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A point to ponder and discuss

Logical1

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Why is it that most biracial citizens identify with the black side of their heritage? Could it be that there is no advantage of being white, and white privilege is a myth.

An example would be Obama.
 
Logical1 said:
Why is it that most biracial citizens identify with the black side of their heritage? Could it be that there is no advantage of being white, and white privilege is a myth.
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I'd question what you're basing the "most" on. Maybe you're just noticing those people more. You're also ignoring all the mixed race people for whom "black" isn't any part of that mix.

I suspect the pattern would be identification with the "foreign" aspect of their heritage rather than specifically the "black" side. You'd need to look at how mixed race people in other parts of the world behave to properly consider that.

On the "white privilege" issue, that has little to do with how a person identifies themselves but how they're perceived by others. Anyone visibly mixed race is generally never going to be treated as "white" in America and so couldn't benefit from any elements of "white privilege" that actually exist even if they wanted to.
 
Logical1 said:
Ever heard of Obama????
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Michael Cole asked you to provide supporting evidence of your (idiotic) assertion, and you come back with one name and no explanation.

FAIL
 
Seems the OP is back with the daily stupid thread.
 
Logical1 said:
Why is it that most biracial citizens identify with the black side of their heritage? Could it be that there is no advantage of being white, and white privilege is a myth.

An example would be Obama.
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They don't and any identification they do have with any of their heritage is justified.
 
Logical1 said:
Why is it that most biracial citizens identify with the black side of their heritage? Could it be that there is no advantage of being white, and white privilege is a myth.

An example would be Obama.
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Logical1 said:
Ever heard of Obama????
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One example within context you define does not mean what you think it does, and it is perhaps the best showing yet of your serious prejudices so far to make the assumptions you have.
 
Logical1 said:
Why is it that most biracial citizens identify with the black side of their heritage? Could it be that there is no advantage of being white, and white privilege is a myth.

An example would be Obama.
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Why is it that most biracial (black and white) people are viewed/treated as black?
 
HonestJoe said:
I'd question what you're basing the "most" on. Maybe you're just noticing those people more. You're also ignoring all the mixed race people for whom "black" isn't any part of that mix.

I suspect the pattern would be identification with the "foreign" aspect of their heritage rather than specifically the "black" side. You'd need to look at how mixed race people in other parts of the world behave to properly consider that.

On the "white privilege" issue, that has little to do with how a person identifies themselves but how they're perceived by others. Anyone visibly mixed race is generally never going to be treated as "white" in America and so couldn't benefit from any elements of "white privilege" that actually exist even if they wanted to.
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Just google the question. The answer is 60+%.
 
HonestJoe said:
I'd question what you're basing the "most" on. Maybe you're just noticing those people more. You're also ignoring all the mixed race people for whom "black" isn't any part of that mix.

I suspect the pattern would be identification with the "foreign" aspect of their heritage rather than specifically the "black" side. You'd need to look at how mixed race people in other parts of the world behave to properly consider that.

On the "white privilege" issue, that has little to do with how a person identifies themselves but how they're perceived by others. Anyone visibly mixed race is generally never going to be treated as "white" in America and so couldn't benefit from any elements of "white privilege" that actually exist even if they wanted to.
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Agreed, and to accentuate one of your points, I don't remember Obama calling himself black. I do remember others calling him...well...it's another word for black.

And if we're going to be logical here, every single descendent of African slaves is bi-racial. The only difference between them is the percentage of "European" DNA in their blood.
 
bluesmoke said:
Why is it that most biracial (black and white) people are viewed/treated as black?
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Most people really dont care UNLESS they are pushing for some advantage or free ****!!!
 
Logical1 said:
Most people really dont care UNLESS they are pushing for some advantage or free ****!!!
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Most biracial citizens, most people, most this, most that.

Your claims are nonsense. You speak for yourself only. Leave the rest of us out of it.
 
Logical1 said:
Most people really dont care UNLESS they are pushing for some advantage or free ****!!!
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I asked my question for the purpose of making how obvious it is that biracial people don't have a choice to be white as you imply in your OP. Your OP is dumb.
 
Logical1 said:
Why is it that most biracial citizens identify with the black side of their heritage? Could it be that there is no advantage of being white, and white privilege is a myth.

An example would be Obama.
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One Drop Rule was put on such people. But people like you didn't have a problem with it back then.

One Drop Rule

The one-drop rule is a social and legal principle of racial classification that was historically prominent in the United States in the 20th century. It asserted that any person with even one ancestor of black ancestry ("one drop" of black blood)[1][2] is considered black (Negro or colored in historical terms).​
 
Logical1 said:
Why is it that most biracial citizens identify with the black side of their heritage? Could it be that there is no advantage of being white, and white privilege is a myth.

An example would be Obama.
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First, source? Why do you always make claims with nothing to back them up, and almost always prove to be inaccurate?

Secondly, if you look black, and people treat you as you are black, what is the point of claiming you are white? Your premise is ****ing idiotic.
 
It is because of RACISTS. RACISTS made that the LAW.

The one-drop rule is a social and legal principle of racial classification that was historically prominent in the United States in the 20th century. It asserted that any person with even one ancestor of black ancestry ("one drop" of black blood)[1][2] is considered black (Negro or colored in historical terms).

This concept became codified into the law of some states in the early 20th century. It was associated with the principle of "invisible blackness" that developed after the long history of racial interaction in the South, which had included the hardening of slavery as a racial caste and later segregation. It is an example of hypodescent, the automatic assignment of children of a mixed union between different socioeconomic or ethnic groups to the group with the lower status, regardless of proportion of ancestry in different groups.[3]

The one-drop rule is defunct in law in the United States and was never codified into federal law.
A point to ponder and discuss






It is generally thought unwise, to ask questions you dont know the answer to.
 
Michael Cole said:
Most biracial citizens, most people, most this, most that.

Your claims are nonsense. You speak for yourself only. Leave the rest of us out of it.
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Why does the truth bother you and some many liberal so much.

Is it because it shoots all to hell the nonsense of white supremacy???
 
bluesmoke said:
I asked my question for the purpose of making how obvious it is that biracial people don't have a choice to be white as you imply in your OP. Your OP is dumb.
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How ever many really light skinned biracial people try very hard to pass as white.
 
Logical1 said:
Why is it that most biracial citizens identify with the black side of their heritage? Could it be that there is no advantage of being white, and white privilege is a myth.

An example would be Obama.
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You have active threads. Links would be nice.
 
Logical1 said:
Why is it that most biracial citizens identify with the black side of their heritage? Could it be that there is no advantage of being white, and white privilege is a myth.

An example would be Obama.
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Do you always take your morning crap on the rug at DP?:shock:
 
Logical1 said:
Why does the truth bother you and some many liberal so much.

Is it because it shoots all to hell the nonsense of white supremacy???
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You don't speak truth. That's sometimes entertaining, but it never bothers me. Your self-deluded posts are your problem. Why would they bother me?
 
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