So everyone's pretty much freaked out

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no no. I'm in the minority of the minority of the minority in this school. In more ways than one.

Whats that have to do with anything though? Maybe I missed something. Most people just consider me black until they hear me speak (I'm half black half white). My coworkers say "I don't know whether or not to call you the black Wayne Brady or the white Brian Gumbel. Race exists to make fun jokes out of :P That's it :p

Originally Posted By: rune-sanRace exists to make fun jokes out of :P That's it :p My sentiments exactly! One of my friends is from Nigeria and tomorrow is the first day of college. So he's gonna dress in a loin clothe and jump up and down on the grass in front of the college with a spear in his hand. He's black and he's using people's racial bias to make a joke.And I'm happy cause I suggested it. :P

Dude, you totally got to tell him to record that and put it on youtube. That would be hilarious!

what does what have to do with anything?If you're biracial you're probably not going to deal with the same things I do. And I understand if you have no idea what I'm talking about.

Indeed I have. Being half black and half white definitely poses its challenges being with certain people. It didn't help that I have a white girlfriend.But I don't care. Why would I? As long as they aren't physically violent I don't care about there distaste.Maybe its me being a male. I can understand where there's a problem with fitting in sometimes and stuff like that but who wants to be around those people anyways? I just don't see it as a problem. I never even saw it as a conversation piece about my struggle with the races. I simply don't care about it

Dude... you're half white... you pass. I'm half latina.. to some people that's half sh*t. I get called a spic AND a nigger.

No violence? And you're a male? Man.. no need to complain at all.

I understand what you're saying but you and I are drastically different with extremely different situations. I used to take it as a lightly as you did and I almost got killed for that foolishness. I'm not paranoid but I know when and when not to get comfortable with people.

I have a large group of trusty worthy friends that I can be myself around but it's like a fantasy world being with your real friends and being with acquaintances.

I think you're vastly overstating the differences between us. Being half-white doesn't mean I pass. The fact that my parents were two different colors makes some people here in the "old south" enraged. Heck I remember visiting my girlfriend's aunt's house and talking with their little daughter, who i think was nine. It went sort of like this.Girl: "So is Michelle your girlfriend?"Me: "Yep, that's why I'm up here."Girl: "But you can't be with her."Me: "Ha-ha, and why's that?" (I was expecting a childish response)Girl: "Cause you're black."Every race of this world has other people who are racist against them. Spics, Japs, Gooks, Wetbacks, Niggers, Monkey, Oreo, the list goes on and on. It's not the combination of races that brings spite its the fact that you are a combination of races to begin with. I never said I didn't encounter violence I'm just saying I don't care how they feel about me as long as they aren't violent towards me. It's almost always blatantly obvious who accepts you as you are and those who don't. The difference lies in whether or not you yourself accept that or if you try to crusade against them. If you know when not to get comfortable with people then you should be fine, and again that makes it a non-issue.If every person who is prejudiced against you is violent with you, then perhaps you should review how you're behaving around them

Omg, dude, you're from friggin GA! I have madd friends down there and they said one of the main couplings down there is black men and white women. Like that's something new.. let's be real right now. If a black women is with a white man, he's getting his ass kicked and she's getting her ass kicked too or at least threatened. I've seen it happen. Heck it's happened to me and I wasn't even going out with the guy. He was a friend. Crazy mother truckers.Like I said, you and I are incredibly different. I'm pretty sure a black latina who was born in the ghettos of Bronx, NY raised in the jacked up favelas of Brasil and then forced back into the Bronx for my "lovely teen years" is alot different than an Obama-type brotha from the South... ya think? I think so. I've encountered some crazy ass shiznit unfortunately and have had to deal with some crazy ass people like my own family. It's not like I'm not used to it. But it's like being on the job all the time. Having to check yourself before you wreck yourself (literally) alllll the time. It's tiring. It's annoying. And I'm tired of being nice about it because I feel like I'm being taken advantage of. I'm not the hostile type. I'm not the rude whackadoo that spazzes out with fits of rage for no reason. And I'm too nice, for my own good. It just sucks. You have no idea. Trust.Edit: Wow I cursed in this post... this is disturbing... I'm sorry guys And I kinda made it sound like hell (growing up) well it was now that I look back on it. But I just came back from a SOAC meeting with some Dominicans and we were talking about that nonsense. So I was already on a roll. Sorry again. BUT my family was very proud of me to be among the first in my family in America to go to COLLEGE whoot!

Well living in Georgia all my life I can tell you that your friends are wrong. We do have black and white couplings but its not a "main" coupling by any stretch of the imagination. I have met several biracial couples though. Though I meet them anywhere I go. There's no place I've been where its completely absent. Two weeks ago a white guy got the crap beat out of him and is still in the hospital. Simply because he had a black girlfriend.This kind of violence isn't unique to any combination of races. Which is why I say live and let live. I am being real. I'm being real when I say you can live your life in fear of getting your ass kicked, you can live your life in anger at the way the world turns, or you can live and let live, and as long as they aren't violent towards you then you go about living your life. And if they do want to be violent? Well there's not much you can do about that. But it is one of the reason why I have a concealed carry license.I do know people who are too nice for their own good (my twin brother), whereas I go out of my way to help people but I easily drop people who are a nuisance to me. So I understand where you go about being too nice, but hardly see where it makes a dent in the whole racial debate.I agree whole-heartedly that you lived in a shitty place though. I drove through Harlem one time this summer on vacation and thought my tires were going to get jacked if I stopped at a light. I don't understand people perpetuating their own misery.Oh and I actually voted for Ron Paul. I don't like Obama personally :P

What the hell?? Quote:I'm being real when I say you can live your life in fear of getting your ass kicked, you can live your life in anger at the way the world turns, or you can live and let live, and as long as they aren't violent towards you then you go about living your life. Do you actually hear yourself? You sound like one of those Christian spokespeople that come on late at night asking people to donate to the starving Children in Africa. (People who ask to give but who probably have never even BEEN to daggone Africa!)  Quote:And if they do want to be violent? Well there's not much you can do about that. But it is one of the reason why I have a concealed carry license. Quote:I agree whole-heartedly that you lived in a shitty place though. I drove through Harlem one time this summer on vacation and thought my tires were going to get jacked if I stopped at a light. I don't understand people perpetuating their own misery.This is what I mean when I say you don't know a damn thing in regards to what I'm talking about, man. I understand you trying to relate but you are seriously seriously seriously missing the point. Oh and besides the white man/asian woman pairing, the black male/white female pairing is the largest pairing of interracial couples in the country.And I was referring to Obama in the means of being half black half white. Thanks for trying to "understand" but... no go =/

I am hearing myself. I'm saying what are you going to do? Do you feel that if you bitch and moan, whining to the world about violence for being who you are that people will just stop? That is "real". I've never donated to Africa. More needs to happen in Africa than just feeding them. Martial law and authorized immediate execution of anyone caught or convicted of rape, thievery, and other offenses. But that's beside the point.You don't want someone to "understand", you want someone to say "poor you". I don't do that. Life is shitty sometimes. Pull your head out of the sand and either live your life as strong as you can regardless of what people say to you or just check out early. That is being real. "You can't ever understand me because I got it worse than anyone else" isn't being real.Thanks for missing the entire point. :\Oh and one more thing before you come back with that "you just don't understand" crap. I lived my life with my grandparents because I don't know my black dad and my white mother was killed. She was killed because another black ex thought she didn't belong dating other white people after she had "crossed the line" after dating a black guy. My grandparents live with harassing phone calls every few days from the guy's family. And he lives in my home town because there wasn't enough evidence to put him away and at the time the police force wasn't keen on putting resources on crimes "of that particular type".THAT is real. I know exactly what racial violence and I still spend every day living my life to the fullest. That's the only thing you need to do to be happy. I suggest you give it a try.

Forget it rune.I forget that I shouldn't allow my emotions rule me sometimes. Rad, I'm sending you a PM.