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blueladybird (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:25 PM Original message |
Why are people so afraid to call our next president...BIRACIAL. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:32 PM Original message |
I long for the day when all such words leave our everyday language |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. so true... |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
153. yes indeed, we all have something in common our blood is red. |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, I believe he identifies himself as black. |
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blueladybird (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. If I as a Black woman identify myself as Asian does that work too? |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I'm a black woman and I've labeled you as a shit starter.....I saw |
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blueladybird (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. This proves my point. What are you afraid of? |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. What the hell are you talking about? |
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Grateful for Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
48. This is what I see |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 02:17 AM Response to Reply #34 |
112. ITA |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Well, are you partially Asian? |
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blueladybird (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. No. |
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blueladybird (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. But if I choose to call myself Asian I am. |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #44 |
157. But if Obama chooses to call himself black, he's wrong? |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-27-08 05:11 AM Response to Reply #33 |
97. If you can pull it off, go for it girl! |
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alwysdrunk (908 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. For one thing, he refers to himself as black |
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LiberalHeart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. How long since you've seen a US census form? |
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alwysdrunk (908 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Census? 1990. I take it they changed it? |
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LiberalHeart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. In 2000, you could check the boxes for multiple races. |
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blueladybird (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
40. So just stick with the ignorant forms? |
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blueladybird (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
36. What??? |
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alwysdrunk (908 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. It's mostly because of those laws but that's how it is |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-27-08 01:09 AM Response to Reply #36 |
92. "One Drop" |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
148. You bring up an interesting point. |
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Alenne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. Why do you care? |
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blueladybird (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
50. I keep hearing first black president this and first black president that. |
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Nedsdag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 07:34 PM Response to Reply #50 |
73. If you didn't know who he was or his background, would you call him black or biracial? |
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Genevieve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #50 |
81. Stop. |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #50 |
82. You feel what for his mother and mother's side of the family? |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #50 |
83. Well, keep looking! |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 09:01 PM Response to Reply #50 |
86. I think he knows how his mother feels better than you do |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 09:05 PM Response to Reply #50 |
88. You "feel" for his mother? |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #50 |
125. He is the first president to identify himself as black |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #50 |
126. Maybe you are projecting |
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Genevieve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. Obama refers to himself as black, not a "person of color or black and white man." |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. black and white man, that's funny. Reminds me of Day/Night man |
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Genevieve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
76. LOL! . nt |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 04:55 AM Response to Reply #76 |
117. you gotta pay the troll toll to get into this boy's... |
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marimour (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-27-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
103. LMAO. I love that show! |
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blueladybird (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
52. Trust me, Barack sees himself as biracial "mut". |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-27-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #52 |
106. I assume you mean "mutt" and not "mut". |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. I don't believe anyone is "afraid" to call Obama biracial, it's the way it is & largely his choice. |
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blueladybird (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
54. Have you really ever thought about it though??? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. People are hung up on biracial as they are with bisexual |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. And that's 'Ertha Kitt', not Barack Obama. He could just as |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Rejoicing in one's diversity! |
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blueladybird (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
63. Homosexual, heterosexual and bisexual... |
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blueladybird (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'm dead serious. |
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LiberalHeart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. It's obvious to me, too. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. What seems eminently obvious to me is that it is Obama's choice. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. human racial |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. well since race is a social construct based on appearance, obama looks like a black man |
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Genevieve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. exactly. ..... " diluting his symbolism " |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Well, this was a big victory for all people... |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. labels are important for minorities to get rights and to define communities |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
49. I find it unlikely we can get to that perfect world |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. if we didnt label ourselves we wouldnt be able to fight for our rights |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #56 |
69. Not true at all |
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marimour (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-27-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #56 |
104. true. |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #104 |
123. It is a myth that Brazil has better race relations. Many dark-skinned blacks have been conditioned |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 03:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
115. Not to mention the fact |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
119. Yep, you are correct (as usual) |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
12. Where is the 'dishonor' towards his mom in referring to him as a black man? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. Obama identifies himself as a black man. And the reasons why should |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
15. Afraid? Who? Where? Why? WTF? |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
20. Obama has a "Tan"? You sound like someone else I know... |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
22. It's a well-known fact that races can't have babies together scientifically |
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alwysdrunk (908 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
24. Also, most black and white biracial people identify as black |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. You beat me to it! |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
43. So... |
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alwysdrunk (908 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #43 |
67. Good or bad it is what it is |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-27-08 12:33 AM Response to Reply #67 |
91. And... |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
25. Self identification vs group identification |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
28. Welcome to DU |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
30. Let it go blueladybird... |
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blueladybird (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #30 |
62. Why should I let it go? |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
31. "Mandingo"?! Who are you to lecture on race! nt |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. I'll answer..... |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. That's what it sounds like to me, too. |
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blueladybird (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #31 |
55. Were you also checking out his body? |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. You are using words without knowing their meaning and are the one obsessed |
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Cash_thatswhatiwant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
35. There is nothing wrong with finding our president good looking, and its not "mandigo" obsession. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
45. Race is a political category, not a scientific one. For example, forty years |
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Grateful for Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
47. Because |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
53. Nobody is AFRAID to call him bi-racial. The question is WHY |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
57. Mandingo? No, tell me you didn't |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. self delete |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Roger! |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. i dread to ask what that is? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. --- |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #61 |
68. No reason to dread - the word Mandingo refers to a specific group of African peoples - |
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blueladybird (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
65. Does anyone see my point? |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #65 |
121. Since when is being called black a "dishonor" ???? |
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asteroid2003QQ47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #65 |
135. "biracial or of mult races" is in itself "horrible." Grow the fuck up! |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #65 |
156. Ah, choices, choices... Should Obama identify with the "mandingoes" or the "mutt races"? |
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flyingfysh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
66. it's a deplorable American tradition |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. That's not just an American tradition; Canada had similar things (nt) |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-27-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #66 |
105. I'd go so far to say that most blacks from North, South, and Central America plus |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #66 |
133. That was my great great grandmother's case. |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
71. I feel like I jumped into a time machine. |
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carpe diem (769 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
72. I think people refer to him as Black or AA because that is |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Amen.....and this poster doesn't really care anyway....but thanks for |
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Genevieve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #72 |
77. You called it! |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-27-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #72 |
107. Well said. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 01:49 AM Response to Reply #72 |
110. Oddly, I haven't seen half as much passion |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
75. Where have you seen this fear? |
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mr1956 (211 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
78. This discussion reminds me of Dave Chapelle's racial draft |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
79. Ummm... "stressing his tan" |
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Genevieve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. OP has "issues". |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
84. Did someone post something about this earlier? I mean having a problem |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
85. Do you not want him to be Black? Or is he not Black enough for you? (P.S. It's not a tan) |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
87. Barack Obama: America's First Tan President. (n/t) |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #87 |
90. ROFL |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
89. ... |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-27-08 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
93. Most American blacks are multi-racial. That's never stopped us from being called black before |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-27-08 02:29 AM Response to Reply #93 |
94. It's called a post-racial society |
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dendrobium (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-27-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #94 |
100. He says he is black. |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-27-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #94 |
102. It will be a post-racial society when we are post-discrimination |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-27-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #94 |
109. It's politics? What a laugh. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #94 |
118. Post-Racial is bullshit |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #118 |
134. That is very true. |
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blueladybird (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 08:09 PM Response to Reply #134 |
146. And we won't be if the attitudes here remain the same. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #93 |
127. Bingo! nt |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-27-08 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
95. I agree with you 100% |
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blueladybird (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #95 |
140. Exhaling. |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 07:45 PM Response to Reply #95 |
141. Just a heads up - Kenya is in Africa |
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blueladybird (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #141 |
142. Your point? |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #142 |
143. Was I talking to you? |
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blueladybird (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #143 |
145. Africa is a continent. ..."if you want to be technical" |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #145 |
152. Then he wouldn't have disclaimed the fact that Barak is African American. |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-27-08 05:06 AM Response to Original message |
96. Who are 'people' ? |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-27-08 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
98. How about if we only got offended when there was a real offense? |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-27-08 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
99. Didn't you know? |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-27-08 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
101. Ya know what, there has been a plethora of dumb-assed posts |
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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-27-08 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
108. I think he considers himself African American |
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angee_is_mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
111. ummm, cause He identifies himself as African American? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
113. Is there something wrong with being Black or something? |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 11:19 AM Original message |
blueladybrid thinks so ... she says its a "dishonor" ... |
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blueladybird (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 08:16 PM Response to Reply #113 |
147. Sigh... |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #147 |
158. Where are you from? Born yesterday? |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 03:10 AM Response to Original message |
114. Society sees him as black. |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
116. Because his name is Barraco and not Biracial. With a Ba.. Ba.. Bah.. |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
120. Race is a social construction. Barack Obama identifies as a black man. That is his choice. |
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asteroid2003QQ47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
122. "biracial or multiracial" is an IMPOSSIBILITY!!! |
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kwenu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #122 |
137. Self-delete |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
124. I think he won by being the best person for the job |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
128. May your stay here be short... |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
129. Sounds to me like some one can't come to grips with a "black man" being our president! |
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Brewman_Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
130. Absolutely ridiculous |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
131. My dad's very dark brown and my mom's very light white. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
132. What do you mean by mandingo? I've never heard that before. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
136. Aren't most African Americans biracial or multiracial? He has said that he likes to be called |
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kwenu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
138. American Blacks are multiracial. Black is also an ethnic identity in the United States. |
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asteroid2003QQ47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #138 |
139. Riveting wisdom from one of 'The Nicest Kids In Town" |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #139 |
154. I wonder if you even slightly know any of the real people you're making fun of? |
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asteroid2003QQ47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #154 |
155. "But go ahead, tear them up however you will." Thanks, that's mighty white of you. eom |
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blueladybird (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
144. Obama: New dog could be 'mutt like me' |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 12:58 AM Response to Reply #144 |
149. After reading your post #147 it's plain to see that you're a troll. And BTW |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
150. I posted this thread back in February of 2007. It should "clear" things up for ya! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
151. "We dishonor his mother by calling President Elect Obama a black man." |
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