Racial issues in DCPS for mixed race kids

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It would be child abuse for me to raise my white looking blue-eyed blonde daughter as black. I only have this suggested to me by old school AAs who dislike white people. They actually change their tune once they see the kid. She's platinum blonde and very blue-eyed. Once they see her picture, they give a strange side-eye look amazed and then say, yeah, I understand why you wouldn't.

Regarding self-selecting for myself- I look very biracial- I only get flack from AAs when I tell them I am not black, but biracial. They invariably tell me that I'm black because at some point in my life I will be called the N word. That is the dumbest bull I've ever heard. But, it's a pervasive talking point because I hear it all of the time.
Oddly enough I have never been called the N word except when AAs are warning me it's coming. They are the problem!

There is so much truth in your post. As a biracial person who grew up in DC, my experiences with AAs in DCPS were horrific. I agree that they cause more havoc and Hell for biracial children. If I was the OP, I would avoid DCPS unless it was the JKLMM schools. Placing a biracial child especially one who doesn't identify as being AA in a predominately AA school in DC can be Hell on earth.

+1

Misery loves company. It's not that I can't understand why some AA kids are so eager to recruit the biracial kids to their "team" as it were whilst taking the (probably rarely presented in their lives) opportunity to make themselves feel superior by putting the biracial kids down as less-than, but it's just not fun being on the receiving end of that. Kids (and some adults!) are fond of the blow-your-candle-out-to-make-mine-brighter mode of interaction. It sucks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It would be child abuse for me to raise my white looking blue-eyed blonde daughter as black. I only have this suggested to me by old school AAs who dislike white people. They actually change their tune once they see the kid. She's platinum blonde and very blue-eyed. Once they see her picture, they give a strange side-eye look amazed and then say, yeah, I understand why you wouldn't.

Regarding self-selecting for myself- I look very biracial- I only get flack from AAs when I tell them I am not black, but biracial. They invariably tell me that I'm black because at some point in my life I will be called the N word. That is the dumbest bull I've ever heard. But, it's a pervasive talking point because I hear it all of the time.
Oddly enough I have never been called the N word except when AAs are warning me it's coming. They are the problem!

There is so much truth in your post. As a biracial person who grew up in DC, my experiences with AAs in DCPS were horrific. I agree that they cause more havoc and Hell for biracial children. If I was the OP, I would avoid DCPS unless it was the JKLMM schools. Placing a biracial child especially one who doesn't identify as being AA in a predominately AA school in DC can be Hell on earth.

+100. Oyster is also a great option for biracial kids--plus, they'll become bilingual!

This!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It would be child abuse for me to raise my white looking blue-eyed blonde daughter as black. I only have this suggested to me by old school AAs who dislike white people. They actually change their tune once they see the kid. She's platinum blonde and very blue-eyed. Once they see her picture, they give a strange side-eye look amazed and then say, yeah, I understand why you wouldn't.

Regarding self-selecting for myself- I look very biracial- I only get flack from AAs when I tell them I am not black, but biracial. They invariably tell me that I'm black because at some point in my life I will be called the N word. That is the dumbest bull I've ever heard. But, it's a pervasive talking point because I hear it all of the time.
Oddly enough I have never been called the N word except when AAs are warning me it's coming. They are the problem!

There is so much truth in your post. As a biracial person who grew up in DC, my experiences with AAs in DCPS were horrific. I agree that they cause more havoc and Hell for biracial children. If I was the OP, I would avoid DCPS unless it was the JKLMM schools. Placing a biracial child especially one who doesn't identify as being AA in a predominately AA school in DC can be Hell on earth.

+1

Misery loves company. It's not that I can't understand why some AA kids are so eager to recruit the biracial kids to their "team" as it were whilst taking the (probably rarely presented in their lives) opportunity to make themselves feel superior by putting the biracial kids down as less-than, but it's just not fun being on the receiving end of that. Kids (and some adults!) are fond of the blow-your-candle-out-to-make-mine-brighter mode of interaction. It sucks.

this precisely. AAs stand to lose if biracial's are excepted as a separate and distinguished entity. That would upset the safety in numbers AAs feel by claiming biracials. So, there's a lot of fear-monger ing to maintain the status quo. The whole "you'll be called the N word one day" and "the cops will harrass you" are common threats to force the biracial person to comply with pressure to identify with black. If they don't comply they face rejection by AAs and often hostility. I went through this, so I understand. Guess what, I'm still biracial- not black. Biracials endure this. That is our experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It would be child abuse for me to raise my white looking blue-eyed blonde daughter as black. I only have this suggested to me by old school AAs who dislike white people. They actually change their tune once they see the kid. She's platinum blonde and very blue-eyed. Once they see her picture, they give a strange side-eye look amazed and then say, yeah, I understand why you wouldn't.

Regarding self-selecting for myself- I look very biracial- I only get flack from AAs when I tell them I am not black, but biracial. They invariably tell me that I'm black because at some point in my life I will be called the N word. That is the dumbest bull I've ever heard. But, it's a pervasive talking point because I hear it all of the time.
Oddly enough I have never been called the N word except when AAs are warning me it's coming. They are the problem!

There is so much truth in your post. As a biracial person who grew up in DC, my experiences with AAs in DCPS were horrific. I agree that they cause more havoc and Hell for biracial children. If I was the OP, I would avoid DCPS unless it was the JKLMM schools. Placing a biracial child especially one who doesn't identify as being AA in a predominately AA school in DC can be Hell on earth.

+1

Misery loves company. It's not that I can't understand why some AA kids are so eager to recruit the biracial kids to their "team" as it were whilst taking the (probably rarely presented in their lives) opportunity to make themselves feel superior by putting the biracial kids down as less-than, but it's just not fun being on the receiving end of that. Kids (and some adults!) are fond of the blow-your-candle-out-to-make-mine-brighter mode of interaction. It sucks.

What kind of comment is that to make? Is this really how you view black people?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It would be child abuse for me to raise my white looking blue-eyed blonde daughter as black. I only have this suggested to me by old school AAs who dislike white people. They actually change their tune once they see the kid. She's platinum blonde and very blue-eyed. Once they see her picture, they give a strange side-eye look amazed and then say, yeah, I understand why you wouldn't.

Regarding self-selecting for myself- I look very biracial- I only get flack from AAs when I tell them I am not black, but biracial. They invariably tell me that I'm black because at some point in my life I will be called the N word. That is the dumbest bull I've ever heard. But, it's a pervasive talking point because I hear it all of the time.
Oddly enough I have never been called the N word except when AAs are warning me it's coming. They are the problem!

There is so much truth in your post. As a biracial person who grew up in DC, my experiences with AAs in DCPS were horrific. I agree that they cause more havoc and Hell for biracial children. If I was the OP, I would avoid DCPS unless it was the JKLMM schools. Placing a biracial child especially one who doesn't identify as being AA in a predominately AA school in DC can be Hell on earth.

+1

Misery loves company. It's not that I can't understand why some AA kids are so eager to recruit the biracial kids to their "team" as it were whilst taking the (probably rarely presented in their lives) opportunity to make themselves feel superior by putting the biracial kids down as less-than, but it's just not fun being on the receiving end of that. Kids (and some adults!) are fond of the blow-your-candle-out-to-make-mine-brighter mode of interaction. It sucks.

What kind of comment is that to make? Is this really how you view black people?

I'm really talking about kids -- so yes, a lot of them are pretty miserable (perhaps justifiably so!) and are not nice to those who don't fit in. That might go for a lot of different situations, not just the one I'm talking about, but it fits here, too. Sorry, but it appears to be an experience that resonates with many people on this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It would be child abuse for me to raise my white looking blue-eyed blonde daughter as black. I only have this suggested to me by old school AAs who dislike white people. They actually change their tune once they see the kid. She's platinum blonde and very blue-eyed. Once they see her picture, they give a strange side-eye look amazed and then say, yeah, I understand why you wouldn't.

Regarding self-selecting for myself- I look very biracial- I only get flack from AAs when I tell them I am not black, but biracial. They invariably tell me that I'm black because at some point in my life I will be called the N word. That is the dumbest bull I've ever heard. But, it's a pervasive talking point because I hear it all of the time.
Oddly enough I have never been called the N word except when AAs are warning me it's coming. They are the problem!

There is so much truth in your post. As a biracial person who grew up in DC, my experiences with AAs in DCPS were horrific. I agree that they cause more havoc and Hell for biracial children. If I was the OP, I would avoid DCPS unless it was the JKLMM schools. Placing a biracial child especially one who doesn't identify as being AA in a predominately AA school in DC can be Hell on earth.

+1

Misery loves company. It's not that I can't understand why some AA kids are so eager to recruit the biracial kids to their "team" as it were whilst taking the (probably rarely presented in their lives) opportunity to make themselves feel superior by putting the biracial kids down as less-than, but it's just not fun being on the receiving end of that. Kids (and some adults!) are fond of the blow-your-candle-out-to-make-mine-brighter mode of interaction. It sucks.

My friend (Carolyn Battle Cochrane) did a documentary years ago called, "Biracial Not Black Damn It." It is talks about some of the things biracial children endure from all races. However, it really digs deeper into the problems that biracial and multiracial people endure from the AA community. Actually every year in Los Angeles I attend a Mixed Roots Literary Film Festival http://www.mxroots.org in which those of us from the multiracial community discuss our experiences through film, books, workshops. People often times assume it is the white side of the family or white people who mistreat biracial children. Society ignores racist AAs and how they mistreat biracial people. For DC to claim it's a progressive city is laughable. The fact that we even have to have a discussion on which school that a biracial child should attend in DC proves that DC has a long way to go. Some AAs in DC still have southern mentalities and are quite provincial. So, it's no secret that some harbor resentment towards biracial people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It would be child abuse for me to raise my white looking blue-eyed blonde daughter as black. I only have this suggested to me by old school AAs who dislike white people. They actually change their tune once they see the kid. She's platinum blonde and very blue-eyed. Once they see her picture, they give a strange side-eye look amazed and then say, yeah, I understand why you wouldn't.

Regarding self-selecting for myself- I look very biracial- I only get flack from AAs when I tell them I am not black, but biracial. They invariably tell me that I'm black because at some point in my life I will be called the N word. That is the dumbest bull I've ever heard. But, it's a pervasive talking point because I hear it all of the time.
Oddly enough I have never been called the N word except when AAs are warning me it's coming. They are the problem!

There is so much truth in your post. As a biracial person who grew up in DC, my experiences with AAs in DCPS were horrific. I agree that they cause more havoc and Hell for biracial children. If I was the OP, I would avoid DCPS unless it was the JKLMM schools. Placing a biracial child especially one who doesn't identify as being AA in a predominately AA school in DC can be Hell on earth.

+1

Misery loves company. It's not that I can't understand why some AA kids are so eager to recruit the biracial kids to their "team" as it were whilst taking the (probably rarely presented in their lives) opportunity to make themselves feel superior by putting the biracial kids down as less-than, but it's just not fun being on the receiving end of that. Kids (and some adults!) are fond of the blow-your-candle-out-to-make-mine-brighter mode of interaction. It sucks.

My friend (Carolyn Battle Cochrane) did a documentary years ago called, "Biracial Not Black Damn It." It is talks about some of the things biracial children endure from all races. However, it really digs deeper into the problems that biracial and multiracial people endure from the AA community. Actually every year in Los Angeles I attend a Mixed Roots Literary Film Festival http://www.mxroots.org in which those of us from the multiracial community discuss our experiences through film, books, workshops. People often times assume it is the white side of the family or white people who mistreat biracial children. Society ignores racist AAs and how they mistreat biracial people. For DC to claim it's a progressive city is laughable. The fact that we even have to have a discussion on which school that a biracial child should attend in DC proves that DC has a long way to go. Some AAs in DC still have southern mentalities and are quite provincial. So, it's no secret that some harbor resentment towards biracial people.

Thank you for your post. I will definitely look into the film festival. Yes, I totally agree. AAs are very comfortable being hostile to biracial people. I grew up in a black neighborhood and was constantly made fun of for looking/sounding white, etc... I was also given the cold shoulder when it I informed black people that I identified as biracial and I was also not okay with cavalier anti-white conversation, "you know how white people are etc..." This is why I'm so grateful for DC's diverse charter and why I recommend that parents of biracial kids do not raise them in a predominately black area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It would be child abuse for me to raise my white looking blue-eyed blonde daughter as black. I only have this suggested to me by old school AAs who dislike white people. They actually change their tune once they see the kid. She's platinum blonde and very blue-eyed. Once they see her picture, they give a strange side-eye look amazed and then say, yeah, I understand why you wouldn't.

Regarding self-selecting for myself- I look very biracial- I only get flack from AAs when I tell them I am not black, but biracial. They invariably tell me that I'm black because at some point in my life I will be called the N word. That is the dumbest bull I've ever heard. But, it's a pervasive talking point because I hear it all of the time.
Oddly enough I have never been called the N word except when AAs are warning me it's coming. They are the problem!

There is so much truth in your post. As a biracial person who grew up in DC, my experiences with AAs in DCPS were horrific. I agree that they cause more havoc and Hell for biracial children. If I was the OP, I would avoid DCPS unless it was the JKLMM schools. Placing a biracial child especially one who doesn't identify as being AA in a predominately AA school in DC can be Hell on earth.

+1

Misery loves company. It's not that I can't understand why some AA kids are so eager to recruit the biracial kids to their "team" as it were whilst taking the (probably rarely presented in their lives) opportunity to make themselves feel superior by putting the biracial kids down as less-than, but it's just not fun being on the receiving end of that. Kids (and some adults!) are fond of the blow-your-candle-out-to-make-mine-brighter mode of interaction. It sucks.

My friend (Carolyn Battle Cochrane) did a documentary years ago called, "Biracial Not Black Damn It." It is talks about some of the things biracial children endure from all races. However, it really digs deeper into the problems that biracial and multiracial people endure from the AA community. Actually every year in Los Angeles I attend a Mixed Roots Literary Film Festival http://www.mxroots.org in which those of us from the multiracial community discuss our experiences through film, books, workshops. People often times assume it is the white side of the family or white people who mistreat biracial children. Society ignores racist AAs and how they mistreat biracial people. For DC to claim it's a progressive city is laughable. The fact that we even have to have a discussion on which school that a biracial child should attend in DC proves that DC has a long way to go. Some AAs in DC still have southern mentalities and are quite provincial. So, it's no secret that some harbor resentment towards biracial people.

Thank you for your post. I will definitely look into the film festival. Yes, I totally agree. AAs are very comfortable being hostile to biracial people. I grew up in a black neighborhood and was constantly made fun of for looking/sounding white, etc... I was also given the cold shoulder when it I informed black people that I identified as biracial and I was also not okay with cavalier anti-white conversation, "you know how white people are etc..." This is why I'm so grateful for DC's diverse charter and why I recommend that parents of biracial kids do not raise them in a predominately black area.

As a biracial person myself, I am offended at the way you so label so many AAs as racist as if it is a given. "AAa are very comfortable being hostile to biracial people". Yes, misery loves company indeed. I have friends black, white, and other ... Being open minded and well-traveled helps you understand others and be open to being friends with many different types of people of ALL races : )

[Anonymous]

This thread has reinforced my stereotypes against so called "biracial" people and their parents. They think they are the only ones with blue or green eyes, their hair is much curlier than my DC unless they are are 2nd generation biracial - even if 2nd generation it is no comparison to mine or anyone in my extended family and many times not my sons'; they think they are the only ones that are told that they are acting white; they don't realize they are talked about by some white people behind their back. Only they experience low expectation AA students and are concerned that it may only rub off on them. They never seem to experience the low expectation white kids that we experience.

We should just bring back the terms quadroon, octoroon, mulatto, etc. since this is how they describe themselves. "I'm one half white and my DC is 3/4 white" - quadroon. "I'm 1/8th white" - octoroon. 1/16th - quintroon. 3/4 AA or the child of a biracial parent and a fully black parent - Sambo Suggest you watch Louis Gates - Finding Your Roots television show - especially the segment on Ben Jealous. At least he didn't try and deny his AA mom's white heritage which all of you seem to do when you define yourself as half or 1/4 AA. He ended up being less than 13% AA even though only one parent was white and the other was not "biracial." Newsflash- the half AA that you are is not all AA and may not even be 50% AA. AA's are not pure blood African but you are so busy latching on to the white parent that you can see that you denegrate your AA parent's racial heritage (maybe to try and project an air of superiority.) I will print this thread and show it to my son that thought all of his cousins are white and is always termed as "exotic" by white females. I will show this to my cousins who are mistaken for white and are subjected to racist conversations by their hair stylists. I will show this to their sons that are told they are biracial because their Mom is white even though she is not and not biracial.

This is one of the most racist threads I have read on DCUM and the racism is coming from the "biracial" people and parents of "biracials." You are the ones who are confused; the rest of us are comfortable with who we are and don't have the time or inclination to find out our percentages since practically noone has a "fully black" parent anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It would be child abuse for me to raise my white looking blue-eyed blonde daughter as black. I only have this suggested to me by old school AAs who dislike white people. They actually change their tune once they see the kid. She's platinum blonde and very blue-eyed. Once they see her picture, they give a strange side-eye look amazed and then say, yeah, I understand why you wouldn't.

Regarding self-selecting for myself- I look very biracial- I only get flack from AAs when I tell them I am not black, but biracial. They invariably tell me that I'm black because at some point in my life I will be called the N word. That is the dumbest bull I've ever heard. But, it's a pervasive talking point because I hear it all of the time.
Oddly enough I have never been called the N word except when AAs are warning me it's coming. They are the problem!

There is so much truth in your post. As a biracial person who grew up in DC, my experiences with AAs in DCPS were horrific. I agree that they cause more havoc and Hell for biracial children. If I was the OP, I would avoid DCPS unless it was the JKLMM schools. Placing a biracial child especially one who doesn't identify as being AA in a predominately AA school in DC can be Hell on earth.

+1

Misery loves company. It's not that I can't understand why some AA kids are so eager to recruit the biracial kids to their "team" as it were whilst taking the (probably rarely presented in their lives) opportunity to make themselves feel superior by putting the biracial kids down as less-than, but it's just not fun being on the receiving end of that. Kids (and some adults!) are fond of the blow-your-candle-out-to-make-mine-brighter mode of interaction. It sucks.

My friend (Carolyn Battle Cochrane) did a documentary years ago called, "Biracial Not Black Damn It." It is talks about some of the things biracial children endure from all races. However, it really digs deeper into the problems that biracial and multiracial people endure from the AA community. Actually every year in Los Angeles I attend a Mixed Roots Literary Film Festival http://www.mxroots.org in which those of us from the multiracial community discuss our experiences through film, books, workshops. People often times assume it is the white side of the family or white people who mistreat biracial children. Society ignores racist AAs and how they mistreat biracial people. For DC to claim it's a progressive city is laughable. The fact that we even have to have a discussion on which school that a biracial child should attend in DC proves that DC has a long way to go. Some AAs in DC still have southern mentalities and are quite provincial. So, it's no secret that some harbor resentment towards biracial people.

Thank you for your post. I will definitely look into the film festival. Yes, I totally agree. AAs are very comfortable being hostile to biracial people. I grew up in a black neighborhood and was constantly made fun of for looking/sounding white, etc... I was also given the cold shoulder when it I informed black people that I identified as biracial and I was also not okay with cavalier anti-white conversation, "you know how white people are etc..." This is why I'm so grateful for DC's diverse charter and why I recommend that parents of biracial kids do not raise them in a predominately black area.

As a biracial person myself, I am offended at the way you so label so many AAs as racist as if it is a given. "AAa are very comfortable being hostile to biracial people". Yes, misery loves company indeed. I have friends black, white, and other ... Being open minded and well-traveled helps you understand others and be open to being friends with many different types of people of ALL races : )

oh please. Cry us a damn River. Not everybody feels the need to be fake and politically correct. If that offends you, go grow a set of balls and get over it. I'm offended that biracial kids are discriminated against by AAs. Guess what? Nobody gives a shit. So I'm gonna keep on keep in' on as a proud vocal biracial. Sorry to piss you off!

[Anonymous]

^^ Did not mean to generalize against the biracial people and white parents who do not perpetuate this stuff. Just find a lot of the postings on this thread ignorant and racist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread has reinforced my stereotypes against so called "biracial" people and their parents. They think they are the only ones with blue or green eyes, their hair is much curlier than my DC unless they are are 2nd generation biracial - even if 2nd generation it is no comparison to mine or anyone in my extended family and many times not my sons'; they think they are the only ones that are told that they are acting white; they don't realize they are talked about by some white people behind their back. Only they experience low expectation AA students and are concerned that it may only rub off on them. They never seem to experience the low expectation white kids that we experience.

We should just bring back the terms quadroon, octoroon, mulatto, etc. since this is how they describe themselves. "I'm one half white and my DC is 3/4 white" - quadroon. "I'm 1/8th white" - octoroon. 1/16th - quintroon. 3/4 AA or the child of a biracial parent and a fully black parent - Sambo Suggest you watch Louis Gates - Finding Your Roots television show - especially the segment on Ben Jealous. At least he didn't try and deny his AA mom's white heritage which all of you seem to do when you define yourself as half or 1/4 AA. He ended up being less than 13% AA even though only one parent was white and the other was not "biracial." Newsflash- the half AA that you are is not all AA and may not even be 50% AA. AA's are not pure blood African but you are so busy latching on to the white parent that you can see that you denegrate your AA parent's racial heritage (maybe to try and project an air of superiority.) I will print this thread and show it to my son that thought all of his cousins are white and is always termed as "exotic" by white females. I will show this to my cousins who are mistaken for white and are subjected to racist conversations by their hair stylists. I will show this to their sons that are told they are biracial because their Mom is white even though she is not and not biracial.

This is one of the most racist threads I have read on DCUM and the racism is coming from the "biracial" people and parents of "biracials." You are the ones who are confused; the rest of us are comfortable with who we are and don't have the time or inclination to find out our percentages since practically noone has a "fully black" parent anymore.

Sweetheart, you are certified crazy and definitely need mental health help. Step away from DCUM and dial 9-1-1. Yes, it is that serious. Just feel sorry you have a child. May God protect him from your psychiatric problems.

[Anonymous]

This whole thread has psychiatric problems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread has reinforced my stereotypes against so called "biracial" people and their parents. They think they are the only ones with blue or green eyes, their hair is much curlier than my DC unless they are are 2nd generation biracial - even if 2nd generation it is no comparison to mine or anyone in my extended family and many times not my sons'; they think they are the only ones that are told that they are acting white; they don't realize they are talked about by some white people behind their back. Only they experience low expectation AA students and are concerned that it may only rub off on them. They never seem to experience the low expectation white kids that we experience.

We should just bring back the terms quadroon, octoroon, mulatto, etc. since this is how they describe themselves. "I'm one half white and my DC is 3/4 white" - quadroon. "I'm 1/8th white" - octoroon. 1/16th - quintroon. 3/4 AA or the child of a biracial parent and a fully black parent - Sambo Suggest you watch Louis Gates - Finding Your Roots television show - especially the segment on Ben Jealous. At least he didn't try and deny his AA mom's white heritage which all of you seem to do when you define yourself as half or 1/4 AA. He ended up being less than 13% AA even though only one parent was white and the other was not "biracial." Newsflash- the half AA that you are is not all AA and may not even be 50% AA. AA's are not pure blood African but you are so busy latching on to the white parent that you can see that you denegrate your AA parent's racial heritage (maybe to try and project an air of superiority.) I will print this thread and show it to my son that thought all of his cousins are white and is always termed as "exotic" by white females. I will show this to my cousins who are mistaken for white and are subjected to racist conversations by their hair stylists. I will show this to their sons that are told they are biracial because their Mom is white even though she is not and not biracial.

This is one of the most racist threads I have read on DCUM and the racism is coming from the "biracial" people and parents of "biracials." You are the ones who are confused; the rest of us are comfortable with who we are and don't have the time or inclination to find out our percentages since practically noone has a "fully black" parent anymore.

Wow. You must really feel threatened by sel-identifying biracials. Your lengthy ranting post demonstrates that. Do yourself (and the rest of us) a favor- don't worry about what biracials are up to. Let them do their thing. Also, be mindful. Racists people come in many colors. Take a look at yourself in the mirror. I do this too. We all have it in us and should commit to doing better. It's for our kids' sake.

[Anonymous]

^^ the poster is not crazy she is talking about skin color and how light skinned blacks can be mistaken for white. Not surprisingly these black people who could easily pass for white, and don't for many historical reasons, hear quite a bit more racism than racially ambiguous biracial people.