In Ameria the law is that a person is what ever race his father is.

And if his/her father is unknown like many of them nko?. You are yet to hear of the one drop rule. A biracial child with a black mother and white father is black and not white.

Aloy.Emeka:

And if his/her father is unknown like many of them nko?. You are yet to hear of the one drop rule. A biracial child with a black mother and white father is black and not white.

Wrong. What you wrote above is not neceserely true. One drop rule is not formal, it is a racial clasification bassed on racisim. There is no law enforcing one drop rule. A biracial child of a black mother and a white father can choose to be either white, black or biracial. Either way the law is at the child's side. If he choses to identify himself as white, there is no law disqualifing him. By law a child has the right to chose the race of any of its parents and he is entitlled to their racaial benefits.
One drop rule is an informal and a racisit opinion. it is propagated by racist groups like the KKK. The law does not protect that rule.

seeklove, what part of the constitution says you are race of your father?

@tpiah

What does he mean by cracker babies?

bawomolo:

seeklove, what part of the constitution says you are race of your father?

@bawomolo
what part of the constitution says you are black by one drop rule.


I repeat in America the law recognises that the individual can identify with the race of any of his parents.

FL Gators:

@tpiah

What does he mean by cracker babies?

don't start any chit today

seeklove:

@bawomolo
what part of the constitution says you are black by one drop rule.


I repeat in America the law recognises that the individual can identify with the race of any of his parents.

you are right, cocoyam was the one who misyarned.

bawomolo:


you are right, cocoyam was the one who misyarned.

I dont think that he misyaerned. He was just making a general statement. If the law allows the child the freedom to choose his fathers race then the law is that the child is the race of the father.

But it dosent mean that the child cannot chose the mothers race. The law alows both choices.

If i say that all igbos are Nigerians, it doesnt mean that i am saying that all Nigerians are igbos. If I say that the nigerian law protects the igbos, it dosent mean that the nigerian law does not protect the housas and the yorubas too.

Saying that by the law the child is his fathers race, doesnt mean that the law forbids him from being his mothers race. It only means that which ever parents the child choses to identify with, the law recognises and protects it.

Anyway this is the way I see his statement, but if thats not what he meant, then he is wrong

seeklove and cocoman4u

I really hope you dont have biracial kids, because if you do, and they believe everything you say, they'll end up with some serious psychological trauma inflicted on them by society. They wont be able to cope at all.

Identity problems in biracial youth

http://cehd.umn.edu/EdPA/licensure/leader/2004Fall/identity.html


What is racial identity?

Bradshaw (1992) claims that developing a healthy self-esteem and an integrated sense of self is more complex for the biracial person than the monoracial person. Since healthy identity development is crucial to the formation of a normal personality, the issue of identity of children of mixed heritage is critical (Milan & Keiley, 2000).


According to Forde-Marzui (1994), identity grows on the three levels of all human development:

Physical
 
Psychological
 
Cultural:

The nurturing of self-identity is a prime function of the family. An example of that is that in our society, the developmental needs of Black children are significantly different from those of white children. Black children are taught, from an early age, highly sophisticated coping techniques to deal with racist practices perpetrated by individuals and institutions. Some studies show that only a black family can transmit the emotional and sensitive subtleties of perception and reaction essential for a black child’s survival in a racist society.


Racial identity problems arise when biracial children have to face choosing one racial group and rejecting the other in order to develop an identity. We live in a society that sees things as black and white, with no gray areas. Tiger Woods, who is part African American and part Asian, says that society does not give these children a chance to embrace every aspect of their heritage. Forde-Mazrui (1994) also points out that, although American society has historically defined biracial people (from black and white parents) as black, it is questionable whether black people, as a rule, view biracial people in this way. He says that, in fact, biracial children can experience rejection and alienation from black people as well as from white people.

Wardle (1989) says that today, parents assume one of three positions as to the identity of their interracial children. Some insist that their child is “human above all else” and that race or ethnicity is irrelevant, while others choose to raise their children with the identity of the parent of color. Another growing group of parents is insisting that the child have the ethnic, racial, cultural and genetic heritage of both parents.

According to Wardle (1989), experts do not agree as to what the biracial child identity should be. Some believe an interracial child should have the identity of the parent of color because historically that has been the case, and also because society “sees” these children as having the identity of the parent of color. However, others have argued that the identity of any child is based on an accurate presentation of his or her true background - a child should know, for example, that his “white” mother has a Scottish heritage while his “black” father claims African, Native American and Asian roots.

Cocoman- viligo doesnt affect hair. The other guy who came out publicly about the condition, kept his negro hair, nose and bone structure even though his fiancee was a white woman.

Not that Michael doesnt have my sympathy!

FL Gators:

@tpiah

What does he mean by cracker babies?

cracker babies is the less derogatory but equally insultive white equivalent of the term nigger babies.

I agree, the hair is suspicious.

jermaine's kids aren't that lite

"cracker" is a very derogatory term @ OP, u need to change it.
anyways, i think those kids must be adopted cus they dont look mixed with black.

if any of you honestly believes those kids are biologically from MJ; then i bet you also believe santa claus exists.

Are those MJ's kids 4 real? Hard to buy that!!!