Pages: 1 2  Next -- Posted by Moonscar at 6:16 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 I'm black but very light skinned. I am the lightest one in my family(household wise anyways). People at school always puzzled at my race. Some mostly think I'm Puerto Rican, some think I'm half white, someone said I was Indian one time lol Technically I am like 1/4 or 1/5 white. My great grandfather from my moms side was half white because he's dad was white. I don't know about my dad's side though. He doesn't have many light skinned people in his family. Anyways I came out white and when I tell people that I am black and only like 1/4 white they don't believe me. I tell them that both of my parents are black and they look at me like "WTF?". I always tell them "Look at this hair, does it look white to you?" xD. When I was born I was lighter than I am now and my eyes used to be Gray. -- Posted by cowgirlyehaa at 6:16 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 race doesnt matter -- Posted by heart ache at 6:17 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 cool -- Posted by airemaye at 6:17 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 Genes are funny things. -- Posted by MR UNKNOWN at 6:17 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 ... picture? maybe your albino -- Posted by snowfish at 6:17 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 yeah, people have really narrow ideas of race and always want to put me in one box or another. It's hard to explain too that how you identify your race isn't just how people perceive you, it's also the culture you come from. -- Posted by angel1995 at 6:18 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 Ok so -- Posted by xxAnimexxFanaticxx at 6:18 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 sounds exotic  =] -- Posted by Moonscar at 6:21 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 Quote: from mr unknown at 6:17 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 ... picture? maybe your albino Bad Halloween picture :S The camera makes things look greasy -- Posted by GoloSLB at 6:21 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 Yeah, I have the same problem...so I just stopped explaining.  I hate when people think like that.  a person's race manifests itself differently in everyone. -- Posted by kidd rune at 6:31 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 You have Caucasoid traits. I guess you got the more dominant Caucasoid traits and the less dominant Negroid ones. Good job - you're mixed. -- Posted by ocho cinco at 6:32 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 Quote: from Moonscar at 6:21 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 Quote: from mr unknown at 6:17 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 ...    picture?    maybe your albino Bad Halloween picture :S   The camera makes things look greasy You look black to me and you're not that light skinned. -- Posted by Moonscar at 6:35 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 Quote: from ocho cinco at 6:32 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 Quote: from Moonscar at 6:21 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 Quote: from mr unknown at 6:17 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 ...   picture?   maybe your albino    Bad Halloween picture :S  The camera makes things look greasy     You look black to me and you're not that light skinned. That's what I try to tell people but they are like " No you are very light". -- Posted by MR UNKNOWN at 10:50 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 you look black half black maybe -- Posted by Chelle92 at 11:58 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 It's cool to be mixed and have ppl not know exactly what you are. Consider yourself lucky! -- Posted by fantazia at 3:32 am on Jan. 3, 2009 I don't think you look pr or indian. -- Posted by Mochaa at 2:27 pm on Jan. 3, 2009 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. -- Posted by Moonscar at 2:57 pm on Jan. 3, 2009 Quote: from Mochaa at 2:27 pm on Jan. 3, 2009 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. I'm not trying to deny this. -- Posted by Mochaa at 3:00 pm on Jan. 3, 2009 Quote: from Moonscar at 2:57 pm on Jan. 3, 2009 Quote: from Mochaa at 2:27 pm on Jan. 3, 2009 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. I'm not trying to deny this. 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." -- Posted by iamsparta at 3:07 pm on Jan. 3, 2009 Quote: from Mochaa at 3:00 pm on Jan. 3, 2009 Quote: from Moonscar at 2:57 pm on Jan. 3, 2009 Quote: from Mochaa at 2:27 pm on Jan. 3, 2009 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.    I'm not trying to deny this. 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." 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. -- Posted by Moonscar at 3:30 pm on Jan. 3, 2009 Quote: from iamsparta at 3:07 pm on Jan. 3, 2009 Quote: from Mochaa at 3:00 pm on Jan. 3, 2009 Quote: from Moonscar at 2:57 pm on Jan. 3, 2009 Quote: from Mochaa at 2:27 pm on Jan. 3, 2009 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.     I'm not trying to deny this. 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."   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.   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 -- Posted by kidd rune at 4:37 pm on Jan. 3, 2009 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 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. -- Posted by Mochaa at 4:44 pm on Jan. 3, 2009 Quote: from kidd rune at 4:37 pm on Jan. 3, 2009 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? Three words: One Drop Rule. Read up, kiddo. -- Posted by kidd rune at 4:52 pm on Jan. 3, 2009 Three words: One Drop Rule. Read up, kiddo. That doesn't make it justified. 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. -- Posted by Moonscar at 10:46 pm on Jan. 3, 2009 Quote: from kidd rune at 4:37 pm on Jan. 3, 2009 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 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. 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. -- Posted by kidd rune at 9:01 am on Jan. 4, 2009 I consider myself black because the black gene is dominant and no one is fully black or white anyways. 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. 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 one of my great grandparents was nonWhite I'd say I was mixed. 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. It's so diluted? You're 1/4! You're a QUADROON! -- Posted by Moonscar at 1:26 pm on Jan. 4, 2009 Quote: from kidd rune at 9:01 am on Jan. 4, 2009 I consider myself black because the black gene is dominant and no one is fully black or white anyways. 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. 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 one of my great grandparents was nonWhite I'd say I was mixed. 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. It's so diluted? You're 1/4! 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. -- Posted by prettisweet626 at 1:41 pm on Jan. 4, 2009 I have that same problem.I know how you feel. -- Posted by kidd rune at 5:34 pm on Jan. 4, 2009     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. But 1/4 and 1/8 is significant enough to be non-Black. -- Posted by Moonscar at 5:38 pm on Jan. 4, 2009 Quote: from kidd rune at 5:34 pm on Jan. 4, 2009 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. But 1/4 and 1/8 is significant enough to be non-Black. 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. Pages: 1 2  Next