i used to work with a guy that his mother was american and his father was from Egypt. His skin was lighter than mine after a summer tan. He would always fill in his nationality as African American. The people behind the counters would question him on it. If they were black, he would question their ancestry and right to claim African American, He would site all the know regions that dark skinned people come from(not all from Africa) and start claiming racial bias and discrimination because of his skin color. The guy was pretty smart(one of the better engineers I worked with). By the time he was thru with the lazy ***' behind the counter, they wouldn't know what to say. He told me he created quite a stink at the DMV office one time. I would have loved to see one of his throw downs in person.
Ferm, one thing you can't escape, there are some really stupid people out there, and most of thing cling to stupid ideas like their skin colors makes a difference,They always look for a reason to blame their own personal failures. It goes both ways. We can only hope the one child will be smarter than her surroundings and grow up to be a decent person, sounds like the rest of the family are a waste of oxygen. There was a black girl on the news page in Rock Hill, SC that was beat up by another black girl that didn't like her because she was too white and talked white. I skimmed thru the article and read the comments. i was pleasantly surprised by the number of people that supported the girl that got beat up, saying being smarter and better than your surroundings isn't anything to be ashamed of or worthy of being beaten. The girl that assaulted her had a history of violence and was arrested.
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