One of my friends that attend Carolina has endured much ridicule from her peers because she is bi-racial: her mother is white and her father is black. They call her Oreo, as well as other names that illustrate a mix individual. Although she laughs it off, she is insulted by the names. Many people forget about the racism that occurs to bi-racial people. They endure a lot of discrimination not only in the outside world, but also from some of their family members; most of the discrimination comes from family members that disagreed with the marriage.
Another one of my friend’s states, "It is a shame that we endure discrimination from both races from which we were derived."
It’s crazy when you sit back and think about how this world has not grown as much as we would like to think that it has. I am bi-racial. My mother is fully African American and my father is fully Native American. At times when I see how my little cousins get picked on, I am often glad that my skin color merely reflects just one side. It would anger me to be called something that I’m not. Don't get me twisted I love the fact that I'm bi-racial. BUT I hate the fact that OUR world is not tolerant.
ReplyDeleteThis is interesting because I've never really thought of racism in respect to biracial people, but now I see a different perspective of racism through family members. Racism is cruel when it comes from people, but when your own family or the ones you're close to are picking on you, then it just hurts even more.
ReplyDeleteLooking at the comments, I now know that Tempest is bi-racial and that like Shreena, I never really thought about how racism is present in today's world. I have multiple friends that are bi-racial that I've never really thought about them being picked on, and if they are, I'm sure they would brush it off as if it wasn't a big deal. Though it might offend them like y'all have brought up and in it seems like a lot of things that aren't meant to be racist that are considered such. It is sad how that notion appears randomly in our everyday lives.
ReplyDeleteI think that some people misjudge others' sensitivity and others make racist comments on purpose out of cruelty. People should try to think about what they are saying and how it might be percieved by others. Regardless of the family's opinion of a marriage, the children should never be the victim.
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