What is the proper term for a person who is black and white

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I don't really agree with biracial or multiracial as being the best choice. It sounds like purposely vague and euphemistic language to me.

ya, I def see your point, but I also am not sure this is a bad thing. Tbh I typically initially throw out a smart ass answer when they ask "what are you?".. something along the lines of "a college student, how about you?" But when I do answer I tend to answer in a sentence, not one word, for example, "Im black and white" or "my mom is white and my dads black."

But back to it not being such a bad thing.. I think it serves to mock the notion of race being important. On that same basis, I think calling obama "black" is horrible as it is essentially legitimizing the one drop rule.

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But back to it not being such a bad thing.. I think it serves to mock the notion of race being important.

But race IS kind of important. At the very least it's an aspect of your appearance and being that defines who you are apart from others.

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But race IS kind of important. At the very least it's an aspect of your appearance and being that defines who you are apart from others.

your argument seems to be in support of vague wording to describe my race, as most people at best have some vague guess as to what my race is. It probably differs greatly from person to person and from "mix" to "mix" but I know that I dont exactly strongly identify with either my british/polish heritage or my black heritage. Its not to say that I disregard either or both, but I cant really say I have a strong feeling of belonging to either. So where Tryone Washington probably strongly identifies with being a black man, or Tommy McPatty strongly identifies with his irish ancestry, I dont really have any ties like this. Being bi-racial, I did not grow up with a parent who I could racially identify with, nor did I really have much to look to in terms of pop/historical figures. In terms of race, I was sort of on my own. So I feel that racially I probably have more in common with a person born to an irish parent and a korean parent then I do with either a black person or a white person.

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your argument seems to be in support of vague wording to describe my race, as most people at best have some vague guess as to what my race is. It probably differs greatly from person to person and from "mix" to "mix" but I know that I dont exactly strongly identify with either my british/polish heritage or my black heritage. Its not to say that I disregard either or both, but I cant really say I have a strong feeling of belonging to either. So where Tryone Washington probably strongly identifies with being a black man, or Tommy McPatty strongly identifies with his irish ancestry, I dont really have any ties like this. Being bi-racial, I did not grow up with a parent who I could racially identify with, nor did I really have much to look to in terms of pop/historical figures. In terms of race, I was sort of on my own. So I feel that racially I probably have more in common with a person born to an irish parent and a korean parent then I do with either a black person or a white person.

I never got an answer from you as to whether you were ok with "half-black".

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I never got an answer from you as to whether you were ok with "half-black".

I saw you suggested it, but didnt think you asked what I thought.

and Id have to say no, unless there was a very specific situation.. like I was with my mom(who is white) and it was clear she was my mom, and my ethnicity came up. Also I feel like this still is acknowledging the one drop rule.

eidt: also I think my previous reply that you quoted answers your question indirectly. I self-identify more with being multi-racial than I do with being black or white.

edit2: all that being said, I probably wouldnt take issue with someone using "half black". It has more of an underlying social implication compared to the more or less overt offensiveness that "mulatto" carries.