Scrolling through the internet I saw this:
http://www.geocities.com/mulattocommunity/facts.htm
Which made me wonder:
Do Mulattoes, Biracials, or mixed people want a seperate ethnic identity from Blacks?
Though we all [African-Americans] can claim to be of a mixed lineage, The term Mulatto or Bi-racial etc, generally refers to a person with a first-generation mixture of black and 'other' ancestry. Rejected from the communities of whites and others bi-racial people [in the diaspora] were welcome to share ethnic identity with black people. In the United States this association, first strengthened with the African solidarity and kinship brought on by racist institutions such as slavery, the black codes, and Jim crow, has helped forge a unified ethnic identity that chooses to define itself through its common ancestral African lineage.
but this all may change. progressively I've seen so-called mulattoes don the 'anything but black' hat by referring to their nationalities rather than ethnic lineages. most African-Americans don't know that one of the most oppressive forces against Black people in this hemisphere are mulattoes. [in places like Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Brazil etc.]
Bi-racials also carry with them a certain amount of privilege. ask yourself; if Obama had two black parents, would he have survived Rev. Wright? Historically white people have preferred bi-racial people to occupy positions of power to blacks because it is believed that it would be easier to break down ethnic solidarity with them, which is why you se many liberal whites ask why it is that we keep calling Obama black.
The truth is that we are all part of mixed-raced "ethnic" group known as 'African-Americans' or 'Black people' but whites are progressively wanting us to see each other as different by rewarding biracials and denouncing the rest of us. we must not fall for this. Stay unified black people.
here are some sites of interest:
http://www.unityfirst.com/index.htm
http://racerelations.about.com/od/skillsbuildingresources/g/mulattodef.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_american
http://www.geocities.com/mulattocommunity/facts.htm
Which made me wonder:
Do Mulattoes, Biracials, or mixed people want a seperate ethnic identity from Blacks?
Though we all [African-Americans] can claim to be of a mixed lineage, The term Mulatto or Bi-racial etc, generally refers to a person with a first-generation mixture of black and 'other' ancestry. Rejected from the communities of whites and others bi-racial people [in the diaspora] were welcome to share ethnic identity with black people. In the United States this association, first strengthened with the African solidarity and kinship brought on by racist institutions such as slavery, the black codes, and Jim crow, has helped forge a unified ethnic identity that chooses to define itself through its common ancestral African lineage.
but this all may change. progressively I've seen so-called mulattoes don the 'anything but black' hat by referring to their nationalities rather than ethnic lineages. most African-Americans don't know that one of the most oppressive forces against Black people in this hemisphere are mulattoes. [in places like Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Brazil etc.]
Bi-racials also carry with them a certain amount of privilege. ask yourself; if Obama had two black parents, would he have survived Rev. Wright? Historically white people have preferred bi-racial people to occupy positions of power to blacks because it is believed that it would be easier to break down ethnic solidarity with them, which is why you se many liberal whites ask why it is that we keep calling Obama black.
The truth is that we are all part of mixed-raced "ethnic" group known as 'African-Americans' or 'Black people' but whites are progressively wanting us to see each other as different by rewarding biracials and denouncing the rest of us. we must not fall for this. Stay unified black people.
here are some sites of interest:
http://www.unityfirst.com/index.htm
http://racerelations.about.com/od/skillsbuildingresources/g/mulattodef.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_american
