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posted 1 March 2003 01:27 CET
I am a California born 1/4Native American, 1/4African American 1/2 West Indian: Hybreed. I see the world at many differnt angles. E-mail me to converse if any of my ethnicity interests you. My question to anyone who has a common variable: Does it seem odd at the least, for someone with so many backgrounds to feel stuck in the middle of it all? Is it abnormal to feel as though having so many sides, makes one feel as if they belong to no side at all? |
Megan Van Amburgh
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posted 24 January 2003 16:54 CET
I think that this site is wonderful, and very informative...
Right now my co-author and I are currenly in the middle of putting together a pictorial documentation of the beautiful "facial-landscape" of mulatto people in a celebration of their identity.
To complete this unique publication, we are seeking high quality and clearly focused photographs of mulatto people. If you believe you can help us in any way to achieve our goal for the publication, we would be very grateful.
Please feel free to email either of us back at the above email address if you have questions, or for more details.
Thanks!
Megan Van Amburgh
and Cope Thomas
Themulattobook@aol.com |
Traci
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posted 15 December 2002 15:20 CET
Hello, all. I am a young white mother of two beautiful bi-racial children. I made a promise to myself to make a difference in this racist world that my children are inheriting. I have just completed a website that offers anti-racism messages and designs on t-shirts, hats, greeting cards, and much more. Its URl is www.cafepress.com/whatiscolor. I firmly believe that one way to let the world know that we will not condone, contribute to, or tolerate racism any longer is to show them. Even if you do not like any of my designs, please find one out there that you do like and proudly wear or display it. Through the support of my site, I will soon be able to start producing bumper stickers and other merchandise that I cannot offer now. We CAN make a difference, together. If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem! |
Wu
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posted 12 December 2002 00:31 CET
Found this address from THE COLORS OF LOVE: The Black Person's Guide to Interracial Relationships by Kimberly Hohman.
Thanks for being here. |
Marion I. Ferreira
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posted 9 December 2002 16:54 CET
I am the President of the Society for the Preservation of Creole Heritage and Identity. I have been protesting the fact that the Sisters of the Holy Family of New Orleans and the Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans are publicizing Mother Henriette Delille as a "Native Born African American" instead of as the "Native Born Creole American" which she was when she lived in 1812 to 1862. The following is a copy of the letter sent to me in answer of my protest by the Archbishop Alfred Hughes of the Diocese of New Orleans, La. "In you letter of Octobe 11, 2002, I note that you raise the question of the current ancestry of Servant of God Henriette Delille.
It is not appropriate for me to enter into these questions directly. I have great confidence in the work of Father Cyuprian Davis, O.S.B., of St. Meinrad Archabbey.
When the Church canonizes a saint, she holds up this person as someone who practiced exceptional charity and whose life has a special message for people today. Henriette Delille will not be raised to the altar because she was supposedly two-thirds white and was nice to people darker than she. She will be recognized as a blessed necause she was a woman of the poor who did not seek to run away from the life of oppression and petty demeaning regulations by "passing for white". Because she was a descendant of slaves, she knew how to meet the needs of slaves; as an illegitimate child, she sought to bring black slaves and free blacks to the sacraments and to a Christian life.
Henriette Delille was a black woman who loved and served the poor in a society where women of her background and ancestry were exploited and despised. It would indeed be regrettable if a woman who should be a symbol of reconciliation and justice should be turned into a symbol of dissension and internal racial divisions.
I ask that you join me in praying for the beatification of Henriette Delille so that she in turn may become a patron for us for justice, harmony and peace."
Sincerely in the Lord,
Most Reverend Alfred C. Hughes
Archbishop of New Orleans
Since this is a very long letter, I will post my answer on a subsequent guestbook writing. |
Lois Bennett
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posted 20 October 2002 22:58 CET
Hello everyone,
You are invited to join my organisation "Team Against Racism", regardless of age, gender, location or 'race'. Looking forward to seeing you there and working with you to defeat racism! Thanks & God Bless |
Melissa
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posted 16 October 2002 14:24 CET
Hello My name is Melissa and I my mother is Filipino and my Father is African American. I would love to be a Multiracial Activist and support and others who are multiracial. Please contact me by email Melisk507@hotmail.com |
Jen
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posted 16 October 2002 09:21 CET
Your website is very well-informed and organized. I'm doing a senior exit project on interracial relationships. One of the reasons I choose this topic is because I myself, experience it too. My race is asian and my boyfriend is black. I just want to know what certain people's perspective on interracial relationships is. Any stories/experiece/knowledge on this certain topic is greatly appreciated. If anyone is interested in replying, please send email to blaznshawtie2000@aol.com |
Kendra
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posted 3 October 2002 17:42 CET
THE OCTOBER ISSUE IS OUT NOW!!!! CLICK ON THE LINK ABOVE. |
Greg Lewis
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posted 19 September 2002 11:05 CET
Many of your yahoo groups are not working. I have not receieved any reply from anyone. Some of these groups haven' had any post for 2 years. I'm looking for someone to chat with on multiracial issues. |
Tika
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Marion Ferreira
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posted 17 July 2002 18:18 CET
Thanks James for printing my Petition re Mother Delille's ethnic misidentification as a Native Born African American. I had an interesting experience on Saturday, July 13, 2002 when I attended and participated in the Creole Family History Convention. I had a display of Mother Delille's history and a display of my ancestors and family pictures. I heard that there would be a session with Dr. Charles Nolan, the biographer for Mother Delile at 2 pm and I was interested in attending and confronting him about the Mother Delille situation. I went in about 15 minutes before the session was over. Sat through about 5 minutes of pros and cons re Mother Delille's attributes. When I got a chance to speak, I confronted Dr. Nolan regarding the misidentification of Mother Delille. He stated that Mother Delille was a Free Person of Color but that she had been adopted by the African American community. I said why should she have to be adopted by any community, she had parents of her own when she lived. I said then it follows that if she had been adopted by the Spanish Community would she then be a Native Born Spanish American? Or Asian, or Phillipine, Japanese? It's evident that the Southern La. white man does not want to admit that Mother Delille was a Creole then it would bring in the fact that her parentage was of mixed races and that's what they want to hide. That's why they worked so hard to brand all Creoles in 1896 as Black. They don't want to admit that they were wrong nor do they want to glorify anyone with one drop of African blood as anything but an African. It would seem that they still want to carry down the falacy that a Creole could only be of pure French or Spanish blood. |
Rowena
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posted 16 July 2002 03:05 CET
Love the Site! |
Bonnie
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posted 4 June 2002 03:32 CET
Ever since I was old enough to take standardized tests and fill out forms, I've hated those little boxes. Race is one very small aspect of who a person is. People are obsessed with race to an extremely unhealthy level. This obsessive racism is just as rampant in society now as it was two hundred years ago, the only diffence is that today it's disguised with fluffy terms such as "ethnic pride." Segregation is still practiced under the flowery concept of "maintaing diversity." College students join fill-in-your-race student unions and bookstore shelves are packed with books containing the gathered works and narratives of fill-in-your-race authors in American during X era. People accuse people of other races of oppresing them, while those accuse others of trying to destroy them. It's a vicious and laughable cirlcle that even the most educated, enlightened people fall into. Matter of fact it seems rampant among many academic circles. |
mike
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posted 17 May 2002 03:18 CET
i want a woman to share my love with.
Reply: Good luck in that respect Mike. However, The Multiracial Activist is not a dating site. I believe what you are looking for is elsewhere. |
Marion Ferreira
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posted 11 May 2002 04:18 CET
I have just clicked in on this website which I was referred to by a Creole relative of mine. It is good to find a site that makes one feel it isn't wrong to be who you are interracially and not want to fit in anyone's Black or White box. I am circulating a petition of protest against an order of nuns who are advertising Mother Henriette Delille for canonization as a Native-Born African-American when in fact and in history, she was a Free Woman of Color/or in those days considered a Creole. I need as many signatures as I can to impress the Pope of Rome that this is not fair to Mother Delille or to the Creole descendants of America and other parts of the world. I will be glad to forward the Petition to anyone who wants to help me. My e-mail address is Redbino9@aol.com. Thanks in advance. |
loreen Theveny
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Bryan Potts
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posted 18 April 2002 07:59 CET
Great site! I'm a white man married to a black woman, and have found this site to be extremely useful in gathering information on biracial families. Keep up the good work! |
Tony Covin
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posted 1 April 2002 19:16 CET
My wife and I are trying to start a local support group for multiracial families. We are at the very early stages. Any input would be appreciated. thank you. |
tauna kemp
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posted 30 March 2002 10:44 CET
Great site. lots of good information. thanks for taking the time to share this. |
