IAWTC so hard. He can exoticize himself and the very Black all day long, but doing it on The Root, a site with a predominantly Black readership where we are proud to be Black, is not a good look. While I appreciate hearing from Black people from all walks of life, this dude doesn’t identify as Black. That’s fine and…

THIS

The most egregious part of this article is that it is written poorly. If you had a point, you didn’t make it. While others note some of your obvious issues I think one that sticks out for me is that you really should have had a more seasoned writer review this and give you honest feedback. Undoubtedly, they would have…

Excuse me? My comments actually have substance and I’m free to express myself whether you agree or not. Racism is actually an outrageous and enraging concept and I don’t have to embrace it on any level. What you have done is attack me for speaking my mind. So obviously a clueless friend of the author...FU

Racism and white supremacy aren’t an “experience,” they are destructive ideologies with moral, spiritual and intellectual consequences when we buy into them. If he said I’ve had these experiences but I’m really working hard to embrace blackness now and learn, that would be different. But that’s not what he said.

He called, folks answered. Other than policing people, do you have anything substantive to say? Yup, thought so.

They literally used to say that dark skin was a curse from white jesus. Try again.

Got any reading homework for me? I feel like I’m missing out - lol

I ain’t lying, tho.

saymwah

This poorly conceived “article” is truly pathetic and embarrassing. First of all, there is only one race, the human race. Being of mixed ethnicity is not a big deal and is quite common. How many people in the world are half Chinese and Korean, half German and Italian, half Indian and Pakistani, half Senegalese and…

Conscience.

Oh, so you’re full of self loathing too? Good to know.

We don’t know this dude, we don’t fuck with him, we don’t care about his IDENTITY CRISIS. What he doesn’t get to do impose himself on a black site, on black people who are PROUD of being black and don’t need to be weighed down by individuals like him too weak to stay the course, too weak to fight the war but who will…

I was also disappointed by this piece. He seems fascinated on a superficial level by his own ability to pass rather than exploring the societal implications of passing in a multiracial and white environment and the different types of racism he experienced (so he wasn’t thought of as a gangbanger like the Samoans, but…

This has to be one of the most disappointing articles I’ve read on here. This was like letting a “not all white people” person write an article. While I am sensitive to your struggle with identity (my brother is biracial) I find your conclusions to be a bit troubling for a full grown decently educated adult. Barack…