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Originally posted by Fugee
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
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I don't know how you mono-ethnic people do it. Having to live up to one specific stereotype and constantly do stuff that fits in with that stereotype less you betray your race. We multi-ethnic types can pick and choose and always claim that it was our "other" heritage that made us different. I thank my parents every day that they betrayed their heritages and got together. They self-loathed so I didn't have to.
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