Zitat des Tages von Randall Kennedy:
The idea of the mulatto has been a gathering point for a wide variety of racial prejudices, fears, myths, and speculations.
Many people believe that determining who is 'black' is rather easy, a task simplified by the administration of the one-drop rule. Under the one-drop rule, any discernible African ancestry stamps a person as 'black.'
In law school, I earned the respect of professors and served on the editorial board of 'The Yale Law Journal.'
Segregation, in a sense, helped create and maintain black solidarity.
Any successful black person will have to face suspicion within his or her own community about his or her loyalty to other blacks.
Although skin color is undoubtedly the most salient signal of racial identity in America, other actual or imagined bodily features have also been seen as distinctive markers of Negritude. These include the shapes of heads, feet, lips, and noses as well as the texture of hair.
The biggest accomplishment, in racial terms, for Barack Obama was being elected. He had to overcome his blackness to be elected. He climbed the Mt. Everest of American politics, becoming an historic first.
I will say go into the world and try to find good people that feel genuine affection and love for you, and disregard everything else about their background.
As important as the presidency is, that's not the only thing to take a look at in determining the racial health of the United States.
