Originally Posted By: THE Bastard
 Originally Posted By: britneyspearsatemyshorts
my grandma was 1/2 shawneee indian, my nephew is half mexican, i dont define them by race,my family doesnt define them by race, we dont define ourselves by race. i think that there is an over self conscientiousness by some people that america in general gives a crap what color your skin is...


Perhaps you don't define them by race simply because they are members of your family. You think of them as people before anything else. I've 'known' you for a very long time, bsams...since 2000. I think that you accept certain members of racial groups if you feel like you know them and they fit into your definition of cool...the whole "some of my best friends are..." deal.

I also think that if a black guy that you didn't know...let's say me f'r instance...walked down your street minding his own, you'd be on the porch with a rifle making sure that I didn't rape no white wimmens.



Okay, now that's just making wild assumptions about whites, based on nothing.

I fail to see that you have any basis to make such a statement.


BSAMS, G-Man, and I have all just given an outline of our own mixed-race heritages.
But based on nothing, you assume us to be racist.



You might ask yourself why you're prone to such prejudicial stereotyping of whites. Could it possibly be... your OWN prejudices, projected on a racial group that YOU have hostility toward?


I don't dispute that SOME whites have this notion of "purity", as do other racial groups. I've met blacks, whites, asians, hispanics, etc., who have made it clear they only date or socialize within their own perceived ethnic group. I met an amazing looking girl who was more "white" by my own perception than I am, who identified herself as Cherokee, and lived on a reservation. Racial identity doesn't always have to do with racial appearance.

But I'd be careful making snap assumptions about "white racism".

I've observed there's plenty of race-consciousness in every ethnic group I've ever encountered.