Current Events > Imagine being "mixed race".

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Imagine all the love you'd get from different cultures because of your lusciously ambiguous skin tone.
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nope, can't do it.
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They tend to be the most attractive people.
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Imagine being mixed, but both sides treat you like you're "not black enough" or "not white enough" so youre mainly isolated.
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Prison gangs do background checks so as long as you can claim some immediate heritage, you can be a member even if your skin tone says otherwise.
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Nah people will basically just disown you unless its they have a good reason not to.
In a world where voluntary segregation is so common not being in an easily identifiable group isn't an advantage.
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As long as they retain knowledge and respect of their ancestors equally.
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and for the record, its not all sunshine and rainbow for us mixed race folks. some countries hate their mixed race people cuz it reminds them of war, like japan and korea. and vietnam

https://kathmanduk2.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/bu-doi-children-of-the-dust/
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Being mixed race kinda sucks, you feel like you can't really get behind what either group represents....

Amazon_Shampoo posted...

Being mixed race kinda sucks, you feel like you can't really get behind what either group represents....

No, it means you can make fun of everything you're mixed with equally!
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And then people disparage you for your heritage. "Oh really, you don't LOOK Mexican but your name?" I'm Hispanic you chimp. "You don't look native American." Should I have feathers in my hair? Sorry I left my war bonnet back in my teepee. Its in the blood and dna, whatever they feel about it. And then you are a fly on the wall when it comes to racist comments, that's a treat. Lucky for me I'm not a pussy, so I don't care what some idiot says if it isn't harming me or anyone I care about.

dave_is_slick posted...

Amazon_Shampoo posted...

Being mixed race kinda sucks, you feel like you can't really get behind what either group represents....

No, it means you can make fun of everything you're mixed with equally!

Ya.... maybe.. just gets ackward. I can mostly pass for white so it just works to kinda pretend most days.

imagine being mixed race and getting four times the racial slurs cuz they can't tell what kind of brown you are
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Amazon_Shampoo posted...

dave_is_slick posted...

Amazon_Shampoo posted...

Being mixed race kinda sucks, you feel like you can't really get behind what either group represents....

No, it means you can make fun of everything you're mixed with equally!

Ya.... maybe.. just gets ackward. I can mostly pass for white so it just works to kinda pretend most days.

Are you implying that doing that otherwise is also racist?
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spincr posted...

Amazon_Shampoo posted...

dave_is_slick posted...

Amazon_Shampoo posted...

Being mixed race kinda sucks, you feel like you can't really get behind what either group represents....

No, it means you can make fun of everything you're mixed with equally!

Ya.... maybe.. just gets ackward. I can mostly pass for white so it just works to kinda pretend most days.

Are you implying that doing that otherwise is also racist?

Sorry, I don't 100% understand the question. I have a very conservitive family who is into tradition, I personal couldn't care less about it myself. I just do my best to stay neutral in all that stuff.

Freddie_Mercury posted...

imagine being mixed race and getting four times the racial slurs cuz they can't tell what kind of brown you are

Honestly the only thing I ever got was people always mistaking me for mexican despite having a black dad.
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Amazon_Shampoo posted...

spincr posted...

Amazon_Shampoo posted...

dave_is_slick posted...

Amazon_Shampoo posted...

Being mixed race kinda sucks, you feel like you can't really get behind what either group represents....

No, it means you can make fun of everything you're mixed with equally!

Ya.... maybe.. just gets ackward. I can mostly pass for white so it just works to kinda pretend most days.

Are you implying that doing that otherwise is also racist?

Sorry, I don't 100% understand the question. I have a very conservitive family who is into tradition, I personal couldn't care less about it myself. I just do my best to stay neutral in all that stuff.

I mean how would Chapelle or any other continue their work if that were true? Since when can't you even make jokes about a white guy, a mexican and a jew. What is allowed nowadays
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spincr posted...

Amazon_Shampoo posted...

spincr posted...

Amazon_Shampoo posted...

dave_is_slick posted...

Amazon_Shampoo posted...

Being mixed race kinda sucks, you feel like you can't really get behind what either group represents....

No, it means you can make fun of everything you're mixed with equally!

Ya.... maybe.. just gets ackward. I can mostly pass for white so it just works to kinda pretend most days.

Are you implying that doing that otherwise is also racist?

Sorry, I don't 100% understand the question. I have a very conservitive family who is into tradition, I personal couldn't care less about it myself. I just do my best to stay neutral in all that stuff.

I mean how would Chapelle or any other continue their work if that were true? Since when can't you even make jokes about a white guy, a mexican and a jew. What is allowed nowadays

I just prefer to show people respect, I don't get offended by jokes like that, and I fully respect people who tell those jokes, laugh at them, or relate to them, but I wouldn't do it myself.

I feel like putting more weight into race as an identiy isn't really helpful for anyone or any group and just focuses on more of the differences making it harder to connect.

That being said people need a thicker skin as so long as there are differences people are going to notice them and bring them up.

Amazon_Shampoo posted...

I just prefer to show people respect, I don't get offended by jokes like that, and I fully respect people tell those jokes, laugh at them, or relate to them, but I wouldn't do it myself.

I feel like putting more weight into race as an identiy isn't really helpful for anyone or any group and just focuses on more of the differences making it harder to connect.

The whole impasse is that they make you believe everyone is equal, when every person is different. Idiots like Clinton say she should have been chosen because she's a woman (a dumb one at that), and yet man and woman are the same. With this logic going on in the US its no wonder Trump became president.
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I'm mixed. It's ok.
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im mixed and ive been called a dirty arab before and also people speak to me in spanish
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At an old job I was called racist by a black person and a white person during the same shift.

That's probably when I started to hate people.
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spincr posted...

Amazon_Shampoo posted...

I just prefer to show people respect, I don't get offended by jokes like that, and I fully respect people tell those jokes, laugh at them, or relate to them, but I wouldn't do it myself.

I feel like putting more weight into race as an identiy isn't really helpful for anyone or any group and just focuses on more of the differences making it harder to connect.

The whole impasse is that they make you believe everyone is equal, when every person is different. Idiots like Clinton say she should have been chosen because she's a woman (a dumb one at that), and yet man and woman are the same. With this logic going on in the US its no wonder Trump became president.

No one should be allowed to be elevated above someone else just because of what they are. Be it Man, Woman, White, Black, doesn't matter really.

We really are equal in a human sense, we all have the potential to be good people and to make a difference to those around us, We of course all have aptitudes, strength's and weakness but isn't it about supporting the weakness of others with our strength more then it is using our strenths to put down others? In those aspects we are different, but it doesn't have to be in a way to oppress others.

Clinton should not have been chosen because she is a Woman, if she was to be chosen it should have been based on her ablity, which yes could be every bit as good as any man, I don't believe gender should really have anything to do with it.