Mixed race...

I'm mixed race, and try to keep myself as far away as possible from the 'black' culture. I think that a lot of them are too scared to step out of it and become an individual. I dress, say, and listen to whatever I like- a lot of black and mixed race peope don't know how to approach me because I'm different to them. Personally, I find that hilarious . I make friends with who I want, not particularly somebody the same race, to stay in my 'comfort zone' so to speak.

He's not black either.

Tell me what you mean when you say half caste?
You mean when Tchaikovsky mix the black key and the white key is a half caste symphony?


Sorry, couldn't help myself

He's not black either.

Maybe, white people are scared, first Lewis wins formula one, then Obama becomes president, finally the new doctor who is going to be a black man.

Just out of curiosity, how would people perceive Rachida Jones in terms of whether she's black/white/mixed-race? Would people say she's African American? http://www.dominomag.com/images/galleries/housetour/gasl_rashida_jones_03.jpg, daughter of famous music producer Quincy Jones
http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2008-04/38017161.jpg

Or someone like Nicole Ritchie?

Here's Obama with his African half-siblings and grandmother:
http://bp0.blogger.com/_L6pDyjqqsvY/R8pI2T1j_9I/AAAAAAAALtA/VNChaFIFAr0/s400/barack+family+in+africa.jpg

So when does someone become "black" in the eyes of the media? I'm just curious to see what people's views are..

He's not the president yet.

I don't know. And there is no such thing as talking black as there are many people of other races that talk the same way.
From what I've seen is that it can depend on what race their mother is, pretty much all mixed race people I know with a black mother hang out with black people and follow black culture.Also I've found that some black groups aren't accepting of mixed race people that hang out with white people (in the instance of black and white as opposed to black and asian or other mixes of races).

It can be the overall family dynamics, as in how the family is as a whole in terms of culture and family life, predominantly one race or the other. Like which side has the biggest influence.

It can be whatever the child likes more, some people take to one culture and reject the other so then you could have mixed race siblings that culturally and behaviourally are very different.

You do know Nicole Ritchie is adopted right?

And obviously the first person is mixed race.

I disagree. Most of the mixed race people I know have white mothers and they tend to act more "black".

Yeah, true.

The media has never question Obama's blackness they have never said Is Obama black enough?

Why is there alot of negativity towards black people on TSR? There was a thread devoted to 95% of blacks voting Obama, and the OP totally ignored the fact that its just 5% more then Kerry did.

Maybe, white people are scared, first Lewis wins formula one, then Obama becomes president, finally the new doctor who is going to be a black man.

Why do people who are mixed race consider themselves black, when the majority of them are a mix of white and black? Like Obama...he isn't wholly black but yet people say he is the first "black" president.

What are you talking about. The term English-American is practically never used.

I don't know. And there is no such thing as talking black as there are many people of other races that talk the same way.
From what I've seen is that it can depend on what race their mother is, pretty much all mixed race people I know with a black mother hang out with black people and follow black culture.
Also I've found that some black groups aren't accepting of mixed race people that hang out with white people (in the instance of black and white as opposed to black and asian or other mixes of races).

It can be the overall family dynamics, as in how the family is as a whole in terms of culture and family life, predominantly one race or the other. Like which side has the biggest influence.

It can be whatever the child likes more, some people take to one culture and reject the other so then you could have mixed race siblings that culturally and behaviourally are very different.

You've definately got that the wrong way round. Its mostly the mixed race people with a black mother who act "white" and vice versa in the other case. Therefore considering mixed race people with a white mother clearly outnumbers those with a black mother, from the above observation your likely to get more mixed race pople acting , "black"

All in all though, I think its all aload of bullocks. People should act how they want and not conform to what a particular group of people are supposed to act like.