART IS..asians in America, just like hispanics have benefitted from Black Struggles. Instead of hating, you need to be thanking, and OH, It's not cool to be a racist.
americanpatriot00 5 months ago 9
@americanpatriot00 No I don't hate blacks at all. I grew up with Obama and I studied Afro-Am at Harvard with Skip Gates and Cornel West. I spent years defending black and minority issues. Now I see what works, what doesn't and why. There's nothing "racist" in saying that maladaptive black cultural memes--much more than racism --account for black civilizational crises today. Booker T. presciently said that over 100 years ago. But then as now, blacks stubbornly say "no"--society must change.
takfam07 5 months ago
@americanpatriot00, EXCELLENT POINT!
Asians and other minorities HAVE definitely benefited from the wrongs that was made right by blacks. Sadly, they've done it with little gratitude, and Asians in particular have desperately tried to assimilate with whites on almost every issue whether right or wrong. Funny thing is Asians themselves have had a foot put up their asses shortly after Pearl Harbor, during the Vietnam and Korean Wars and they still kiss ass. GO FIGURE!
Solowizard 5 months ago
@Solowizard Asians kiss ass? Well maybe blacks should try it, too. I know you read my previous post. Even though blacks outnumber Asians by 2.5 to 1, Asians businesses earned 4.6 times more TOTAL REVENUE than black businesses. Oprah, Interscope, BET, JayZ? Nah. It's all for "show," a house of cards. Another telling stat from US Census 2008--Average Household Incomes, by Race: Whites=$52,312. Blacks=$34,218. Hispanics=$37,913. ASIANS=$65,637. Shall we move on to Education next? ;o)
takfam07 5 months ago
@takfam07 - Naaa, I'll leave that up to you. Kissing ass is beneath me, and Americanpatriot00 is correct, you have some deep seated envy for blacks. What other reason would you create all those lies? As far as Education, it's been proven that Asians are professional cheaters. You guys even have Youtube videos showing how to cheat on the SAT Test. So there! YOU've BEEN DEBUNKED....AGAIN. LOL
Solowizard 5 months ago
@Solowizard Lies? Check out ww(dot)census(dot)gov. It's OFFICIAL. There are nearly 3x more blacks in the US than Asians. However, Asian businesses employ more people, pay them more, and earn nearly 5x more in revenues. And the avg. Asian household income is nearly DOUBLE that of blacks.
Damn, man--what're you guys doing all day? Smoking crack, sniffin' booty, collecting welfare, and crying racism? Stop with the excuses and get it together. Then maybe people will actually "envy" you.
takfam07 5 months ago
@Solowizard You want to talk SAT Test? Well, then I'm sure you know this fact-- the first item on the official SAT exam is: "If you are Black, check here." Embarrassed? Nah, since you never hear about black cultural "honor," I'm sure you don't give a damn. And cheating? How about that recent Atlanta test scandal--black teachers fixing their students' scores. The nation was all excited that black students were FINALLY improving their math/reading scores--but NO. What a disgrace.
takfam07 5 months ago
@takfam07, I hate to disappoint you, but there's more whites on welfare than blacks simply because whites out number blacks. Also, you said something I found utterly HILARIOUS! You said that there was a lack of Entrepreneurship among blacks. LOL! I guess you never heard of OPRAH WINFREY, SEAN (P.DIDDY)COMBS, JAY Z, TYRA BANKS, CURTIS JACKSON, the list goes on and on, and these are blacks celebrities. I know and know of countless Black Non-celebrities Entrepreneurs. YOU ARE JUST WRONG!
Solowizard 5 months ago
@Solowizard Yes, there are slightly more whites on federal assistance than blacks. Of the total amount of welfare collected in the US, 38% is collected by whites, 37% by blacks. But remember--whites outnumber blacks by 5-to-1. Which means that blacks are 5x more likely to collect welfare than whites. And sure, blacks have always been prevalent in sports and entertainment. But what about black high-tech industry leaders? Major black accounting firms? Black insurance industry giants? (cont).
takfam07 5 months ago
@Solowizard (cont). Blacks are 13% of the US population, but, they comprise only 5% of university faculty, 3% of financial managers, 3% of physicians, 2.3% of corporate board members of large companies, 2% of lawyers and judges, and 1% of architects.. Blacks are less than 0.5% of all physics and math professors. Black owners comprise less than 3% of the nation's businesses, and take in less than 1% of the nation's gross receipts. Only 4% of black annual spending goes to black-owned businesses.
takfam07 5 months ago
@Solowizard The US Census Bureau report in 2007: Blacks were 12.6% of US population, Asians 4.8%. Blacks owned 1.9 million non-farm businesses in the US (7.1%). Asians owned 1.6 million (5.7%). Black businesses employed 921,000 persons with total payroll of $23.9 billion. Asian businesses employed 2.9 million persons with total payroll of $82.2 billion. Black business generated $98.9 billion in receipts, Asian businesses generated $461.3 billion in receipts. Entrepreneurship, anyone? ;o)
takfam07 5 months ago
@takfam07 LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL! It's funny how you're just making up all kinds of shit. It's even more funny how you let blacks rent all the space in your head. LMAO! You're so stupid, you don't even realize that you're broadcasting this by keep writing about your compulsive preoccupation with blacks. LOL,LOL,LOL!
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Q: Did you get beat up by some black kids in school? Just curious.
MusicTrackMaster 5 months ago
@MusicTrackMaster "Making up all kinds of s#!t"? So let me guess--confronted with official data, you will then say that the US Census Bureau is "racist"? Yup. Jackson, Sharpton and Farrakhan have taught you well. Blacks keep spiraling downward, trying to pull everybody down with them. Asians quietly get their s#!t together and keep getting stronger and wealthier. Hell, Asians should celebrate Booker T. Washington, since blacks have abandoned him. Yet we're doing exactly as he said.
takfam07 5 months ago
@takfam07 LOL! don't know how Jackson,Sharpton and Farrakhan came into the equation, but the people you're arguing with got it right. I'm white, and even my Asian Fiancee admitted that asians are the biggest cheaters academically. Even economically in world global trading. SURE! You guys are very successful, but very successful at producing illegal, inferior counterfit goods and illegal hunting and selling of endangered, protected animal meats and byproducts. In that area you lead hands down.
MusicTrackMaster 5 months ago
@MusicTrackMaster Sure, and you can also point out that whites cheat--probably the biggest cheaters in history. I'm sure blacks and native Americans would agree on that. Who do you think precipitated the sub-prime mortgage crisis that crashed our economy? And African leaders don't steal donor aid, or trade in illegal ivory? Everyone cheats. Asian success wasn't founded on illegal trade. We're talking about cultural memes, and how they help a race fail or succeed. Let's stay on topic.
takfam07 5 months ago
@takfam07 - My nephew was on a little league baseball team that was talented enough to play in the World Series of Little League Baseball. They lost to a Japanese Team only to discover that the players were actually adult grown men. CHEATERS OF THE LOWEST FORM !
MusicTrackMaster 5 months ago
@MusicTrackMaster I'm black, and I played in the Little League World Series 30+ years ago. Been following it since, but never heard of a Japanese team cheating. They seem to play with the highest honor and respect. Can you tell me what year this was?
Africanlongdrop 5 months ago
@Africanlongdrop - They may have been Vietnamese, or Chinese, I don't remember what Asian Nationality they were. All I remember was that they were Asian and they were cheaters. It was all over the news at the time.
MusicTrackMaster 5 months ago
@MusicTrackMaster When I played Little League World series tournament in the '70s, the Taiwanese team won every single year. They beat us soundly. They were like the Yankees. They were suspected of cheating. They were even banned from competition, a long with all foreign teams, for a few years. Then they came back and dominated again. I never heard it was proven they were cheating. We just all suspected it. We couldn't hit their pitchers, too fast and scary. But they hit us, for sure.
Africanlongdrop 5 months ago
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@MusicTrackMaster When I played Little League World series tournament in the '70s, the Taiwanese team won every single year. They beat us soundly. They were like the Yankees. They were suspected of cheating. They were even banned from competition, a long with all foreign teams, for a few years. Then they came back and dominated again. I never heard it was proven they were cheating. We just all suspected it. We couldn't hit their pitchers, too fast and scary. But they hit us, for sure.
Africanlongdrop 5 months ago
@takfam07 Well sir, about 12 years ago there was a big underground study of the commonality CHEATING within the Asian community. Hidden cameras showed Asian adults teaching Asian high school students how to CHEAT on their SAT tests. NO it was not how to STUDY or legitimate prep work, there were seminars on how to sneak in the answers, hide cheat sheets, share answers during the tests etc. There were MANY such CHEAT workshops in many different venues. It was shown to be a cultural phenomenon!
TheSweetSarahize 5 months ago
@TheSweetSarahize I'm black, my wife is 100% Asian American. My wife went to Stanford, I went to Harvard. We have two kids, both straight A students. I've come to know the Japanese-American people, through my in-laws. I've never met more honorable people. Asians are by far the most successful non-whites in America. I'll admit that. And as a fellow non-white, I'm proud of them, not bitter or jealous. They work harder than anyone, they never complain. They earned their success.
Africanlongdrop 5 months ago
@Africanlongdrop Uh... Okay ...and thanks for sharing you personal story ...but HOW is it relevant to the discussion at hand. If I mentioned to you an irrelevant little FACT such as that I earn a 7 figure income ...would that somehow be germane to THIS discussion? I don't think so. And how does where you or your wife went to school factor in to the equation ...of THIS discussion? You lost me there. Also nothing that you said invalidates the uncovering of this cultural phenomenon of cheating. ???
TheSweetSarahize 5 months ago
@TheSweetSarahize It shows lack of character to deny a group's success, especially a non-white group who has risen spectacularly in a short time. Asians have the highest average household income of all race groups in the US, including whites. Asians are only 5% of total population, but are more than 20% of students at the Top 25 universities. In 2008, Asian-owned businesses in the US earned $461 billion in gross receipts--that's $100 billion more than Black and Hispanic businesses--COMBINED.
Africanlongdrop 5 months ago
@TheSweetSarahize I think black entrepreneurship in the US is on the rise, and I'm excited about that. At the same time, I'm not going to deny Asians what they've earned. Blacks are 12.6% of the population, Asians 4.8%. In 2008, Blacks owned 1.9 million business, Asians 1.6 million. Blacks employed 921,000 people, Asians 2.9 million. Black business paid their employees $29 billion, Asians paid $82 billion. Black gross receipts were $98.9 billion, Asians $461 billion. Cheating or hard work?
Africanlongdrop 5 months ago
@TheSweetSarahize It would be very difficult to cheat on an SAT test, because they administer different versions each time. I scored a 1510 (when it was based on 1600), they told me I was in the top 5 of all blacks in the US. Now I find out that every SAT version administered today includes this first check box question: "If you are black, check here." Did they have that back in our day? I don't recall. But I was one of only two black National Merit Scholars in the whole nation that year.
Africanlongdrop 5 months ago
@Africanlongdrop It is actually quite EASY to cheat on ANY test ...which is why they are always very strict on what is allowed to be brought into the testing area. There are many more ways of cheating than just knowing the exact test format in advance. One common way is when groups are trained to signal each other and share answers. If there is even one exceptionally smart test-taker as part of this cheating group they can all be trained to give signals and share answers ...on ANY test.
TheSweetSarahize 5 months ago
@TheSweetSarahize Don't try so hard to deny what's already been shown, researched and PROVEN. Cheating is EASY when working IN CONCERT with a group of dishonest people ...especially when properly trained. Ex: Touching head with left hand a certain way to show what test # I'm on. Scratching back of head with the right hand with one finger indicating answer is A) (on multiple choice test) ...2 fingers means it's B) ...3 fingers means it's C) and a 4 finger scratch means it's D). Just ONE example!
TheSweetSarahize 5 months ago
@MusicTrackMaster - Some people need to find some business and mind it.
americanpatriot00 5 months ago
@MusicTrackMaster Your fiancee is right. This has been well researched and documented. Any and everybody may cheat but Asians have made cheating into a cultural phenomenon and they frequently give workshops, classes, seminars on cheating on everything from academic exams, job tests; taxes etc. There is no shame or honor apparently and it is common. I've seen many exposes and videos showing them training new arrivals and others in the fine art of CHEATING. They take cheating to another level!
TheSweetSarahize 5 months ago
@TheSweetSarahize As an African American, I wondered how I'd be treated by my future Japanese-American in-laws. Her father told me, "I judge people not by their skin, not by their words, but by what they do and don't do." He was as good as his word. His father earned the Distinguished Service Cross in World War II, fighting the Nazis in France. He volunteered to fight for his country, America, though he and his family were put behind barbed wire at Gila River internment camp during WWII.
Africanlongdrop 5 months ago
@Africanlongdrop You and your father in law are gentlemen. Your grandfather in law was a great man. You mention how Asian people in America, as a culture, are successful. It&#