Why does a biracial person black/white always...

Why are only black and white couples callied 'interracial' couples, and not other races?

So when the "Kill Whitey" plan is put into full effect they're spared.

can a white/black person qualify for the united negro college fund?

I'm Black and Italian. I usually refer to myself as black because I look more black then I do Italian. But when people ask what I am I have no problem telling them.

I am in a interracial marriage with two kids. Instead of calling our kids "interracial", we call them "beautiful".

Hmm, you get it from your mama I'm guessing.

your sicilian. just kiddin

ever seen the movie true romance? your remark reminded of a scene from that movie

You make a good point. I don't understand this either.

I'm black and white and just say I'm mixed. I let them decide on their own what mixed is, but it usually isn't that hard for someone to tell.

We're all devilishly attractive and we can't hide it. People just know. (Not to mention the year round tan and amazing hair)

I thought Mal-ado was a appropriate term?

mulatto is the dictionary definition but its considered a derogatory remark

like saying negro

i was wondering that same thing too why aren't there a lot of other interacials listed that don't neccessarily mean black and white people

Because, in all honesty, in America the only thing that matters to racist people is if a person has any black blood in them. If a person is half white/half chinese it doesn't really matter because that equals kinda white to them.

Half white/half spanish = white enough.

Only the schoolkids will make the ethnic connection and tease these mixtures.

Half black/half white = negro. 1/4 black/3/4 white= still negro.

The black cancels out the white in their eyes. This is why only the black/white mix is touted as bi-racial.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the first US census only had two racial categories: "Caucasian" & "Other". (Caucasian was later changed to White, when Indians -- from India, not Native Americans -- said they were Caucasian too).

And it used to be in the US that if you had one drop of black (Negro, at that time) blood in your body, you were legally black (and certainly not White). The laws may have changed, but ways of thinking change less easily.

lol, the "kill whitey plan"!

hahaha very funny

no never seen that movie, might have to check that out.

I'm only black from the waist down, but when people ask, I tell em I'm black... why??? I dunno...

Because they certainly can't call themselves white and get away with it. Imagine Lenny Kravitz walking around and calling himself a white man. See how ridiculous it would be? You would say to him, no you're not.

i am indian by race.. never heard a single person calling himself white.. the only people who claimed that indians had some european blood in them were the english back in the days cause they refused to believe that indians could build and do shit which was'nt rudamentary farming etc. e.g. there was a group of english who claimed the taj mahal was built by an italian... i mean how could a mongol build it?.. (this was the 19th century)
p.s. i tell everyone i am black noone believes me but makes for great drunken conversation

once you see the scene im speaking of youll understand my comment.

Oops, I wasn't supposed to say anything.

I knew a kid who was mixed. He never fit in to either group. He eventually killed himself becasue of it. Sad.

i have a friend whos half black/half white. Very educated, but when she gets mad she starts chicken heading like a ghetto biatch!
Duke

I'm jealous

You mean 'hahahahahaha'.

Negro, Black, African American is all ok.

Damn, I never thought about something like this happening, but I understand how it could be hard for someone if they can't find their identity regardless of race. It's just that much tougher when someone thinks they've got to live up to the expectations of two different racial stereotypes. It's sad. Sorry to hear that happened to someone you knew.

Blacks get more privilages so why not be black I guess.. And when they do something wrong and/or go nowhere in life they can say everyone is racist and keepin em down..

That's nice

Here's some historical perspective on this issue. The racist "one-drop" rule/law largely had to do with discouraging inter-racial marriages and race mixing during the jim crow era:
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(this is from this link: http://www.localcolorart.com/search/...One-drop_rule/)

The one-drop theory (or one-drop rule) is the colloquial term for the standard, found throughout the USA, that holds that a person with even one drop of non-white ancestry should be classified as "colored", especially for the purposes of laws forbidding inter-racial marriage. This standard has also been applied to people with Native American ancestry.

One-drop theory is still influential in the USA - by de facto American color standards, a multiracial person with black heritage is considered black unless they declare themselves otherwise, identifying instead as white, mixed-race or Native American, for example (different color standards can be seen in countries such as Brazil). These standards are widely rejected in the Latino community in the USA, the majority of which is mixed race.

The theory was codified in law in some states, although the expression colored was often used, at least acknowledging the presence of non-black ancestry. For example, as cited in the Loving v. Virginia decision[1] (http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/script...1&friend=oyez), Virginia law (Racial Integrity Law of 1924) held that for the purposes of laws forbidding inter-racial marriage, "Every person in whom there is ascertainable any Negro blood shall be deemed and taken to be a colored person, and every person not a colored person having one fourth or more of American Indian blood shall be deemed an American Indian; except that members of Indian tribes existing in this Commonwealth having one fourth or more of Indian blood and less than one sixteenth of Negro blood shall be deemed tribal Indians."

Alternatives to the one-drop theory

As an alternative to this theory, various terms were coined during the 19th century to denote persons with varying degrees of African ancestry; these terms included mulatto for one-half black, quadroon for one-quarter black, octoroon for one-eighth black, and quintroon (or much less commonly, hexadecaroon) for one-sixteenth black. Other such terms include sambo, metif, mustee and sang-mele. These terms are rarely used today.

I understood your comment

The black/white babes are bloooooody gborgeous if you ask me !!!

Not just gorgeous, but gborgeous!

if i meant n i g g e r i would have typed it.

i meant negro and using negro today is a slight, ask any black person.

mullato, octaroon, quadroon, negro, colored, ect are all old sayings from 50's 60's and are considerd slights in todays american vernacular, usually people over 50 use it and its sounds and is ignorant.