Tag: Biracial and Multiracial

Brent Staples is such a hypocrite. Most of his columns are devoted to promoting the “one drop” myth of “light-skinned blacks” and “passing for white.” He admits that blacks are […]

Ol’ Strom and Me By Earl Ofari Hutchinson, AlterNet December 15, 2003 The skeleton that rattled in the late South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond’s closet with the revelation that he […]

1. Why coloureds can’t shed a troubled identity As the Democratic Alliance began devouring itself over the past few weeks and New National Party leader Marthinus van Schalkwyk announced his […]

IT’S CLEAR TO ME THAT THE WRITER HAS NO IDEA WHAT HE’S TALKING ABOUT. SOUTH AFRICANS HAVE THE SAME “ONE DROP” MYTHS IN THEIR OWN WAY. IT’S INTERESTING HOW THIS […]

American gothic Salon By Rebecca Traister In 1948, while running for president of the United States on the Dixiecrat ticket, Strom Thurmond proclaimed, “All the laws of Washington and all […]

Strom’s daughter is class act TownHall.com by Kathleen Parker COLUMBIA, S.C. Ask most thoughtful South Carolinians what they think about Essie Mae Washington-Williams – Strom Thurmond’s biracial daughter who publicly […]

Posted on 12/19/2003 6:04:05 PM PST by GraniteStateConservative Check out the responses on the link: CENTRALIA, Wash. — Following his mother’s lead, a 53-year-old doctor in Onalaska has come forward […]

Swanson doesn’t recognize that “millions” of blacks don’t have mixed whites in their families AND this “miscegenation” he condemns as “rape” was also considered an “honor.” The black devotion to […]

Critics of Thurmond’s daughter change tune The State by JENNIFER TALHELM and AARON GOULD SHEININ Essie Mae Washington-Williams apparently has won over some of her harshest critics. On Thursday, Thurmond […]

Thurmond’s daughter could help races come to terms with shared heritage The State by Warren Bolton NOW THAT ESSIE Mae Washington-Williams, the biracial daughter of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond, […]