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RE: Election 2008
Posted on September 05, 2008 at 11:04 AM (PDT) ( ago )
rank: Must read!replies: 0You're absolutely right that we need to move past the "one drop rule", but it's so deeply entreched that it's going to be difficult. It will take people like you recognizing ALL of their heritage, and insisting that others do, and too many people don't. I applaud your efforts.
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Posted on September 05, 2008 at 10:39 AM (PDT) ( ago )wrote the following:
He attended a christian church for many years, I'm not sure He's muslim. He says he's not anyway. I do on the other hand agree with you about how he denounces he is half white. Half of his DNA came from his white mother regardless of how "Black he looks". I am half white and the other half of me are equal parts black and hispanic. To clarify thats 50% white 25% black 25% hispanic. I don't denounce any part of my genetic makeup because it's wrong. People always ask me about my race and I tell them everything, it would be wrong to say I'm black when that's only part of the story. We need to move past the "one-drop rule". That rule forces people to denounce half of their family sometimes almost ALL their family. I also have to add that African-Americans would freak if he mentioned his white heritage too much. To many people, if you are half white half black--you are just black. Take Halle Berry, she is half white and doesn't recognize she's biracial. If she were sooo black her baby who is 25% black would look a lot different.