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Hello! I'm "biracial" Tiffany. This is my page. I'm here to talk about what it's like to have a black parent and a white parent in America. I think there's a lot we can learn about race from examining the biracial experience. I believe that we are human first, foremost, and -essentially- only. BUT we live on the earth in america (perhaps) where race is a real and permeating fallacy that influences people's lives daily. i hope i don't sound sarcastic ;) A couple of years ago i literally had a realization that I don't have to subscribe to hypodecent or the one drop rule and i have every right to partake in and enjoy white and black culture equally if i want or i can favor one over the other sometimes or all the time and that i don't have to feel guilty or embarrassed about any of it. I then noticed that i had failed to see my story told anywhere in the mainstream media. i saw biracial women playing "black" roles and having two black parents on screen. i saw that the one drop rule was alive and well in the images we see. and i wonder where else. i want to tell my story. i want to see myself reflected in the world. i want a clear vision of myself. i want other biracial people to have the opportunity to hear someone talk about the things they may have experienced and never heard anyone discuss before. i want people to know what being black and white is like. i think there is a lot to be learned about race in america. i think there is a lot we can learn about how we can make things better. i think there is a lot i can learn about myself and my own prejudices. i hope others will share their stories both similar and different with me.
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koondog2 (1 day ago)
Tiffany. Enjoy life and don't forget to have a good time. The reality is, we could talk about race until the end of man's existence on earth. However, there will alway be people that are racist, xenophobic, and not tolerant of others. And when the day comes that we our skin tones are all same color, the discrimination that people endure will be socio-economic in its' nature. After all, discrimination comes from a feeling of powerlessness. . It is never to be accepted by society but sadly, as long as there is man who feels that void of any control in his life, there will alway be someone that makes himself feel more powerful by putting others down. I admire all of your youthful energy but there are some things in life you just can't eradicate completely from civilazation and racism is one of them. Along with murder, theft, rape, and many other terrible behaviors.
realtruthpursuit (2 days ago)
Summary - All ethnicity's are a shade of brown - that is what we need to battle.  I understand people want to redefine black but in reality - you don't need to - black doesn't exist - only dark brown sun tan. You know people get off on stuf like "YOU NEVER HEARD OF BRITNEY SPEARS" no way no way no way - what is wrong with you (i know Britney just an example) and that person begins to discriminate if the other hadn't heard of her - well why because - they were different (not dumb but different) - we can't accept a lie to define someone on paper - because they are different from me, myself and I.
realtruthpursuit (2 days ago)
The world was of one language prior to Genesis 11 - we were then separated by language into the various regions of the earth - this is the best data for where our genetic differences developed. So, I would call bi-racial / bi-ethnic or multi-ethnic - bi-ethnic in America would general be one European parent and one African descent parent (or asian....) but if a parent is bi-ethnic and the other another ethnicity - then it would be multi-ethnic - other descriptions perhaps - European African American (Barack Obama) - or Afro-European American ..... or bi-ethnic American - or Afropean American (not sure i like that one). But 'black and white' should be removed from official documents (applications...). Bi-ethnic should have a sub category or simply
have a choice for European African American / Asian African American / European Asian American .....Indian....Latino...
realtruthpursuit (2 days ago)
I had thought a lot on this and had thought Mulatto was a good word until I was told otherwise - IT IS however better than 'black and white'. I like the word ethnicity rather than race - we are the human race; but there is no ethnicity that is black or white - the color tone ranges from brown to beige and the black and white exaggeration is rooted in racism (superiority / inferiority) - The appropriate description would be African descent and European descent. People are not as opposite as black and white and ask a child what color are your eyes many will say black - so the lie is teaching a wrong color code and delusion.
holleyxy (1 week ago)
Hey Tiffany are you going to talk about what happened in Louisian where that Parrish minisiter refused to wed that interracial couple wanting to get married, it was on CNN Headline News and MSNBC and I think it was on the CBS Evenging News last month, i would like to hear your perspective on that.
shannontheguy (1 week ago)
Hello Tiffany Jones
ContrarianExpatriate (1 week ago)
Isn't this identity debate just a matter of semantics? When people consider you ethnically African-American, it is not so much the percentage of black blood, so much as it is membership in an ethnic category. So when Barack Obama considers himself "black," he means that he is a member of the ethnic category. Biracial is not an ethnicity, Black and African American are though.

For the record, I consider myself an American of African descent. That does not mean exclusively African descent, but African descent nonetheless. You could be called that as well. And if you claim you could be considered American of European descent, I think you would be considered foolish even though it might be technically true.

Who cares what percentage of black or white blood you have? If people draw pride (or shame) from their bloodlines, their lives are lacking in several significant ways.
ohsokrispi (1 week ago)
listen, biracial tiffany...i want some more videos from you!!!!!! it's been a little slow on this page lately, and i need you to step it up! i like what you do!
Welkin101 (1 week ago)
Miscegenation = identity crisis
abberwocky (1 week ago)
I just came across this article that I think you might find interesting:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/6475543/Its-a-wonderful-mixed-up-world.html
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