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[quote=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.[/quote]

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