On Nov 6, 2008, at 10:42 AM, Chris Gehlker wrote: > > On Nov 6, 2008, at 2:57 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> n reality ALL African-Americans are metis, > > In reality almost ALL Americans are metis. If you were born in the > USA, unless all 4 of your grandparents were immigrants the chances > that you don't have a black ancestor are very small. One of my > childhood friends has 'black' parents and and 2 of his three siblings > are very black looking. He has blue eyes, light brown, freckled skin > and straight hair. He thinks of himself as black but he could clearly > be 'white' if he wanted.
It's not just if you are black though, in most cases if you have any non-white blood you are identified by that portion. A half-japanese person is considered by the majority here to be Japanese. Even many whites class themselves as less about being white than about their base ethnic makeup. Maybe that comes from the fact there are so many different groups that have come here, I can't say to that. But regarding being black it comes down to slavery and the "one drop" rule. --Larry _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
