Barack Obama is not Black!!!!

I am going off on a tangent this time. He is not black, he is half black and half white. I am so sick and tired of everyone calling him black. His victory of winning the presidency is not for black people, but for mixed people. He also remains the most mysterious of the US presidents, as he attempts to keep a tight lid on his life story. That biography about him is full of so much B.S. It is a shame as he seems to have a really interesting life story, too. He is problably just scared of what people will think about him being raised muslim (as if we didn't already know,) and of his ties to the antiwhite movement by blacks (as if we didn't know, though I don't understand how he could be part of that when he is half white.) He seems to identify as black, though since he knows almost nothing about his father and was raised by his white mother and later his Indonesian step-father, I have no idea why.

You may wonder what this has to do with adoption and paganism, well a lot in fact. This is a talk about mixed people in general and the fact that there are a growing number of mixed children available for adoption. Also, I am trying to get things together so I can adopt a boy that is half Korean and half black. He knows nothing of Korean culture, especially since his foster family put him in Karate classes, because "its all Asian, you know" (very ignorant, there is no one, unified "Asian" culture, they are all different.) Karate is Japanese, Tae Kwon Do is Korean, and since he wanted to join martial arts to feel more Korean, they should have put him in the right ethnic martial arts. His foster family is black, and while they are teaching him all about being black, they are totally neglecting his Korean heritage. As someone that lived in Korea for a number of years, almost got married there and had a son there, I came to love the people and culture and am rather pissed off that they are actually being rather racist to his Asian roots. This seems to be the norm for how blacks act towards asians and has been that way for over half a decade, if not longer.

It is all thanks to President Reagan starting the whole Model Minority thing, by stating that Asians were the model that other minorities should look up to when trying to assimilate into American life, or for people that have lived here forever already, like blacks, for the life they should be achieving instead of the life they were leading. While there were some truths to what they were saying, like the fact that many Asian people came here with nothing and made something of themselves, while many blacks had not risen in the ranks (though much of this was still from racism rather than lack of trying,) the whole point of it was not to flatter the Asian people, but to shame the blacks and to a lesser extant the latin people. Sadly, this did not work out the way they expected, as it has turned many blacks into racists against Asians, culminating in the L.A. riots, where it was mostly Asian people that were hurt by blacks and latinos. This hatred still exists all over the U.S. and was carried our more recently in Pennsylvania when a group of Veitnamese and Chinese students were attacked by mostly black students just for being Asian. I have also witnessed it here in my own town, where the black students are harassing my son, who is Korean, while the white students have accepted him with no problems.

This makes me wonder how I would raise a son that is half black and half Korean when the black community will want him to say he is black, but I want him to be himself, mixed, part Korea, part black and all American!!!

It also makes me wonder what ethnic religion he would be confortable working with. Koreans are mostly Buddhist or Christian, black Americans are mostly Christian or Santarean or Voodooists. Christian seems to be the common element, but I don't like it. I guess I would teach him all of them and let him make up his own mind what he wants, or he can even make up his own religion by mixing it together like I do.

Sadly, some of my immediate family are not supportive of me adopting a black child. It was said that the child would not be welcome into the family and that I would be shunned. They are true southerners, so this should be rather expected. I was hoping that they would be more open, it is adoption after all, not through birth. My sister was pregnant with a child that was half black and would have been accepted (sadly, she lost it as it was an ectopic pregnancy and was killing her, so the doctor made a choice.) So if that child would be accepted then I guess it is okay if I adopt half black kids. I do need the family's support and want it. I raised my son on my own in Korea, Mongolia and Taiwan for several years and it was tough. I lost all my friends and I needed alone time sometimes, which I never got (well once, when my son went on a 3 day school trip, but then I felt so alone and empty without him there.)

Half Black and Half white kids, so adorable

Part black, part white and part Native American boy

(isn't that Creole then?)

First off, you will notice that I do not use the term "African American." Not just for the obvious reason that it is rediculous, I don't call myself European American. It is also because I have had black friends that got angry when called that, as one friend put it "I am not from Africa, my family is from Jamaica!!!" So not all blacks are from Africa, some are from other countries. The only people that should be called African American are people that are actually from Africa and immigrate to America and their children born in America. All other black people have been here way too long to be called African anymore.

Let's start with the old throwback "One Drop Rule" which defined who was white back in the old days when many mixed children were being born and could pass for white in appearance. To make sure they didn't marry into the rest of the white population without the other persons knowledge, they decided that if you had any black in you, you were black. So even if you looked whiter than a KKKlansman, if you had a black direct ancestor, you were black. I think for many white Americans, this no longer applies. If you look white, most people assume you are. If some of your direct ancestors are black, then many people won't care. Yes there are still too many racist whites left in America, and the world, who do care how white you are, but for the most part, it is not a big deal. On the other hand, for many blacks, it still is a huge deal. If you have black in you and you don't claim it, they harp on you relentlessly. Many white people don't say anything when they do this, out of feelings of guilt for our uneasy pasts. This has to stop though. I didn't oppress any black people, and all the black people I have ever met have never been oppressed by anyone. I accept people for who they are, not what color they are. Having said that, if I see a group of black men gathered together on the street, I will probably cross the street or go the other way. Why? Well, even other black people say that they would do the same, so racism can go hang in this instance. Besides, I have met more racist blacks than any other people in America. You can say that it is a reaction to their history, but racism is still racism, no matter how you color it.

Halle Berry, half black and half white actress

Prince, half black and half white, do I need to even explain who he is?

Tia & Tamara Mowry, half black and half white actresses

(Sister, Sister tv series)

Gary Doudan, Haitian with obvious white ancestry, and a good mix it is

(CSI tv series)

Leila Arcieri, half black and half Italian model and actress
(and a babe to boot)

I hate how people expect people of mixed blood to choose one enthnicity or the other. Why should they? All throughout history people have been mixing together, it's what keeps us all the same species. People like to put things into catagories, and unfortunatly, that means we have races. There are only a few main races, Caucasian, Negro, Asian, American Indian, Arab, Australasian, and I would say Indian. Everyone else seems to be a branch of one of them. Of course race is not a real thing. We all share the same DNA, we are all human. Some people call themselves a race because of their culture or religion, as in being Thai or Jewish. But this would actually be an Ethnic group, a group that shares a common culture and are related in some way, like a large extended family. Mixed people muddle up the categories and gets everyone all riled up. There are terms for mixed race people, like mulatto or mestizo, but they can be downright rude to some people, as mulatto means "mule." Though it came into use simply because a mule is a mix of horse and donkey. As Americans, we are all mixed up anyways. Most white people are mixed from all over Europe and parts of Asia, while the blacks mainly came from North-Eastern part of Africa, sold into slavery by their own people, as criminals, prisoners of war or for greed. Others got into the mix and so most Blacks in America are mixed not only with other African groups, but with Whites and Indians. Because of this, I see no reason why a person of recent mixed blood needs to identify as anything other than what they are, mixed. Tiger Woods is a good example of this, he would not identify as black, even though he was half black, nor would he identify as Asian, like his Thai mother. He jokingly made up a word for what he was, but would not identify as either and even married a very white European. Many blacks got pissed off that he would not identify as black, but seriously, why should he, he is not black. But, he is American and that is as good an identity as any.

Tiger Woods

That brings me to another point. You may be wondering why I don't mention Hispanic and Latino people here. Well, the fact is that they are an ethnic group, not a race. Being latino means that you chare a common spanish speaking culture, but you may be black, white, indian or mixed and can be from anywhere in the Americas. Latinos have actually outpaced the black population as the 2nd largest group in America, right behind the white people, and are still rapidly growing. Most of them are Mexican, and I just can't imagine that there were that many people in Mexico that sooooo many could come here and yet Mexico is still packed, well at least Mexico City is. Being half Latin and half white doesn't mean as much as it used to. For an Example, Jessica Alba is half Mexican, half White and all American. I really don't care much about the so called Latin invasion of America, as much of the land originally was part of Mexico before America won the right to it, so they are just returning home. I do wish that more would learn to speak English. I am sorry, but everyone in the world pays top dollar to learn English and so trying to make America a spanish speaking country is just making us dumb, since we speak English for free!!! To work in America and to do legal things you need to speak English. I lived in New Mexico, and while I expected some people to not speak English, I was surprised at how many knew no English as all (or at least pretended to.) They were all nice people though, so at least tried to communicate. With latino and hispanic people, I think that most of the problems that other Americans have with them is simply the language issue. Look at Canada and America as an Example. Lots of Canadians and Americans go immigrate back and forth all the time, and yet there is little to no friction between the two. Why? Because we both speak English (except in Quebec, where they speak French.)

Jessica Alba, half mexican

Enrique Iglesias, part Hispanic and part Filipino

(and a bohunk, I wish I looked as good as him)

In the past, if you were mixed, you would have a difficult life. You weren't really part of either of your parents cultures, yet part of both. It could be hard, and most had to decide to identify with one or the other. They were called mongrels and worse. This is why that idiot judge in Louisiana would not allow interracial marriages, he feared that the children born of these marriages would have a hard life. Times have changed though. I can't tell you how many half black, half white kids I have seen here in my hometown USA, or how many half white, half Asian kids I saw while I was in Asia. Sadly though, being half black and half Asian can cause some problems, at least in Asia. Many of these children have tough times. I have read several books detailing the lives of half Vietnamese kids still in Vietnam and while it was tough on the half white kids, it seemed even tougher for the half black kids. I have also read about some half Korean and half black kids and some half Japanese and half black kids, and many had a tough time. I think they can be rather attractive though. The boy I would like to adopt is quite handsome, though I will admit he favors his Korean mother considerably. He has his fathers nose, a darker skin tone and thicker curly hair than a normal Korean, but he has smooth skin, Asian eyes and prominant cheek bones, like a Korean. I think he is just perfect.

Will Demps, half Asian and half black football player

half black and half asian boy with his father, the boy is very handsome

Rae Dawn Chong, part white, part black and part Chinese actress.

(Poltergiest: The Legacy)

Dwayne Johnson "The Rock," half black and half Samoan,

here showing off his Samoan heritage with a Samoan tattoo

Historically, there is one group of people that have mixed considerably over time, to became a race of sorts. That would be Indians (from India, if I meant the other kind of Indians from the Americas, then I would have said American Indians, Native Americans, or First Nations peoples.) Indians started out as a very dark skinned group of people, which you can still see in Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Then a couple thousand years ago, the Indo-Europeans, with very light skin and features came and settled in India, intermarrying with the people there and creating the varied skin tones and features they have there today. That is why some Indians are very light skinned and some are very dark skinned.

Being mixed is not always a bad thing to some peoples. While we lived in Korea, most people assumed my son was half Korean, and he got treated better as a half Korean than he did as an abandoned child (Koreans are weird about that kind of thing, they blame orphaned and abandoned children for what happened to them.) In fact, being half Korean is a good thing for some actors and models, as Koreans like the more western look to their faces. Well, as least half white and half Korean. This is not just in Korea, but also in Japan, where people have been intermarrying with whites and to a lesser degree blacks since WWII. Vietnam, since the Vietnam War, as well as Thailand, and of course Korea since the Korean war.

Dennis Heney, a half Korean and half white model and actor

(X-Men: Last stand and many Korean soap operas)

Devin Aoki, a half Japanese and half white actress

(D.O.A and 2Fast 2Furious)

Yu Darvish, half Japanese and half Iranian baseball player

Vietnamese mother with her 2 sons, one is half black and the other is half white. I think whenever people harp on me for raising children of different ethnicities together as siblings, as if it is a bad thing, I will refer them to this picture. It is a natural thing to have siblings of different ethnicities sometimes, so there is nothing wrong with adopting different children and raising them together.

Nowadays many people think that having some mix to your ancestry makes you look more attractive or a little exotic. Many so called Black actors and actresses are in actuality mixed with half and or some other recent percentage of another race. Many other American actors and models have some mix or other in their recent ancestry, giving them unique looks.

Lou Diamond Phillips, part Filipino and a lot more ethnicities actor

(La Bamba, Young Guns, The Big Hit, etc...)

Wentworth Miller, multiple mixed blood actor

(Prison Break, Dinotopia)

Tia Carrare, mixed Asian actress

(Relic Hunter, Wayne's World, True Lies, Kull the Conqueror, etc...)

Keanu Reeves, part Asian and Hawaiian actor

I know of almost no people of mixed race in cartoons for mixed race kids to epathize with and have as role models. The only half black and half white character I know of is Zak Saturday of the Secret Saturdays, whose father is black and mother is white. His race never seems to be mentioned, and that is a good thing, as it shows it is not as important as the person inside already.

Mixed children are the future. As the world gets smaller and smaller, the people are getting more and more mixed together. Eventually we will be mostly mixed, a lot like Brazil is now. Then our ideas of what is white and black and everything else will have to change, like Brazil again, where what race you are is not dependent on what race you are born to, but what color your skin is. I don't actually agree with that, as I said before, race does not really exist, we are all the human race with the same DNA, but it is better than what we have now.

Brothers in Rio, one is considered to be white and the other black.

I love the white brothers hair by the way, blonde with thick curls.

The future of the world(or at least America) is mixed.