Post by mistermulatto on May 15, 2005 10:54:04 GMT -5
Why do people see mulattoes as confused? Usually they think themeselves as "anti-racist" because they're liberals or minority. this not surprising as Lucia Vilankulu said at interracialvoice.com/point32.htmlInterracial Voice :
The idea that mixed race people are cursed by congenital confusion and
identity crisis is one favored by allegedly well-meaning and liberal people
who claim to oppose interracial marriage and sex because "well, what about
the children?" There's usually nothing wrong with the children until some
caring person informs them that they are confused and at war with
themselves (it took the determined efforts of both white and black people
over 16 years before they were able to convince me that I was confused
about my identity and that I ought to start Agonizing), and then it takes
them years and years until they arrive at the same sense of selfhood that
was developing until they were told to be confused about themselves to
begin with.
I remember talking to a black about mulattoes. Immediately he said that mulattoes are "confused" and "don't know who they are." Ironically this "black" was a mulatto (a multi-generational one). Now imagine if a white or mulatto said something anti-black to a black. You know the deal.
What your thoughts?
The idea that mixed race people are cursed by congenital confusion and
identity crisis is one favored by allegedly well-meaning and liberal people
who claim to oppose interracial marriage and sex because "well, what about
the children?" There's usually nothing wrong with the children until some
caring person informs them that they are confused and at war with
themselves (it took the determined efforts of both white and black people
over 16 years before they were able to convince me that I was confused
about my identity and that I ought to start Agonizing), and then it takes
them years and years until they arrive at the same sense of selfhood that
was developing until they were told to be confused about themselves to
begin with.
I remember talking to a black about mulattoes. Immediately he said that mulattoes are "confused" and "don't know who they are." Ironically this "black" was a mulatto (a multi-generational one). Now imagine if a white or mulatto said something anti-black to a black. You know the deal.
What your thoughts?
