What is mixed race?
One parent black the other one white
Are you a white person that’s dark
Or a black person that’s light?
You feel an affinity to both
Are you defined by your skin?
When push comes to shove
Who will accept you as kin?
If you claim only one half
What happens to the other?
If you call yourself white
Can you also be a brother?
In the eyes of society
You’ll always be black
Except when you’re successful
Take at look at Barack
It used to be mulatto
Let me give your mind a jog
Now it’s mixed race
Like you’re half cat and half dog.
A World full of colour
It forces you to decide
Giving more time to your skin
Than the person who’s inside.
Through your veins white blood
On the surface a brown face
They call you mixed what?
Aren’t we the human race?
Fantastishh! I like!!
It doesn’t matter if ur black or white! He he shaoman!
Vunderbar. I swear every race has claimed Barack. I reckon he must be a little bit from Bow (I know that’s not a race, shhh) somewhere along the line…
thanks to everybody who’s commented – peace
yeah nice one,
my favourite 2 lines:
‘Giving more time to your skin
Than the person who’s inside.’
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agree……. !
so what should differentiate us?
because we live in interpretation and it don’t make sense
I like this. I ask the question all the time; why did he choose to be black? Does he hate the part of him that’s white? My opinion is he’s the biggest racist on the planet.
I thought you might want to see this sequel to “Dearest Wife”. http://charleslmashburn.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/dearest-john-2/
Well as a mixed race person myself, despite what you might consider your personal identity to be, one is usually seen as black in the eyes of society. It’s a case of you’re seen as a light skinned black person rather than a dark skinned white person. What I was saying in that reference to Barack is that if he was anything other than the president or doing something negative he would be referred to as black.