{"id":5298,"date":"2004-10-26T11:07:11","date_gmt":"2004-10-26T11:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multiracial.com\/?p=5298"},"modified":"2021-06-10T03:01:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T03:01:21","slug":"the-skin-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/2004\/10\/26\/the-skin-game\/","title":{"rendered":"The Skin Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE SKIN GAME <\/a>–
\nThe Chicago Tribune<\/p>\n

DO WHITE VOTERS LIKE BARACK OBAMA BECAUSE `HE’S NOT REALLY BLACK’?
\nBy Don Terry
\nOctober 24, 2004<\/p>\n

My father was ahead of his time. He theorized that if enough people had racially mixed children, racism would eventually disappear.<\/p>\n

He did his part: He had six biracial children. I was his third little bridge builder. But what I learned most from my father was to be stingy with my dreams and cautious with my hopes about race. As his generation of African-Americans waited for peace to break out, there were bitter disappointments and broken promises around every corner. I’ve had my share as well.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Amazing. Whites are being criticized for REJECTING the odious “one drop rule” while blacks are championing it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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