Reply #41: I can't really speak for others of mixed race.....

[FrenchieCat]

Mixed with Black or otherwise. I happen to take pride of my Blackness....but not everyone does.

I will also say that the reality of a Western society that has legislated, and to some degree still upholds the "one drop" rule may have had an effect on my identity choice. Of course, I may have an unfair advantage that allows me to have both a distinct nationality (therefore claiming my "White heritage") while also maintaining a racial identity.

But we cannot deny that Black people have consistently been treated as being the "lowest" on the todum pole of the racial stick...so for some, anything "but" Black is actually an excuse that assists them in raising themselves on that pole....but in reality, it only helps to confirm and prolong the stigma of self hate that has been encouraged by this White society....and whom more than we would want to guess have bought into.

When I think of other mixed possibilities such as Eurasians and Whitespanics; because the minority groups for which they may be mixed with are not seen in quite in the same light as Black people in this western world, I don't think that they carry quite the same baggage of self hatred (although I am sure that some do).

What I have just stated may not make sense to some.....but the pragmatic truth isn't necessarily always based on reasonability or logic. That is why race is oftentimes a difficult issue to confront and discuss....