WOW how nuts is it that this even is worth discussing?
It almost reminds me of the Native American Indian Blood issues... or more importantly the ever changing blood percentage to be considered a member of a specific tribe or not..
Its funny how they tend to increase or decrease depending on what is needed at the moment..
if its about sharing tribal funds from casino profits it usually becomes pretty hard to claim heritage without a large percentage of blood...
but when it comes time for benefits for the tribes based on how many members they have those restrictions tend to loosen up..
The blood quota is something set up by the U.S. government. It gets downright ridiculous at times-I have a friend whose tribal membership card says she's
1/125th Cherokee. My mom's mom was Windriver Shoshone, White Knives Clan, and my dad's dad was Montauk/Shinnecock, Beaver clan. This makes me legally 1/2 Indian: 1/4 Shoshone and 1/4 SHinnecock......but it might be more, and is, more likely, less.....in any case, since-in both cases-I live off reservation, there is no benefit to the tribe, and, when the Shinnecocks have a casino, there'll be no casino money for me.....in most cases, there usually isn't for those who live on reservation, anyway.....it
does let me have eagle feathers and peyote, and to carry those things across state lines.
maybe its something like this with Obama..
one race will claim him when he does something they like, and the other side will deny him, and then when the opposite happens they can change course...
sounds like a great thing to keep all those small minded race worried people occupied.
When the hell are people going to grow up and realize race is unimportant in this type of a situation?
They mostly won't. It seems to me that some people keep trying to remind us of his "whiteness" as though that is the reason for his success. It's worth pointing out,
again that the man identifies
himself as black, for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is that the societies in which he lived-including ours-called him that, right up until he gave that speech at the Democratic convention, anyway:
"I ceased to advertise my mother’s race at the age of twelve or thirteen, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites."
I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother's race.'
'It remained necessary to prove which side you were on, to show your loyalty to the black masses, to strike out and name names.'
'I never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn't speak to my own. It was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa, that I'd packed all the attributes I sought in myself: the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, DuBois and Mandela.'
THese quotes come directly from his book. He isn't white, because he doesn't want to be-and, of course, he couldn't be. I don't really see why he has to be one, or the other, or both, but he made his choice long ago.
doubt it.
I have had people excuse my successes my entire life as being because of my parents, or because I was white... not because I was actually doing something right.
And, like Clarence Thomas, I've had people attribute my successes to affirmative action, or racial quotas, or scholarship funds, or some other special treatment.
Life is soooo unfair.
Because I never had any problems getting a job it was excused away as me being white not me being qualified, or doing something worthwhile to be hired. When trying to get college scholarships I was told I shouldn't apply because my family could afford to pay for me.... forget the fact I was kicked out of my house 5 days after I graduated high school and lived in the back of my 69 volkswagon bug for several months while I worked to get myself a rented room, and go to college... no I was told that other minority students should have priority regardless of my situation... which I was to proud at the time to even mention... the reasoning going all the way back to slavery and and unfair balance..yes that was actually told to me as a reason why I should apply and take this from someone else...
This is largely B.S., I'm afraid-maybe you were told that, but it was B.S. There have always been scholarships and grants available for those who prove need, regardless of race. And, as I've said before, all you really have to do is put "black" on the form, and that money becomes available to you. People might question it, but all you have to do is say that your grandmother-or even great, great grandmother-was black, and it's a done deal.
