because (typically) older black women and to a lesser extent men will def feel…“left out” or like she’s some sort of traitor based off of who she has chosen to date. its interesting that she would say that in the article and address ppl that have had these thoughts.
and that happens when you date outside of your race and the person of the other race says some shit that throws a red flag up in your mind…such as calling you a ****** or flipping out over ppl calling your daughter black. or other shit that probably went down. his reaction probably triggered something in her mind like “…i see…so thats how he really feels…?”
real talk, she prolly had this “but i’m halle berry” mentality and soon as that word exited dude’s mouth she got cut back down to reality.
in some ppl’s eyes, a black person will always be a ******.
it is what it is. him not being american and being aware of what goes on here and what has gone on here, historically, might have contributed to his outlook…
yes, what rock do you live under where a cop won’t pull a mixed person over and won’t identify them as a black male or female?
This discussion is fucking stupid, lock this shit please.
If the allegation is true that Gabriel called Halle a n-word, I’m curious to know how much his European upbringing factored into his use of that word. I’ve never traveled outside the US, nor do I have any foreign friends, so I’m not sure how non-Americans view our civil rights history.
This thread is a hot button, for sure. Race issues in this country are so stupid. ‘Black’ people need to stop labeling ourselves. We’re just as much a part of this country as anyone else, but we will never gain the ‘acceptance’ we desire from ‘White America’… For the last forty some-odd years we’ve been acting as idiotic as a bunch of Smash Kids crying about not getting any respect from SRKers.
Truth is, as people, and as individuals, we don’t need anyone else to define us-- We define ourselves by our thoughts, our actions, and our works… We need to stop whining about ‘Whitey’ holding us back(not saying there’s no such thing as racism, but we gotta stop using it as a crutch) and go to school, go to work, get smarter and more financially and socially responsible. We need to stop having babies before we have security to raise them, and actually raise them to be responsible contributing members of society. We definitely gotta stop taking shots at ourselves and do like every other immigrant culture has done- i.e. look at the Koreans, the Middle Eastern peoples, and the various others… They all band together as a community and help improve their situations by hard work and education. They become business owners, they invest in real estate, and they own the homes they dwell in.
Wasn’t really trying to hop on a soapbox, but every time I see people discussing race, it makes my blood boil-- Making jokes about each others’ cultures is one thing, but there isn’t even such a thing as different races among human beings, we’re all part of the SAME FRIGGIN’ RACE…smh.
TL;DR version: People need to stop worrying about what other people define them as, because ultimately, you’re the only one that can define you as an individual. Worrying about race is silly. It’s more about class-ism than racism anyway, lol.
Allowing other people to define how you view yourself?
How you view yourself and how others view you are distinct perspectives, especially if these other people are perfect strangers. I would want to take lengths to make sure my kid understands this.
As a white dude imagining Halle Berry as my baby mama; if she decided the kid was black, raised black,etc, I would take huge offense, as if she is trying to expunge my lineage from my own offspring. Should I just ‘get over this’? I am damn effing proud of my family and I could see myself flying into a self destructive rage over this issue.
this thread is so depressing had to stop reading these sh*t perspectives
hahaa
race based scholarships? affirmative action quotas? The ones you mentioned are good examples too. Not saying they all arent justified as well of course.
But people are being given things based on the color of their skin/ ethnicity. Again not saying its necessary a bad thing. Just that it brings race to the forefront, making it harder to see everyone as all just “Americans”.
Yeah, my family went hard during the 70s, 80s with that and the arabic/african names too.
The girls got it bad, good luck finding their names on a mug at disneyland.
My female cousins are getting straight up ignorant though, naming their kids.
Damu
Courvoisier
I agree. The child is a mixed child and ideally should benefit from both culture as opposed to having to deal with conflicts between cultures. I can see how Barry would fucking bait his husband with the whole black thing, but in the case of his alleged racial slur, I don’t blame her emphasizing her black roots in order to reaffirm her identity through her child. It might not be right but it seems to be an properly aggressive response to an aggressive action. With that said she’s a fucking celebrity and entirely different breed of human IMHO, so really…as the guys on GameSpy Debriefings, WHITE PEOPLE’S PROBLEMS…MWA WA WA WA.
Don’t students have to meet certain requirements academically wise to benefit from scholarships. Also, don’t business get money for meeting quotas? Like they do with hiring felons and all that?
yeah you def cant pull that ish in boston. we got one of the hugest hatian populations in the us…def gotta get you some looks and possibly some smacks if you claim that. we also got a large jamaican population in mass.
yup. i know a girl whos half white and black and has noooo signs of her looking black. she looks like a skinny white hipster. up til then id never seen anything like that. or maybe i have and didnt know it.