Okay. Alright. Let’s reset. Because frankly I don’t what your on about. So if you have a point spell it out. Because all I see is you telling me and any other bi-racial person to identify as the race that you prefer and feel comfortable with which is really frustrating and the reason for my less than kind responses.…

Hmmm...your right, I stand corrected. That is unusual. Maybe it’s the lack of actual connection to her father/his family that makes it so? And yeah I would agree with Panama’s take as well. But dealing with the constant external racial sorting always puts me on edge because whether Black or white people are always…

First you’re projecting your issues onto me. Don’t do that. Second I’m open to any kind of discussion including one where we have opposing ideas. What I’m not open to is your rudeness, name calling, and assumptions. So I’ll leave your response up for the sake of having the full discussion visible but don’t come back…

I’m starring you because you’re an historian and you make history docs on PBS. And I love PBS, Documentaries, and History. I think you should have all the stars.

She was a port in the storm. And she made sure we knew our heritage as it related to her linage. I couldn’t be prouder really, I come from long line of strong, determined Black folks who were the fabric of my home town. I’m sure your kids will have their ups and downs but being able to draw on your strengths and…

Why though? Why is your base assumption that because there is a little something not Black in us we must be anti-Black or lean that way? It doesn’t even make sense. How many bi-racial people have been at the fore front of civil rights? How many have made gains for Black people throughout history and today? Did you…

We have the same freedoms that you do as prescribed by our Constitution and the Charter of Human Rights, in fact I’d say our freedoms are better protected and therefor better exercised. However our freedoms come with responsibility and I think that’s the part most American’s misunderstand. There is a more utilitarian…

Lol I was thinking I needed to get that on some stationary for my sister’s birthday.

Picsces! Explains the whole interview. Those fuckers can’t stay focused and on track for a hot minute. I mean I love those fuckers, but damn. 

Being mixed or bi-racial means that you are born to parents of different races. Being born to two Black parents makes you Black not bi-racial. Having great, great grandparent who may have been born bi-racial doesn’t make you mixed. So you don’t know anything about being mixed. And it’s dismissive because you are…

We are a commonwealth country, we gained independence from Britain peacefully but since we didn’t revolt we still have ceremonial positions in gov’t to represent the Queen. It’s why we follow the common law and have parliament. We’ve benefited mostly from Britain and then through immigration. The US has done very…

Same, my sister has Black features and pale skin. I have lovely brown skin and my father’s white features. Our Mum raised us luckily so she didn’t shy away from the good and the bad of Blackness and she taught us a great deal about self love and acceptance. She made sure we knew that was no ‘choice’ we simply existed…

We’ve all been there. It’s not easy to simply exist as you are and it isn’t easy to be proud of your heritage but we don’t have to chose sides. We chose ourselves and our families. And people who care about us, respect that and support us. Everyone else is a self loathing asshole.

That’s the struggle. But listen, here’s the thing: Fuck ‘em. You don’t owe anyone shit. And if they ask “what are you?” be as vague as possible. I use such gems as “Canadian”, “Woman”, “Human”. Which is generally frustrating and forces the other person to continue with their stupid questions until it gets…

I felt like having a Black Mom was a blessing. She knew what we felt, what we would experience, and she guided us through all of that racist shit. And she let us be bi-racial. Versus the kids I knew with the white moms who kind of had to navigate shit on their own and sort through it, they almost always identified…

Or it’s an acknowledgement of her dual heritage. I don’t know why Black folks insist that we can’t adhere to our biological heritage. All my life I’ve been told what I am, and how I ought to identify. “you look black, people see black, your Mama’s black, you black”. “oh you don’t want to be black.” “you act white, you…

Doesn’t sound like any bi-racial person I’ve met. And if someone is Black American and Irish then why can’t they tell you so. Sounds like you’ve met some Black folk that want to be something other than and not actual bi-racial people who have parents of different races/cultures.

Canada would exist without the US. Don’t lump yourself in with the UK. Canada was first ‘discovered’ by the vikings, then France and the UK. Slow your roll. I don’t know what hand you think the US had in the evolution of Canada but you would be wrong. Just as you are wrong that the US is great. It’s a shit hole…

I look forward to this. I would love to hear the experiences of other bi-racial people. It’s difficult to grow up as the projections of other’s insecurities and finding an identity as bi-racial and having pride in that. Incidentally I hate, hate, hate the idea that we are all “mixed” ummm no. Nope. No. That’s just a…

That’s actually a violation of labour standards as it breaches Occupational Health and Safety laws/guides and as a member of union she should have at some point had the ability to grieve the directors decision. However, I understand this is the US and you people don’t seem to have anything like labour laws,…