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Originally posted by KERABE
LIVING IN THE SOUTH, I KNOW THAT MOST PEOPLE TEND TO THINK THAT IF ONE HAS ONE OUNCE OF BLACK BLOOD IN THEM, THEN THEY ARE COMPLETELY BLACK AND SHOULD ACKNOWLEGE THAT THEY ARE "BLACK" AND NOT "OTHER" (EX. STANDARDIZED TEST OR JOB APPLICATIONS) WHAT DOES THE ROOM THINK ABOUT THIS?
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Ironically, the reverse is true--so, I've read and heard from folks visiting down there--that in Argentina, if you have one drop of caucasian blood in you, you are caucasian...
I don't know how I think about this issue for other folks. Personally, I have no problem with choosing to keep my African descent and my looks upon me--although my genetics and inheritance would dictate more Native American blood, as well as Irish blood in me than purely West African blood--or elsewhere in Africa. I love my African descent in America. I love being Black.
Even when I see and experience atrocities that one should never have to face, I still love being Black. It is not about it being a "cool" thing to do, or that I am trying to fit into the "in crowd"... I actually think it is about my Spiritual self being deeply rooted into the cultural seeds (Asili) of the true nature and expressions (utamaawazo) of Africa... It's that one drop thing--call it a single nucleotide polymorphism in my sodium-potassium transporter genes, which cause hypertension in Blacks and comes directly from Africa--I love it...
As far as some white folks loving themselves because they are white--fine with me... I don't see a problem with it, personally...
Everyone ought to love the skin that they are in... Because that's the only skin that you are gonna get...
Unless you are Michael Jackson... But then I just saw Adult Swim the other day and they showed that he was abducted by aliens when his hair was burned in the 1980's Pepsi commercial and he was switched by the aliens with this looney tune we see now...
