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White Cop Who Finds He Has African Ancestry Sues City, Chief Over Racism
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Vicetrailia
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Black people can't wear blackface either. It is always wrong.
And no he can't say the n word. He's white. Identifies white, and is white to everyone else. He just happened to have discovered there's something there.
I'm a quarter american indian, but no one would ever know it unless I told them. Given that my grandmother moved away from the tribe, I have no connection whatsoever to my indian heritage.
Douche McBaggins The 3rd
Junior Member
Should have NEVER told anyone. Now the only thing you can do is take racism under NEW MURICA and say
Thelonelykoopa
Member
Yeah , either way i'm glad I'm not too visible Native American the worst insult everthrown at me is being called a "Halfbreed" and I didn't even know that was a derogatory term for mixed native ancestory till like last year ; It was something my dad would even call me when we get into disagreements.I'm sure if I was as dark as my mom I would be called stuff much worst lol. Sucks though that people feel the need the need to put others down just because of their ancestory hell I assume some of those officers were even his friends.
The Artisan
Member
a commercial for this was literally on the tv as i saw your post
Ooops someone else said it was sarcasm, I thought it was the original poster
I'm the flip side. I'm brown, my name is latino as hell, and my hair is nappy (thanks mom), but I literally have no aspects of my families culture in my personality. I grew up influenced by a mixture of white and black american media, can't even speak my families language, yet because of how I look I'm clearly treated differently at times.
Oh, yeah, this thread. Maybe I'll check back in to see what people are saying about the sto-
Reading through the replies, I was halfway tempted to try and play off my original post as a joke as some people assumed, but I'll try and do the honourable thing and accept the pummelling for my apparent benightedness.
Up until I checked out this story, I have to confess that I had honestly never heard of Roots, nor about its subsequent adaptations! For what it's worth, I'm in my twenties and live in England and was never exposed to neither the book nor the 1970's mini-series, not even as a literature student, but clearly, that's not much of an excuse given its apparent cultural impact around the world. I simply assumed the officer in question was making some kind of strangely obscure literary reference in reference to some random novel I'd never heard about. I'm especially ashamed given that I'm now reading up on it and that it's apparently one of the most seminal literary works in US history. Please forgive me!
Does the 1970s series still hold up? I might check it out if I can find it somewhere.
Props to you for owning it instead of just disappearing.
2Smashed4U
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lmao
Ploid 3.0
Member
Hah this is what I was about to post after reading the OP. Sucks but, that's the way it goes unfortunately. The thing is, I doubt there's any pure "race" in the world, everyone is mixed with some of everything, it's not a bad thing either. What would you expect? Some type of monarch system where family breed with each other?
Just think it's amazing finding your ancestries. I love to find out my middle easterns ancestries though.
When I saw this headline on twitter, I thought it was a case of some white dude upset he couldn't say nigger all day long an/or screaming REVERSE RACISM at some diversity initiative or whatever nonsense.
The real story is actually pretty fucked up. I feel bad for the guy (though welcome to the club LOL). Also says a lot about the police department he (most officers) worked at >_<
The real story is actually pretty fucked up. I feel bad for the guy (though welcome to the club LOL). Also says a lot about the police department he (most officers) worked at >_<
2Smashed4U
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I am kind of curious though, what is the threshold for being considered a black person?
Like, Obama was definitely our first black president and he was half white.
Is just kinda based on how like...everyone else treats you or considers you? Is there an appearance aspect to it? I know I've read some stuff before that even amongst black people, even some light skinned black sometimes have an easier time in some regards?
Like, Obama was definitely our first black president and he was half white.
Is just kinda based on how like...everyone else treats you or considers you? Is there an appearance aspect to it? I know I've read some stuff before that even amongst black people, even some light skinned black sometimes have an easier time in some regards?
That's exactly what I was thinking. Don't most if not all humans have a percent of their DNA tracable back to Africa?
I don't understand how racism became thiis prevelant. Why did people ever decide to judge others based on the colour of their skin? It's so stupid.
Skin color and facial features. If you're white passing, then you have white privilege even if it's not as much privilege as the whitest white person. In my opinion blood doesn't even matter, you can be swedish by blood but if your skin is dark, you will pay for it at least once in your life
2Smashed4U
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yeah, that makes sense to me
Thelonelykoopa
Member
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VVR3B01NxiM
But really Its not a clear cut question as different people have different "Requirements" for example Jennifer Beals is considered by many to be a black actress yet their also many people who wouldn't be able to tell.I guess the boring answer would be 25% or above but really its a super personal question and acceptance of any individual would vary by community and individuals either way .
I seriously doubt that's what happened. I'm sure he heard all the jokes (and possibly participated?) before he found out but then suddenly he was the butt rather than a participant and it didn't feel so good anymore! Weird.
2Smashed4U
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Yeah I knew in a general sense it was probably something like that.
Different people have different answers. I'm half, but unlike Obama I'm White passing. I proudly consider myself Black though, while also recognizing I have White privilege. I tend to joke that it's like I got upgraded to 1st class by mistake. All the Black people I know personally consider me Black, but non-Black people consider me White (or occasionally ethnically ambiguous) until I mention being Black.
Developing a racial identity when you're mixed raced can be a difficult process
Days like these...
Have a Blessed Day
Good to see I'm not the only one.
highrider
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My first thought.
The Artisan
Member
it is amazing. i have been thinking about this often. a thousand years ago there was someone who had a child and that lineage lives on in me. a thousand years from today god willing i will be a nothingness in the ground but there will be a living person traced back to me, thinking the same thing i am now.
my only question is, ancestry.com, 23andme, are these all pretty much the same services just from different companies? or are they different products entirely? if they are different entirely, what service does it show you? if they are the same essentially, which is better?
lol, hot lava
Royce McCutcheon
Junior Member
Literally black for a few months and already hates white people.
2Smashed4U
Banned
Definitely, the dynamics how that plays out are certainly interesting.
LookAtMeGo
Member
Pls no
I've only seen the 2016 series and it's good. Should be easier to find.
User Name Here
Member
The one drop rule strikes again.
Gentleman Jack
Member
Honestly none of them are very good if you want to know your ethnicity. They aren't quite scams, but they are incredibly misleading about what the test shows.
Ethnicity and Race are not genetic. Thinking they are lead to some pretty horrible ideas in the early 20th century.
I like ancestry.com but never use 23andme but i have hear good things about it. But ancestry is really cheap it's only about £53 pound in the uk.
clearacell
Member
I'm thinking in my head things that are never obvious...
but this guy just had a huge identity crisis. he has been white his whole life until some thing on the Internet said naw, you're not. He is being treated as if he were 100% black by white people around him, down to every epithet they can throw at him. He lost his white identity. well, can he try going to identify as black? but he doesn't look it. can he work on doing a reverse Michael Jackson? will he ever be accepted by any group? where does this guy fit in now? who accepts him as a part of their group? and don't tell me "the human race"...that's bullshit. everyone has a group identity. this guy, however, doesn't seem to have one, and it must be jarring.
I ask these questions because I really don't know how people react to this. and it's also funny being called a racist almost instantaneously because I ask questions.
DontBeThatGuy
Member
lol nah, Roots was huge back in the day, and there was a revival.
karasu
Member
not even
I enjoyed this very much. Thank you for your honesty.Oh, yeah, this thread. Maybe I'll check back in to see what people are saying about the sto-
Reading through the replies, I was halfway tempted to try and play off my original post as a joke as some people assumed, but I'll try and do the honourable thing and accept the pummelling for my apparent benightedness.
Up until I checked out this story, I have to confess that I had honestly never heard of Roots, nor about its subsequent adaptations! For what it's worth, I'm in my twenties and live in England and was never exposed to neither the book nor the 1970's mini-series, not even as a literature student, but clearly, that's not much of an excuse given its apparent cultural impact around the world. I simply assumed the officer in question was making some kind of strangely obscure literary reference in reference to some random novel I'd never heard about. I'm especially ashamed given that I'm now reading up on it and that it's apparently one of the most seminal literary works in US history. Please forgive me!
Does the 1970s series still hold up? I might check it out if I can find it somewhere.
2Smashed4U
Banned
This has never really made sense to me though like, there are certain things that are definitely genetic that are tied to race right? Like skin color is definitely genetic.
I know there's not like an actual "white" race or a "black" race but there are genetic attributes that are tied to race no?