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Halle Berry and the Resurgence of the Tragic Mulatto
Henry Louis Gates' "The Root" ^
| 22 Feb
| Clay Cane
Posted on 02/24/2011 6:14:06 AM PST by flowerplough
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Crazy title, eh?
To: flowerplough
Here's a NOT-tragic mulatto: Derek Jeter. He'll be getting his 3,000 hit this year and sealing his eventual trip to Cooperstown. His number 2 will be retired by the Yankees one day, and he'll have a plaque in Monument Park. His career has gone by so fast! He's a well-adjusted man who has represented the Yankees well.
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posted on
02/24/2011 6:19:14 AM PST
by
Huck
(one per-center)
To: flowerplough
and I believe in the one-drop theory.”
Yeah, me too. Drop everything to do with Halle Berry.
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posted on
02/24/2011 6:19:49 AM PST
by
Freddd
To: flowerplough
If you are white, you are held to a higher standard.
If you are Black, the standard of behavior you are held to; is much much lower. So, by claiming to be black - they can appear as ‘Superman’, while if claiming to be white, they are merely ‘successful mortals’.
Sounds raaist; but it’s fact - like it or not.
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posted on
02/24/2011 6:19:57 AM PST
by
Hodar
(Who needs laws .... when this "feels" so right?)
To: flowerplough
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posted on
02/24/2011 6:20:23 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: flowerplough
That is a crazy title. Why can’t we just be decent human beings?
Seriously, this identity garbage only ends badly.
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posted on
02/24/2011 6:21:02 AM PST
by
FreeAtlanta
(Obama and the left are making a mockery of our country.)
To: Hodar
Well there’s also Pigford and Pigford II money to be had, special colleges, funds and loans to be had
If your not white...
paid for by whites.
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posted on
02/24/2011 6:21:22 AM PST
by
Freddd
To: flowerplough
Those crazy Octoroons..../sarc
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posted on
02/24/2011 6:21:49 AM PST
by
libertarian27
(Ingsoc: Department of Life, Department of Liberty, Department of Happiness)
To: flowerplough
Notice how this morning all things of the Middle East have fallen off the news? No constant coverage, no more Muslim interviews.
But gay marriage, race articles etc are everywhere...
And where is the media on the outrageous gas prices? Crickets.
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posted on
02/24/2011 6:24:03 AM PST
by
Freddd
To: Huck
Until you posted, I could have told you who Derek Jeter was, but nothing about his race. Isn’t that the way it should be?
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posted on
02/24/2011 6:24:03 AM PST
by
FreeAtlanta
(Obama and the left are making a mockery of our country.)
To: Huck
Jeter has two excellent parents.I believe Berry’s pappy was
a rolling stone?
To: flowerplough
even the deeply offensive word "mulatto," I guess someone needs to educate me on why this is. I've never known this word to be "deeply offensive". Why is it? I thought it was just a simple term to define someone of mixed black/white race.
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posted on
02/24/2011 6:24:34 AM PST
by
OB1kNOb
(Witty saying TBD.)
To: Huck
Jeter's parents.
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posted on
02/24/2011 6:24:34 AM PST
by
Huck
(one per-center)
To: FreeAtlanta
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posted on
02/24/2011 6:25:32 AM PST
by
Huck
(one per-center)
To: Huck
I’m not a Yankees fan, but I have to give Jeter his due. He’s a class act, keeps a low profile, and to be the type of star he is and to never make a huge public mistake in NY... impressive.
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posted on
02/24/2011 6:27:37 AM PST
by
VA_Gentleman
("Poor Al Gore. Global warming completely debunked via the very internet you invented." -Jon Stewart)
To: flowerplough
Yes, it’s a crazy title, and even crazier is the article. If the truth were known, and it could be with a DNA test, I doubt there would be many of us that don’t have “one drop” of black blood. That attitude, or misguided belief, belongs to the past when people thought races were pure. Or I could be rude and say it’s just plain ignorant.
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posted on
02/24/2011 6:27:37 AM PST
by
pepperdog
(Why are Democrats Afraid of a Voter ID Law?)
To: flowerplough
On the one hand, self identifying as Black alone seems to deny a large part of one’s heritage.
On the other hand, if racists are going to treat you like a n*gger anyway - you may as well say you are Black.
One of my best friends growing up was half black and half white, he knew nothing of black culture other than faithlessness, and other blacks made fun of him for “acting white” (how the hell else was he supposed to act, watch the ‘Jeffersons’ and ‘Good Time's and model his mannerisms after that?), but he still caught all the potential flack from whites for being black as well.
Archer: Not diverse enough? Lana is Black.....ish.
Lana: “BLACK-ISH?”
Archer: Well you went crazy when I called you an Octaroon!
Lana: Well imagine that!
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posted on
02/24/2011 6:27:46 AM PST
by
allmendream
(Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
To: FreeAtlanta
During the war, I was given an emergency blood transfusion. During the treatment, I was told how fortunate I was to have so many from my team willing to donate blood. The majority of my team happen to be black and I'm a WASP. I guess(according to Halle and her crowd) I am a black man.
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posted on
02/24/2011 6:28:40 AM PST
by
shadeaud
("If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten." -- George Carlin B)
To: VA_Gentleman
Hes a class act, keeps a low profile, and to be the type of star he is and to never make a huge public mistake in NY... impressive. Definitely. 15 years along now, it's safe to say he's a true professional. What a great example he's been for the kiddos. Think about it.
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posted on
02/24/2011 6:29:40 AM PST
by
Huck
(one per-center)
To: FreeAtlanta
Seriously, this identity garbage only ends badly It often does. Didn't the KKK apply the "one-drop" perspective to their crimes?
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posted on
02/24/2011 6:30:01 AM PST
by
glennaro
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