CurlTalk - View Single Post - Biracial and Multiracial black people: Are those considered a race?

love yourself first · 08-06-2009, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Amneris

However, if they ONLY call themself biracial, I personally think they are just adding confusion and not unity.

But, Amneris, for the self-identified biracial person with 1 black parent, the bi-racial self-identification NECESSARILY INCLUDES the black parent. That's a no brainer, and I can't see it as being confusing. I also don't see why that person has to say, "I am black, but also [insert the other parents race]." I know that race prejudice is virulent against black people and there is a lot of ugliness and wounds. But I don't think the answer to that ugliness and those wounds is to make every bi-racial person with black ancestry have to proclaim their blackness over other heritage/background and culture.

But we can certainly agree to disagree.