Nathan Newman on HalfJew.com and the concept of multiracial communities online:
It’s interesting that in a multi-cultural world, halfbreeds, previously marginalized as lacking any identity (and I definitely fall into that existential camp) are developing alternative assertions of positive community (see here as a conservative version) based on their shared “halfness”, something that does cause controversy in all sorts of places, from the multiracial category on the census to splits within existing communities.
I actually have some sympathy for those who see such “halfness” communities as a threat to affirming their own community, especially in the black community where much of the original history of “halfness” came via rape of female slaves, so the lunge by the establishment white community to promote “multiracialism” to undermine the struggled for assertions of black identity and power is obviously suspicious.
I have absolutely no sympathy for groups who view those of us in the multiracial movement as a threat. We are not property and have the right to determine our own paths, allegiances and belief systems. All people have the right to consider themselves whatever they want or reject categorization altogether, like I’ve done. Collectivism based on race is simply another form of racialism. Those opposed to the right to self-identification aren’t worried about the historical significance of the subjugation of female slaves, they are looking for an excuse to support racialism and ethnic kidnaping scams like the one-drop rule. I don’t support racialism and ethnic kidnaping scams like the one-drop rule, so I don’t get along with those who complain about the multiracial movement.
As one of the leaders of the multiracial movement, I’ve had the pleasure of associating with many of the fine individuals also on the forefront of this movement to blur and destroy the arbitrary lines of racial demarcation. So that leaves me a little puzzled by the phrase “the lunge by the establishment white community,’ given that I know the leadership of the various multiracial organizations and publications and most are of mixed-race descent, not part of some “establishment white community.” The success of the multiracial movement on breaking down one-drop rule and helping Americans to begin the process of looking past race is due the work of multiple organizations, publications and motivated individuals. It has nothing to do with some “lunge by the establishment white community.” That’s offensive in multiple ways.
We’ll keep doing our thing and those opposed can continue to embrace the racist one-drop rule. I’m long past listening to excuses and illogical arguments in favor of continuing racialist concepts.
Further, many of those who view the movement in a harsh light also oppose interracial marriage and transracial adoptions. This, of course, puts them in the same company as David Duke, Louis Farrakhan and Matt Hale, who also share some of the very same views, only for different reasons.