Uncomfortable topics: Let's talk about race

[AFK]

I think it can get just plain silly after awhile.  I had an ex-gf who has long, flaming red hair, and a pasy, snow-white complexion.

You never would've guessed she was part Native American, Russian, and French.  Not a drop of Irish in her whatsoever. 

So I don't even know why people factor race into the equation at all.  Seems kind of nonsensical to me. 

[East Coast Hustle]

Indeed.

I am very attracted to women with olive/tan skin, dark hair, dark eyes, and curves. I give not a shit if they're asian, latina, native american, persian, or what have you.

[Faust]

Mulatto doesn't sound racist to me. Sounds like a coffee or dessert

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

I understand wondering whether there is a socially acceptable word for mixed-race people. I was just curious about the example you gave.

It might be helpful to keep in mind that in general, there are very few occasions when the exact percentage of someone's ancestry is relevant. In almost all cases where it is relevant, it is for directly racist reasons. For example, the reason there are specific words for the percentage of African descent in a person's lineage is because they were words used on the auction block. Light-skinned black mixes, usually the offspring of a slave owner and his slaves, were especially desirable for house servants and sex partners, and fetched the highest prices. It was said that a high-yellow such as myself made the best "mistresses".

If you're not buying or selling people based on their breed, for the most part there's no need for a special name for it.

There's the part my brain was overlooking that takes it from "socially awkward" to "offensive."  Now I feel dirty and stupid.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Mulatto doesn't sound racist to me. Sounds like a coffee or dessert

It does sound delicious! And an Octoroon sounds like a crunchy cookie.

[Don Coyote]

Mulatto doesn't sound racist to me. Sounds like a coffee or dessert

It does sound delicious! And an Octoroon sounds like a crunchy cookie.

I actually thought that they were when I was younger.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I understand wondering whether there is a socially acceptable word for mixed-race people. I was just curious about the example you gave.

It might be helpful to keep in mind that in general, there are very few occasions when the exact percentage of someone's ancestry is relevant. In almost all cases where it is relevant, it is for directly racist reasons. For example, the reason there are specific words for the percentage of African descent in a person's lineage is because they were words used on the auction block. Light-skinned black mixes, usually the offspring of a slave owner and his slaves, were especially desirable for house servants and sex partners, and fetched the highest prices. It was said that a high-yellow such as myself made the best "mistresses".

If you're not buying or selling people based on their breed, for the most part there's no need for a special name for it.

There's the part my brain was overlooking that takes it from "socially awkward" to "offensive."  Now I feel dirty and stupid.

Don't feel dirty and stupid... you asked, which meant you were seeking knowledge in order to NOT be offensive. That's a good thing. Sometimes it just takes hearing the right things for everything to click.

[East Coast Hustle]

Mulatto doesn't sound racist to me. Sounds like a coffee or dessert

It does sound delicious! And an Octoroon sounds like a crunchy cookie.

I like to dunk my octoroons in a nice big cup of mulatto.

[navkat]

Mulatto doesn't sound racist to me. Sounds like a coffee or dessert

It does sound delicious! And an Octoroon sounds like a crunchy cookie.

I would punch a fucking girl scout for another one of them bitches...oh wait, that's a Samoa...oh wait, no it's not. They renamed the Samoas to "Caramel Delights" because they sounded racist.

Ho hum.



Even more fucked up: "colored folk" being racist against other same-colored folk:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrimination_based_on_skin_color#Brown_paper_bag_test

Just like the skirt test in the 60s where they would make us bitches kneel on the floor n shit to make sure our skirts touched the floor! Except more demeaning!  !!!

[AnnaMaeBollocks]

I hear white kids around here describing their friends as "redbones" and "yellowbones". They don't seem to mean it in a racist way, but isn't that kind of fucked up?

[Don Coyote]

Mulatto doesn't sound racist to me. Sounds like a coffee or dessert

It does sound delicious! And an Octoroon sounds like a crunchy cookie.

I would punch a fucking girl scout for another one of them bitches...oh wait, that's a Samoa...oh wait, no it's not. They renamed the Samoas to "Caramel Delights" because they sounded racist.

Ho hum.



Even more fucked up: "colored folk" being racist against other same-colored folk:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrimination_based_on_skin_color#Brown_paper_bag_test

Just like the skirt test in the 60s where they would make us bitches kneel on the floor n shit to make sure our skirts touched the floor! Except more demeaning!  !!!

I'm holding a brand new box of Samoas.

[navkat]

That's funny, cause I was forced to buy Caramel dLites here in 'Bama...maybe cuzza all them NeoCons around here, protectin my free speech n shit.

http://www.chacha.com/question/why-did-girl-scout-cookies-rename-samoas-to-caramel-delight

[Don Coyote]

That's funny, cause I was forced to buy Caramel dLites here in 'Bama...maybe cuzza all them NeoCons around here, protectin my free speech n shit.

http://www.chacha.com/question/why-did-girl-scout-cookies-rename-samoas-to-caramel-delight

That is so weird. This is the second box I've had since they started selling cookies this season.

[navkat]

That's funny, cause I was forced to buy Caramel dLites here in 'Bama...maybe cuzza all them NeoCons around here, protectin my free speech n shit.

http://www.chacha.com/question/why-did-girl-scout-cookies-rename-samoas-to-caramel-delight

That is so weird. This is the second box I've had since they started selling cookies this season.

I should punch you in the FAYCE and eat your cookies.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Mulatto doesn't sound racist to me. Sounds like a coffee or dessert

It does sound delicious! And an Octoroon sounds like a crunchy cookie.

I like to dunk my octoroons in a nice big cup of mulatto.

That's what I was thinking!