Soledad O'Brien's "Who is Black in America"

[flyboy56]

Correct. I do that alot. :P

And since I have nothing good to say I won't say anything.

[Rael]

The Jerk was one of those fascinating Hollywood propoganda movies designed to make the Jim Crow South appear less oppressive than it was in reality. The idea of a White youth being adopted and raised by a Black family in the pre Civil Rights South is absurd in the extreme. When Latinos adopted White youth via the Catholic Church circa 1904, a mob of vigilantes abducted the youth and nearly lynched the familes and the nuns involved. The court system, up to the Supreme Court, sided with the vigilantes.. A Black family adopting a White child in the South would have been just lynched.

Really Kandace? It was a freakin comedy. Sure, it was unrealistic but propaganda? Really? What a strange opinion...

[bmore_ken]

Next time lay off your kids dope and really focus on what you are watching so maybe you will learn something you obviously have no clue about.

Actually my kids had biracial friends growing up and they didn't seem to have the issues the kids in that show had. I think I'm a little closer to the issue than you are. Unless you think the few people on that show speak for all the biracial people in America

[flyboy56]

Actually my kids had biracial friends growing up and they didn't seem to have the issues the kids in that show had. I think I'm a little closer to the issue than you are. Unless you think the few people on that show speak for all the biracial people in America

Really? My wife is Puerto Rican. I live in Puerto Rico. 98% of the people here are of multiple races to include Black African. You really need to stop assuming you have the moral high ground just because you are black.

[bmore_ken]

Really? My wife is Puerto Rican. I live in Puerto Rico. 98% of the people here are of multiple races to include Black African. You really need to stop assuming you have the moral high ground just because you are black.

Puerto Rico lmao

[flyboy56]

Puerto Rico lmao

It could be, but it's more than just an opinion. You think maybe it's time for you to get off the government computer work station and earn those tax payer dollars?

[sigmalady]

Really? My wife is Puerto Rican. I live in Puerto Rico. 98% of the people here are of multiple races to include Black African. You really need to stop assuming you have the moral high ground just because you are black.

Is your wife a black Puerto Rican ? Btw, my grandchildren are biracial. I can't comment on the show because I didn't see it.

[flyboy56]

Is your wife a black Puerto Rican ? Btw, my grandchildren are biracial. I can't comment on the show because I didn't see it.

My wife would pass the brown bag test if that is what you mean. I'm hoping the show will continue because it seems there are so many more questions that need to be answered. How old are your grand kids? Have they experienced problems fitting in with ethnic groups because of they are biracial?

[Marshan Man]

My wife would pass the brown bag test if that is what you mean.

So she's lighter than a brown bag or darker? "Passing" generally meant lighter, but since I'm not sure you know what you're talking about I'm asking for clarification.

[sigmalady]

My wife would pass the brown bag test if that is what you mean. I'm hoping the show will continue because it seems there are so many more questions that need to be answered. How old are your grand kids? Have they experienced problems fitting in with ethnic groups because of they are biracial?

No, I meant is she dark skinned. My grandchildren are young, so they play with the friends of their parents. My daughter-in-law has experienced people not believing that she is the mother of the children.

[banner1124]

Because this is America and if you didn't know who he was and met him on the street, you like most white Americans would recognize him as black, not American.

Thank you. I can't believe something so simple needs to be pointed out to some people

[flyboy56]

Thank you. I can't believe something so simple needs to be pointed out to some people

That he's black and not American?

[flyboy56]

No, I meant is she dark skinned. My grandchildren are young, so they play with the friends of their parents. My daughter-in-law has experienced people not believing that she is the mother of the children.

Thank you. There is someone who is not familiar with the brown bag test. My wife is light skinned. The show hosted by Soledad O'Brien explored the strained relations mixed race kids had with other kids. Are your grand kids experiencing the same problems with other kids or are they not old enough yet?

[banner1124]

That he's black and not American?

Oh for the love of God... if you can follow the conversation at all the point is very clear.

[flyboy56]

Oh for the love of God... if you can follow the conversation at all the point is very clear.

Clear as mud. I also know that when most foreigners think of Americans they think of whites. Is that how you interpreted it?

[kudzu]

And I saw a little devil in disguise.

You should disguise yourself better, then.

[flyboy56]

You should disguise yourself better, then.

I make no apologies for how foreigners see America. America is becoming a true melting pot with the stats showing the mixed race population is the fastest growing. I enjoy seeing people squirm when I mention that little fact.

[kudzu]

Soulflower--

And if as a young child he boarded a bus with his mother in the Jim Crow era, how would that have gone down?

What exactly does "his mother" mean in your homosexual world ?

[Baltimatt]

kudzu--

Stanley Ann Dunham, the woman who gave birth to him.

[kandace]

Really Kandace? It was a freakin comedy. Sure, it was unrealistic but propaganda? Really? What a strange opinion...

Popular culture has been used as a form of propaganda for ages. The powers that be have always been eager to put a less brutal face on the historic oppression of AAs. Movies like The Jerk serve that purpose. At present, the racial trend being pushed by the powers that be is to encourage interracial relationships as a means to dilute the AA community. It's no accident that the AA female is being psychologically targeted via a drama series, Scandal, that has an AA woman lead who is romantically involved with a White man. The plot is to encourage the woman to be romantically open to White men. Hence, the (quasi-pornographic) aforementioned TV show.