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Originally posted by Connect_the_Dots
It took this for you to realize that Tiger has issues being black? He won't even say "I'm black" and you didn't figure out that he has issues before today. "In 1997, Woods publicly refused to identify himself as black, saying that he sometimes felt more Thai than black. He said he called himself "Cablinasian" -- a self-invented term that incorporated his Caucasian, black, Native American and Asian heritages."
Reminds me of the Chris Rock Tirade against Rae Dawn Chong who had similar problems saying what race she was. "Rae...you're black, okay"
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So why does Tiger, or any other bi- or multi-racial person have to choose just one race as his or her identity? Yeah, society is going to look at a black face and say "you're black" no matter what percent of that person's racial heritage is black. And because of that assumption the person will be treated certain ways by ignorant people. But what gives anyone else the right to judge how that person thinks of himself? Shouldn't we have come a little farther from the "one drop" days?
Fu(serious Monday musings)gee
