Saturday, November 1, 2008

"The Mulatto Millennium: Waking Up in the Age of Racial Ambiguity"

The article "The Mulatto Millennium: Waking Up in the Age of Racial Ambiguity" by Danzy Senna was interesting to read. In the beginning of this article the author is angry about the idea of multiracial identification but at the end she becomes neutral. It was interesting that her parents raised her and her sister according to their race and wanted to make sure people noticed that. I also thought her list of actors/actresses in Hollywood that might not know they are black was very funny. I didn't even know some of those actors/actresses have some African American decent in them. I have a couple friends that are half black and half white and their complexion is a majority white but they are still clarified by the public as being black. I don't understand why people label people in those certain categories, I feel like it is disrespectful to do so.  At times i found this article to be a little funny at times. I especially found the last category "Black Folks You Kinds Wish Weren't Black" very funny because some of my African American friends don't categorize Michael Jackson as being black. 

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