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You look black, dear. Live with it, because people have a narrow perception of what black is supposed to look like. I dunno where your from, but where I live if you have any amount of black and it's visible (anything from big lips/large nose to kinky hair, any stereotypical black feature), then my friend, you are a negro.

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I'm not trying to deny this.

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Quote: from Mochaa at 2:27 pm on Jan. 3, 2009

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You look black, dear. Live with it, because people have a narrow perception of what black is supposed to look like. I dunno where your from, but where I live if you have any amount of black and it's visible (anything from big lips/large nose to kinky hair, any stereotypical black feature), then my friend, you are a negro.

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I'm not trying to deny this.

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Well, I skimmed and sorry if you weren't, but that's the sort of feeling I got. I understand the difficulty some people have when they don't understand that black people have mixed ancestry too, but I think it's easier to just eliminate all questions by just saying 'Hey, I'm black. Cool."

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Quote: from Moonscar at 2:57 pm on Jan. 3, 2009

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Quote: from Mochaa at 2:27 pm on Jan. 3, 2009

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You look black, dear. Live with it, because people have a narrow perception of what black is supposed to look like. I dunno where your from, but where I live if you have any amount of black and it's visible (anything from big lips/large nose to kinky hair, any stereotypical black feature), then my friend, you are a negro.

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 I'm not trying to deny this.

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Well, I skimmed and sorry if you weren't, but that's the sort of feeling I got. I understand the difficulty some people have when they don't understand that black people have mixed ancestry too, but I think it's easier to just eliminate all questions by just saying 'Hey, I'm black. Cool."

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yeah, that's the vibe I got as well.

To the OP: If your great grandfather was half white, that makes you about  8% white, really. It seems like you are capitalizing on that. Plus the fact that you have pretty ethnic features, for example, a wide nose, curly hair, and big lips. You look very Black to me.

Honestly, it sounds like you wanted to make yourself feel better by posting this.

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Quote: from Mochaa at 3:00 pm on Jan. 3, 2009

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Quote: from Moonscar at 2:57 pm on Jan. 3, 2009

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Quote: from Mochaa at 2:27 pm on Jan. 3, 2009

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You look black, dear. Live with it, because people have a narrow perception of what black is supposed to look like. I dunno where your from, but where I live if you have any amount of black and it's visible (anything from big lips/large nose to kinky hair, any stereotypical black feature), then my friend, you are a negro.

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I'm not trying to deny this.

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Well, I skimmed and sorry if you weren't, but that's the sort of feeling I got. I understand the difficulty some people have when they don't understand that black people have mixed ancestry too, but I think it's easier to just eliminate all questions by just saying 'Hey, I'm black. Cool."

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yeah, that's the vibe I got as well.  

To the OP: If your great grandfather was half white, that makes you about  8% white, really. It seems like you are capitalizing on that. Plus the fact that you have pretty ethnic features, for example, a wide nose, curly hair, and big lips. You look very Black to me.  

Honestly, it sounds like you wanted to make yourself feel better by posting this.  

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I just created this topic to show how hard it is trying to tell people I am black without them being like "are you sure one of your parents isn't white?" lol

Post edited at 3:30 pm on Jan. 3, 2009 by Moonscar

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I just created this topic to show how hard it is trying to tell people I am black without them being like "are you sure one of your parents isn't white?" lol

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If you're 1/4 non-Black than how the hell can you call yourself Black?

I think that if you're 1/2 or 1/4 Black you're not Black, but mixed - if you're 1/8 or 1/16 I'd call you mixed but I guess that's up to you.

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occurred all the time." - A Year in Treblinka, Yankel Wiernik,
Treblinka's "most authoritative eyewitness"

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But you said that you're not fully Black.

If you're 1/4 non-Black than how the hell can you call yourself Black?

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Three words: One Drop Rule. Read up, kiddo.

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Three words: One Drop Rule. Read up, kiddo.

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The one drop rule was made so you could fuck a slave and their kids wouldn't be freed.

Now we're speaking of genetics and if 1/2 or 1/4 of your gene pool is White you shouldn't call yourself Black.

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"One of the Germans... would frequently snatch a child from the
woman's arms and... tear the child in half... Such incidents...
occurred all the time." - A Year in Treblinka, Yankel Wiernik,
Treblinka's "most authoritative eyewitness"

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I just created this topic to show how hard it is trying to tell people I am black without them being like "are you sure one of your parents isn't white?" lol

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But you said that you're not fully Black.  

If you're 1/4 non-Black than how the hell can you call yourself Black?  

I think that if you're 1/2 or 1/4 Black you're not Black, but mixed - if you're 1/8 or 1/16 I'd call you mixed but I guess that's up to you.

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I consider myself black because the black gene is dominant and no one is fully black or white anyways. I am not going to say that I am mixed because people will get the wrong impression that one of my parents is white anyways. If I had half of my genes white then I would call myself mixed. Though since it is so diluted I am pretty much black.

Post edited at 11:12 pm on Jan. 3, 2009 by Moonscar

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I consider myself black because the black gene is dominant and no one is fully black or white anyways.

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I agree - Negroes tend to have more dominant traits - but what's more important is what's in your head, not what you look like.

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I am not going to say that I am mixed because people will get the wrong impression that one of my parents is white anyways.

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If I had half of my genes white then I would call myself mixed. Though since it is so diluted I am pretty much black.

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You're a QUADROON!

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"One of the Germans... would frequently snatch a child from the
woman's arms and... tear the child in half... Such incidents...
occurred all the time." - A Year in Treblinka, Yankel Wiernik,
Treblinka's "most authoritative eyewitness"

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I consider myself black because the black gene is dominant and no one is fully black or white anyways.

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There isn't one Black gene.

I agree - Negroes tend to have more dominant traits - but what's more important is what's in your head, not what you look like.

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I am not going to say that I am mixed because people will get the wrong impression that one of my parents is white anyways.

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If one of my great grandparents was nonWhite I'd say I was mixed.

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If I had half of my genes white then I would call myself mixed. Though since it is so diluted I am pretty much black.

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It's so diluted?
You're 1/4!

You're a QUADROON!

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Yes, and in my head I call myself black as well. Maybe you would call yourself mixed but people have different outlooks. If people had to call themselves mixed just because they have 1/4 or 1/8 of another race than a lot of people would be mixed. Again most people have some type of other race in them down the lines but they would rather call themselves the majority of what they are. If one of my parents or grandparents were white then I would call myself mixed. I don't have any family members that are white really. Besides my moms great grandfather who was white.

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People won't be sure you've done anything at all" ~ God like space cloud

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    You're a QUADROON!

Yes, and in my head I call myself black as well. Maybe you would call yourself mixed but people have different outlooks. If people had to call themselves mixed just because they have 1/4 or 1/8 of another race than a lot of people would be mixed. Again most people have some type of other race in them down the lines but they would rather call themselves the majority of what they are. If one of my parents or grandparents were white then I would call myself mixed. I don't have any family members that are white really. Besides my moms great grandfather who was white.

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You're a QUADROON!

Yes, and in my head I call myself black as well. Maybe you would call yourself mixed but people have different outlooks. If people had to call themselves mixed just because they have 1/4 or 1/8 of another race than a lot of people would be mixed. Again most people have some type of other race in them down the lines but they would rather call themselves the majority of what they are. If one of my parents or grandparents were white then I would call myself mixed. I don't have any family members that are white really. Besides my moms great grandfather who was white.

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But 1/4 and 1/8 is significant enough to be non-Black.

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Maybe to someone like you where if your not 100% your race it would be unacceptable to call yourself that race. I consider myself black, period. Granted I do have white in me. But it's not like other blacks don't either. Nor is it confirmed that whites don't have a little black in them. If this was the case a lot of white people probably wouldn't be white by your standards.

Post edited at 5:41 pm on Jan. 4, 2009 by Moonscar

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"When you do things right.
People won't be sure you've done anything at all" ~ God like space cloud