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For some people that is no different than any other place. No matter where I wander I will always be an outsider marked with a scarlet letter. Some people just accept it and deal with it the best they can and make their own way.
And others try too damn hard, make fools out of themselves, and are still marked as "outsiders."
Then again, being an "outsider" might just mean you choose not to go along with the crowd.
His grandpa is 100%. His grandma is 50%. This makes his father 75%. So, my boyf Chase is 37.5%. I'd say that's somewhat silly to go around saying "My boyfriend is 37.5% black" so I rounded to 1/3. It was closer than 1/2 & 1/4.
Originally posted by WindwardOahuRN
Been there, done that. Probably doomed to do it many more times before I die, being a member of the human race and all.
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Last edited by ErikaMarie; September 27, 2006, 05:27 PM.
His grandpa is 100%. His grandma is 50%. This makes his father 75%. So, my boyf Chase is 37.5%. I'd say that's somewhat silly to go around saying "My boyfriend is 37.5% black" so I rounded to 1/3. It was closer than 1/2 & 1/4.
When you're talking ancestry, it's always by halves, quarters, eighths, and sometimes sixteenths and thirty-secondths (is that a word?). So instead of using a percentage I'd have said 3/8 -- which makes it easy to recognize that three of his eight great-grandparents were black.
When you're talking ancestry, it's always by halves, quarters, eighths, and sometimes sixteenths and thirty-secondths (is that a word?). So instead of using a percentage I'd have said 3/8 -- which makes it easy to recognize that three of his eight great-grandparents were black.
Of course, those who subscribe to the "one drop" rule would say that he's black, not matter what his other ethnicities might be.
Ā Ē Ī Ō Ū ā ē ī ō ū -- Just a little something to "cut and paste."
When you're talking ancestry, it's always by halves, quarters, eighths, and sometimes sixteenths and thirty-secondths (is that a word?). So instead of using a percentage I'd have said 3/8 -- which makes it easy to recognize that three of his eight great-grandparents were black.
Thanks, Glen - you summed it up succinctly (and saved me from doing the math - so I hope it's accurate as well.)
Erika, you could just say "part black," if it really matters - but genetic science really doesn't allow for rounding to thirds. What's most important is what HE says, I guess. Like Manoa, the mix is only as relevant as he wants it to be.
Erika, you could just say "part black," if it really matters - but genetic science really doesn't allow for rounding to thirds.
Actually, genetic science does not allow for any distinctions between 'races' as the human race is a single species. All this talk of blood percentage is 100% b*llshit!
Actually, genetic science does not allow for any distinctions between 'races' as the human race is a single species. All this talk of blood percentage is 100% b*llshit!
Not so "100%" cut-and-dried, in the world of genetic science. Scientific American had an article on this back in December 2003:
Does Race Exist? ---
If races are defined as genetically discrete groups, no. But researchers can use some genetic information to group individuals into clusters with medical relevance. The outward signs on which most definitions of race are based--such as skin color and hair texture--are dictated by a handful of genes.
When you're talking ancestry, it's always by halves, quarters, eighths, and sometimes sixteenths and thirty-secondths (is that a word?). So instead of using a percentage I'd have said 3/8 -- which makes it easy to recognize that three of his eight great-grandparents were black.
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