Found this little gem on Mixed Chicks FB page

Bunnyahh wrote: MizzAmirah wrote: BBpants wrote: I  don't see the problem. She wants her child to be labeled as mixed..which they are...sooo what's the problem lol

Gkisses wrote: Quiann00 wrote: I don't care if a mixed person wishes to be considered biracial instead of black..... But it's still not going to help them escape some form of racial discrimination for being not white..... Being half white is still not going to give you full white privileges.  Why does recognizing that one of ur parents is white have to mean ur trying to get some form of  white privilege? Saying that yes I am biracial doesnt mean they trying to escape something ... they are simply correctly identifying themselves.

Again, I really don't care if a person wants to be classified as mix.  That's not my fight.  Plus, in this case, the mother is the one with the problem of how her children are classified, not the children.  She's mad at a race classification that was created by her own race.  She should have done her research before she laid down with a black man.  Just because she is ranting and raving about their race being biracial instead of black doesn't mean it will change the mindset of people.  If she wants her kids documentation to read "biracial", then she needs to be the one filling out the paperwork each and every time. Leaving it up to anyone else, and they will be what they think they are.

But I know people personally that are biracial and hate being classified as black because being considered black and looking black even though their mother or father was white, is a very bad thing.  They felt like throwing their pedigree out there would make them less susceptible to being viewed as just black.

And I'm not going to ignore the fact that folks just don't want to be black.  I have an uncle that prides himself on having a mother that could pass for white.  We end in arguments each and every time.  He thinks that having a mother of very fair complexion is better than her being a dark woman.  It makes him feel better about himself having light skin.   

See this is why I really don't know if I'm able to have biracial kids due to this... If my husband has questions like this it would really rub me the wrong way.... From what I got from it listing her child as biracial would put her at ease or somewhat make the children better than just being considered Black, but what she fails to realize is that being biracial isnt going to change anything. And Some people will only consider you biracial if you have the 'biracial look' ..
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Edited by sbrooke - Mar 03 2013 at 1:58pm

Wow at this thread. Honestly I think some white women do have mixed kids as trophy babies and then get mad when the kids get labelled as black. In UK quite a few give the mixed kids up for adoption because they can't cope with all the racial issues that come with it. Maybe that is another topic entirely tho...

U hope you don't have a lightskinned son even though you're gonna impregnate a white woman? I think black men secretly wish they could have darkskin kids with white women.

Edited by Finesseful - Mar 03 2013 at 3:09pm