Mixed-raced children do not accurately reflect African American children, and I need the media to stop throwing them in our faces as if they do. Allow me to digress for a second.
Have you ever really looked at the advertisements in the newspapers and commercials? These companies throw all of these curly-haired children with a touch of color in them to make it “seem” like they are actually trying to reach out to the Black community. That’s garbage. If they really want to reach out to the Black community, they need to have all color hues from tan to jet black. I’m not saying not to include the mixed race children. I am saying to more accurately reflect African Americans by including darker tones in advertisements. And, don’t just pick the light-skinned ones either.
I know this is probably not a reality in our forever racist America which has gotten progressively worse with a president of African-American descent (who is of mixed-race, by the way), but geez, at least try.
One last thing, I can’t wait until I finally get my business house in order, so my media projects can be the epitome of diversity. I’m going to do my best to counter mainstream media images and stereotypes. I don’t care if they have more money than me; I can get a lot accomplished at the grassroots level with FREE social media tools.
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Much success in this endeavor, Marcie!
Thanks Jennifer. This is a long-term goal, but it’s on my radar.
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THE FACTS on Mixed-Race Lineage …. =)
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1) It is often a surprise for people to learn that, in reality, there
is actually No Such Thing As a “Light Skinned Black” person.
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2) Very few people seem to be aware of the fact that the term
“Light Skinned Black” is really nothing more than a racist
oxymoron created by Racial Supremacists in an effort to
forcibly deny those Mixed-Race individuals, who are of
a Multi-Generational Multiracially-Mixed (MGM-Mixed)
lineage, the right to fully embrace and to also received
public support in choosing to acknowledge the truth
regarding their full ancestral heritage and lineage.
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3) The people who have been slapped with the false label and
oxymoronic misnomer of “Light Skinned Black” person are simply
Mixed-Race individuals — who are from families that have been
CONTINUALLY Mixed-Race THROUGHOUT multiple generations.
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4) Seeing that every other Mixed-Race group is allowed the dignity
of receiving support in having itself referred to by the term that
it most prefers – the question becomes “Why should the
situation be any different for those Mixed-Race
individuals who are of an Multi-Generational
Multiracially-Mixed (MGM-Mixed) lineage?”.
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5) If an MGM-Mixed individual would like to be referred to by the
term ‘Mixed-Race’ (which is what they actually are) rather than by
that of “Light-Skinned Black“ (a term, which, once again, has the
racist-origin of being nothing more than an oxymoronic-phrase that
was both created and coined by Racial Supremacists in an effort to
try to deny these Mixed-Race people their right to and support in
publicly acknowledging and also embracing their FULL-Lineage)
there is no reason that they (like every other group on the planet
– whether Mixed-Race or not) should not be allowed the right
to choose the term that society uses in referring to them
(and to have their full-lineage acknowledged within that term).
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RELATED LINKS:
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/4160
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/4157
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/3331
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/1399
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/2511
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/1402
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/1003
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/3998
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/4065
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/3999
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/1400
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ALSO …. here is a brief COMMENTARY on … the constant
misapplication of the racist ‘One-Drop Rule’ ** (to the
people who are of any part-Black / Mixed-Race Lineage):
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[** PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THE FACT THAT :
The racist ‘one-drop’ “rule” was made ‘illegal’ in the U.S. in
1967 by the U.S. Supreme Court via the ‘Loving vs. VA’ case
(i.e. The ‘Loving’ case) – where the U.S. Supreme Court ruled …
— 1) All ‘Anti-Miscegenation’ Laws found throughout the U.S.;
— 2) The racist ‘VA Racial Integrity Act’ (upon which most
of the anti-miscegenation ‘laws’ were founded); and
— 3) The (‘black-lineage mocking’ and exceedingly) racist
‘One-Drop Rule’ (upon which the ‘Act’ was based.)
… as being ‘UN-Constitutional’ (i.e. illegal, banned, etc.).]
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Listed below are links to data on the Historical MYTH
of a Color-Based / Slave-Role HIERARCHY — as well
as the Urban LEGEND of Paper-Bag, Blue-Vein and
Other Allegations of Features-Based Entry ‘TESTS’:
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/4153
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/4154
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/2885
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/2511
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/1400
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http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmulatto.htm
http://renegadesouth.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/exploring-the-many-facets-of-mixed-race-identity
http://www.library.pitt.edu/freeatlast/fugitive_laws.html
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—-– AllPeople (AP) G.i.f.t.s.
soaptalk@hotmail.com
Founder and Moderator of the following
online Lineage-Discussion Communities
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MGM-Mixed
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FGM-Mixed
http://www.youtube.com/user/APGifts
http://www.facebook.com/allpeople.gifts
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SOURCE(S):
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http://www.facebook.com/notes/allpeople-gifts/the-facts-on-mixed-race/321878451159708
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Thank you for sharing this information with us. I will keep this in mind as I continue to read and learn about the history of people in this world.
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Thank you for responding to my post.
How kind of you.
Have a wonderful day.
— AP
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Anytime anyone cares enough to educate me is a blessing, so I appreciate you stopping through and sharing your knowledge.
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The following link contains information on the racist, reeking,
odious, ODR (‘One-Drop Rule’) — which, thank goodness,
has finally been legally “cleared from the air” of the USA:
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/4162
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Related Links:
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http://www.facebook.com/notes/%C2%ADallpeople-gifts/the-facts-on-m%C2%ADixed-race/321878451159708
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http://www.facebook.com/allpeople.gifts
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/generation-mixed
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Your passion for this topic is great. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.