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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is why I would not recommend raising a biracial child in the area. Too much baggage. Really, biracials just want to be left alone. This thread illustrates that may not be possible. Sad for 2015.[/quote]

So, where is this utopia where I should raise my biracial children?  I grew up in Los Angeles (the U.S.' unofficial biracial Mecca), and all of the issues discussed on this thread were present in LA.  There is no perfect place to raise a biracial child.  [/quote]

Stay away from ungentrified DC and PG County. Too many one-drop perpetuators. You could try NoVa. More tolerant of biracials on the one hand, but you'll deal with more sophisticated racists in whites, Persians, etc... No where is perfect. [b]Also, the comments about the passing bs are dumb. If I'm walking my white-appearing ass down the street and people assume im white that's on them. I'm not passing. I'm minding my own damn bidniss. It's not my job to make sure people know I'm part AA. They have yet to pay a bill of mine.[/b] [/quote]

No one is talking about today/this century!  I completely agree with you that it's not your job to inform anyone of your racial make-up.  More power to you - identify any way you want.  I'm the one who brought up passing [b]in a specifc historical context[/b], when it was an issue that people dealt with very consciously (distancing family members, straightened hair, etc. and so on) so if anyone's interested in educating themselves about that history and its lingering impact on some of the issues we've been discussing, I encourage them to do so.  Google it.  There's a wikipedia page on it!  No need to get defensive over a reference to a historical issue that actually was an issue (that some people here just seem kind of ignorant about).  I'm not suggesting somehow the same "rules" apply today.  [/quote]

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