People who passed or can pass for white

Zupreme wrote: oddly enough...when i wear my hair straight or curly, i "pass" for east indian, middle eastern, armenian, greek, egyptian, etc. all those kinds of people (plus many whites) have genuinely inquired if i am of that kind of background on countless occasions. so i def dont pass for white, but i pass for "non black" other, sometimes....

Edited by JulieGianni - Aug 20 2010 at 3:29pm

When I was younger I used to get the "what are you?" question all the time - all the time.  Not anymore.  I guess as folks get older they just wonder from afar.

They are my paternal mothers -- The Sanders Women. Their story begins near 1845 in Shreveport, Louisiana. This historically significant narrative moves off the slave plantation, up the Great migration, through Chicago's Jazz band scene, the roaring twenties, into the Great Depression in Harlem and the Civil Rights movement of the 1960's.The sisters, passing for white at will, glided between the chorus lines of the Cotton club uptown to the Zeigfield Follies on Broadway. Included on the recordings are stories of ommunist recruitment meetings, J. Edgar Hoover's 'other' life and the American Negro Theater in Harlem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbr2E0oS_-A&feature=player_embedded


Edited by Malwina - Aug 20 2010 at 7:40pm

 this thread

romare bearden collage is beautiful