mulatto diaries #50 do you

tiffany talks race and cnn's black in america again, the one drop rule, conditions of acceptance

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[accidentsafe]

The one thing I don't get is how you see the association between the race of someone's mom with someone's opinion of their mom. People don't see they have a white mom, they usually just see their mom. But I think a black mom is more likely to address the race issue while white moms ignore race.

[tiffdjones]

it has nothing to do with influencing one's "opinion" of their mom at all!

[SylviaNCali]

I know that being mixed will equal you being a minority racially. But the sad thing is colorism exist, and that until people can stop trying to make people black or white when they're both, and when people can stop seeing people as more then because of the color of their skin. This will continue to be an issue.

[tiffdjones]

well said!

[SpeakDaReal411]

Everytime I see your facial expressions, I find myself smiling and laughing. Are you make those facial expression, intentionally?

[tiffdjones]

nope :-) I'm so glad you enjoy them tho!

[mom2dave]

I'm glad you brought up the issue of jealousy. I hate when people make the assumption that those of us who aren't mixed are somehow envious of mixed people who have the option of identifying as "other." I think the problem is, to some, it seems that people are not wanting to identify as Black simply because they don't like that part of them. And I know that to be true from experiences with people I know.

[uriyah2love]

Are you aware mulatto means mule?

[glideordie]

@mom2dave EXACTLY. Because it always comes from those who really coulfn't pass if they wanted to. This young lady has very strong Afro-typic features. There are people in my black family who resemble her look. No big deal. They're black, and I'm sure they have some mixture as do we all to some degree. But those who make a big deal of it almost always tend to be the ones who cannot pass for non-black, so they want to let the world know they are mixed with non-black.

[glideordie]

Halle and Jennifer are not white. *smh* And yes, Jennifer Beals DOES look like some blacks. Black doesn't come in one shade fits all. Please try to join the KKK since you are white. Vanessa L. Williams looks whiter than you, and she proudly proclaims herself a black woman. This is pathetic. 

[Thedarksecret1]

@SylviaNCali This meant that if you came from a race that had a notable/noteworthy civilization (ie Japan, Babylon, Egypt, etc) would would still be discriminated against but you wouldn't be the most debased in society. However, if you, or your ancestors, came from a hunter-gatherer society (ie Sub-Sahara Africa, The New World, Australian Aborigines, etc) then you were the most debased in society. You'd be dehumanized because of it.

[Thedarksecret1]

@SylviaNCali That sounds nice but it will never happen. Whites invented the concept of race to determine who gets what. It was a way of determining the allocation/misallocation of resources. During the Age of Exploration, Europeans would collect data from plants, animals, and even human beings. Taxonomy was applied to all three. Europeans would determine a person's aptitude based on their race and their races' civilizationals achievements.

[gregthesplintercell]

@tiffdjones Maybe I might run into you too in NYC since we both live here.

[cedricrlongreen]

@cedricrlongreen for example, if my mom was black and my dad was white and someone asked me what race I was and I said I was biracial. Then they'd ask what are the two races. If I said I was mulatto (which I personally wouldn't refer myself) then they wouldn't even have a further question about what I was. I'm just saying all this to show why someone might use the word mulatto for themselves.

[cedricrlongreen]

@cedricrlongreen The word mulatto may have been created on bad terms but when using the word these days the meaning is different. Now it's a more descriptive versioin of biracial cuz saying biracial could mean any two races(besides the fact that race is black or white. Ethnicity is more politically correct) where as Mulatto specifically is half black half white so people would use it if they really wanna describe themselves down to the point.

[cedricrlongreen]

@Qabalist yeah I agree the use of the word mulatto dictates if it's derogatory or not cause simply a mule is the only animal that is two species. If swans were animals that were the result two different species of birds and swan was what you called someone who is biracial the situation would be completely different since swans are associated as delicate beautiful creatures. It just so happens that mules are not thought of as pretty but they're the only result of two different animals.

[TruthFan]

I love your twists.