Comments on: The Rise of the Multiracials

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:50:25 +0000

So if we seperate ourselves by afrikan, biracial, and black does that mean we no loner have a black president? All this division between black people is crazy.

By: Imani

Imani — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:34:25 +0000

It’s so sad that if you desire/prefer to promote love for and within your own
race and culture and even when you state clearly no hatred toward any other
race or culture of people…there will be those sh*t-for-brains kind of people like kweenie who will get things twisted and make it about hate anyway.
Go ahead, knock yourself out getting it twisted, kweenie. You show complete
lack of understanding despite what is stated. People like you are the problem.

Thanks, Jus1BlckMn…you get it. It was simple and to the point what I stated
but sadly there are those who complicate the simplest things.
It’s sad that to desire, prefer and promote love for your own people means
to some people that you have to hate other races of people which is completely
stupid. I don’t hate anyone. I think that preservation of one’s own race of
people is vital to the richness of that race of people. That should always be
cherished for all races of people. There is beauty in all races of people.

By: Jst1BlckMn

Jst1BlckMn — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:18:15 +0000

@Kweenie, I think Imani’s comments illustrate togetherness as the basic underlying principal of most groups. Racial or ethnic groups have very very fine and intricate histories and culture particular to their indentity which has been developed over years whether langauges, cuisine, music, dress, forms of science, spirituality, architecture, art etc etc etc, even their own physical form. You can see this all over the world. These human feats could not have developed without these particular groups doing their thing as a group. Therefore each of these groups has every right to be proud of what they are. However, the problem comes when one group detrimentaly interfers with another especially when trying to appropriate wealth and/or power which I think white supremacists are guilty of.

By: Alicia

Alicia — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:27:30 +0000

I’m glad they’re creating a niche. All of us are multi-racial on some level, and frankly, these labels need to go. The sooner they do, the sooner things like test scores and how money is divided up among certain groups of individuals can even out.

By: Kweenie

Kweenie — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:37:22 +0000

@ Imani

You’ll be happy to know that you share the exact same view as the White Supremacists! They’ve updated their message for our generation: “It’s not about hatred of other races, it’s about love of your own…” Puh-lease.

By: Jst1BlckMn

Jst1BlckMn — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:55:09 +0000

Is America multi-powered ?

Are we Americans, African-Americans or Afrikans ?

What do you want the future to be for Afrikans on the continent and in the Diaspora ? What do you want but cannot see ?

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Visual Culture » “Mixed to Perfection” — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:08:47 +0000

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By: Imani

Imani — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:03:19 +0000

I’m promoting deepening the love within our own black diaspora.
Keeping it and guarding our blackness, black beauty, our vast black cultures
black unity and all things black…not that that means hating different races of people
but, loving within our own black race of people is best for us black
people.

By: Whitney

Whitney — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:10:52 +0000

I think it’s great that biracial and multiracial people are getting their due! I wonder if they will continue to be lumped into one category? There would seem to be a huge difference between being white and asian, or black and latino, or native american and African, for example.