calling all MIXED people... one drop rule?

I keep reading references to white privilege but haven't seen any about reverse discrimination. Yep, it exists!

Reverse discrimination does exist, yes, but being made to feel uncomfortable because you happen to be white is in no way the same as being abused, tortured, denied certain rights, etc. just because you happen to be black.

Note... reverse racism on the other hand, doesn't exist.

"Being made to feel uncomfortable?" Um, how about not getting a job when you are the most qualified because the need to fill a minority hire quota?

And racism is racism, and it most certainly can be directed at white people.

The oppressed can't oppress the oppressor. Google "why reverse racism doesn't exist", you'll find some interesting stuff.

By the way, the job situation you described was discrimination, not racism. There's a big difference!

I am an american mutt. when any paper work asks for my Race, my answer is HUMAN.

That is a species not a race. :noway:

Actually it's a genus, not a species.

Homo = human

Homo sapiens = humans with (usually) pointy chins, (mostly) vertical foreheads, dome shaped craniums, relatively gracile build and approx 1350cc cranial capacity (on average)

No. Homo is the Genus
Human
Primate
Humans are primates of the family Hominidae, and the only extant species of the genus Homo. Humans are characterized by having a large brain relative to body size, with a particularly well developed ... Wikipedia
Scientific name: Homo sapiens
Rank: Species
Higher classification: Homo


Google is your friend.

I keep reading references to white privilege but haven't seen any about reverse discrimination. Yep, it exists!

Reverse discrimination does exist, yes, but being made to feel uncomfortable because you happen to be white is in no way the same as being abused, tortured, denied certain rights, etc. just because you happen to be black.

Note... reverse racism on the other hand, doesn't exist.

"Being made to feel uncomfortable?" Um, how about not getting a job when you are the most qualified because the need to fill a minority hire quota?

And racism is racism, and it most certainly can be directed at white people.

Sooooo an under-priviledged, disenfranchised or otherwise subjugated people don't happen to fit your heritage/background.. must be REALLY TOUGH!!!

Yeah I have never liked the "one-drop" rule. It is kinda silly if you ask me. For instance, how the heck is Barack Obama considered "black", when he is half-white, was raised by his white folks, and only met his black father once in his life? In a larger context though, I just don't know why we have to "classify" people like that anyway. Hopefully those classifications fade with time. It has for some (ie: Italians), but not others (ie: blacks). Time will tell.

He's considered black so they could make a big stinking deal about him being the "First Black President".. which again.. why does it matter? As a (mostly) white man, that's not the reason I voted for him at all.

I'm mostly white european but I do have some native american in my bloodline. Although like someone mentioned for the government forms.. since I am of "Non-Hispanic" origins I am "Caucasian".... Just your average white guy with a mix about about 6 different European backgrounds and native North American.. I'm about as "Early colonial american" as it gets. LOL

I am an american mutt. when any paper work asks for my Race, my answer is HUMAN.

That is a species not a race. :noway:

Actually it's a genus, not a species.

Homo = human

Homo sapiens = humans with (usually) pointy chins, (mostly) vertical foreheads, dome shaped craniums, relatively gracile build and approx 1350cc cranial capacity (on average)

No. Homo is the Genus

Humans (Homo sapiens) are primates of the family Hominidae, and the only extant species of the genus Homo

Human
Primate
Humans are primates of the family Hominidae, and the only extant species of the genus Homo. Humans are characterized by having a large brain relative to body size, with a particularly well developed ... Wikipedia
Scientific name: Homo sapiens
Rank: Species
Higher classification: Homo

Yes, Homo is the genus

Genus of humans

Homo habilis = human (the earliest known species of human)

Homo erectus = also human

etc

Wikipedia is not the best source of information. The lecturers at my university where I studied palaeoanthropology were much better sources.

It's a common misunderstanding that human only refers to Homo sapiens. It doesn't, it refers to everything in the genus Homo.

My degree in Human Sciences including several modules in palaeoanthropology is my friend. Google is a false friend sometimes.

Homo sapiens sapiens. We humans are so full of ourselves we had make sure we pointed out how wise and sensible we were twice!

And to my fellow whities saying there is no white priviledge and reverse discrimation is some sort of rampant epidemic..we need to keep our mouth shut and listen. No white person can understand this until he/she learns to turn off the internal thoughts and actually listen.

One white prividlege very much exists. We could devote pages and pages of post. Basically there will never be a point in your life when you have to think about your race and does someone see me as a human or as a race.

Second, I've never been turned down for a job because of my race. I compete with "minorities," but I get the job because I have the skills and I do great in an interview. I've been accepted into minority only scholarships because of my ability! I often think those white people crying about not getting the job were turned down because they were socially inept or do a bad interview. Yes there are quotas I wont deny that, but if your skill set it good, you are knowlegeable, friendly, and confident you will never be turned down for a job.

As long as there are homo sapien sapiens floating around there will always be bigotry, intolerance, and some kind of "ism.

Does the one drop rule apply to other races as well? If so, you are looking a a Native American...a memeber of the Lac Courte Orielles Band of Chippewa. And I am by tribal membership. When I was in college, I fully identified as such. And they identified me as a wannabe. Why...because I was raised in a completely whitebread town in Wisconsin, nowhere near the rez. Yeah. I finally came to terms with the fact that I am a white girl. That's just the way it is for me.

According to my 100 percent Navajo sister in law, you would be considered an Apple. Red skin, but white through and through. She was considered an Apple until she moved back on to the rez. With my bro and his son from 1st marriage, both toe heads. Yes reverse discrimenation does exist.

I can't be an Apple because my skin is white, not red. I am 1/32nd like Elizabeth Warren...except I actually have a tribal membership. Prior to 1969, you only had to be able to trace your lineage. Now you must have 25% blood quantem. And that is a whole different mess about blood. Why is it that it only takes "one drop" to make one African American, but it takes 25% to be Native American. It doesn't make sense. And it never did.

No, back in the day, I wasn't an Apple, I was a wannabe. A lot of us white girls were back in the Dances With Wolves days. Now I am a gladforwhoIam! :-D

a very ironically named species (and subspecies)....!!!

actually nearly all the species of humans have stupid names. I feel so, so, so, so, so sorry for poor Homo erectus whatever did they do to deserve a name like erectus....

:laugh: Stand up straight, apparently...

Everyone is mixed if you look at it in a certain way.

^I like what this person said ^

a very ironically named species (and subspecies)....!!!

actually nearly all the species of humans have stupid names. I feel so, so, so, so, so sorry for poor Homo erectus whatever did they do to deserve a name like erectus....

:laugh: Stand up straight, apparently...

except that australopithecines and their ancestors were walking fully upright at least a couple of million years before homo erectus evolved.... it was all because they put together neanderthal skeletons wrong and thought they didn't walk upright... so couldn't figure out how the earlier species did so they named them Homo erectus.... you'd think they'd put that right now that they realised that Homo erectus wasn't the first to walk upright (and also realised that neanderthals did too)....

I love paleoanthropology geeks!!

a very ironically named species (and subspecies)....!!!

actually nearly all the species of humans have stupid names. I feel so, so, so, so, so sorry for poor Homo erectus whatever did they do to deserve a name like erectus....

:laugh: Stand up straight, apparently...

except that australopithecines and their ancestors were walking fully upright at least a couple of million years before homo erectus evolved.... it was all because they put together neanderthal skeletons wrong and thought they didn't walk upright... so couldn't figure out how the earlier species did so they named them Homo erectus.... you'd think they'd put that right now that they realised that Homo erectus wasn't the first to walk upright (and also realised that neanderthals did too)....

I love paleoanthropology geeks!!

well you'll love me then :flowerforyou: