Comments on: 1/2 black + 1/2 white = Barack Obama…right??? Written by Bishop John Fonzer http://kleverkathy.com/2009/02/13/12-black-12-white-barack-obamaright-written-by-bishop-john-fonzer/ I have one and you have one...an opinion! Let's talk! Wed, 09 May 2012 09:45:41 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Karol Ann http://kleverkathy.com/2009/02/13/12-black-12-white-barack-obamaright-written-by-bishop-john-fonzer/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Karol Ann Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:33:33 +0000 http://kleverkathy.com/?p=24#comment-63 Kendall, I like what you said. I'm almost to the point where I want to put under "other" BROWN when I have to put race since I am not the same color of my hair , which is black (well, part of it) I am BROWN and BROWN is BEAUTIFUL!! : )<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('63','Karol Ann'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('63','Karol Ann','Kendall,\r\nI like what you said. I\'m almost to the point where I want to put under \"other\" BROWN when I have to put race since I am not the same color of my hair , which is black (well, part of it) I am BROWN and BROWN is BEAUTIFUL!! : )'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Kendall,
I like what you said. I’m almost to the point where I want to put under “other” BROWN when I have to put race since I am not the same color of my hair , which is black (well, part of it) I am BROWN and BROWN is BEAUTIFUL!! : )
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]]> By: Karen http://kleverkathy.com/2009/02/13/12-black-12-white-barack-obamaright-written-by-bishop-john-fonzer/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Karen Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:01:52 +0000 http://kleverkathy.com/?p=24#comment-59 Kendall, I feel exactly the same way. I was talking with someone a couple of weeks ago and was telling them how it irritates me to see on applications African-American. Why in the world do we need to be reminded where we came from? Why is our place of origin more important than a person from Europe or Asia? I know nothing about Africa except what I've been told, read about, or saw on TV. Don't get me wrong, I'm very proud of my heritage but shoot. Call me black!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('59','Karen'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('59','Karen','Kendall, I feel exactly the same way. I was talking with someone a couple of weeks ago and was telling them how it irritates me to see on applications African-American. Why in the world do we need to be reminded where we came from? Why is our place of origin more important than a person from Europe or Asia? I know nothing about Africa except what I\'ve been told, read about, or saw on TV. Don\'t get me wrong, I\'m very proud of my heritage but shoot. Call me black!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Kendall, I feel exactly the same way. I was talking with someone a couple of weeks ago and was telling them how it irritates me to see on applications African-American. Why in the world do we need to be reminded where we came from? Why is our place of origin more important than a person from Europe or Asia? I know nothing about Africa except what I’ve been told, read about, or saw on TV. Don’t get me wrong, I’m very proud of my heritage but shoot. Call me black!
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]]> By: Kathy http://kleverkathy.com/2009/02/13/12-black-12-white-barack-obamaright-written-by-bishop-john-fonzer/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Kathy Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:46:54 +0000 http://kleverkathy.com/?p=24#comment-57 Kendall, that is a good point, a whole other topic, and one that has been addressed on 7daybuzz.com. However, due to the situation with our president and this ongoing and unresolved issue, let's talk about it again. Stay tuned for an upcoming post on this topic. Thanks for your insights!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('57','Kathy'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('57','Kathy','Kendall, that is a good point, a whole other topic, and one that has been addressed on 7daybuzz.com. However, due to the situation with our president and this ongoing and unresolved issue, let\'s talk about it again. Stay tuned for an upcoming post on this topic. Thanks for your insights!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Kendall, that is a good point, a whole other topic, and one that has been addressed on 7daybuzz.com. However, due to the situation with our president and this ongoing and unresolved issue, let’s talk about it again. Stay tuned for an upcoming post on this topic. Thanks for your insights!
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]]> By: Kendall Blake http://kleverkathy.com/2009/02/13/12-black-12-white-barack-obamaright-written-by-bishop-john-fonzer/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Kendall Blake Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:34:50 +0000 http://kleverkathy.com/?p=24#comment-56 If ever there was a "race rule" it would 100% have to been called the 'One Drop Rule'. This is soooo true. Not only with White and Black mixed. Black and Mexican, 1/4 black and 1/4 Indian, and half white.. guess what you are if you skin is not white.. Black. I have been thinking to myself a lot lately about race in general and wondering why it is like this and is it a good thing or bad thing that if you have a drop your black. I came to think that its a good thing. Obviously when things go wrong they use it as a negative, but like Uncle Tom said, the other half of that must be some kind of dominance people see us as. But the whole Barack being black is part of this. Hes just automatically black, even in the words of white people. I am not complaining that people give him that tag, but its just crazy knowing that even white people call him black and not mixed, but like Barry said, it might just be setting him up for when he makes mistakes along the way. So for all the black people reading this, we cannot get mad when they say the black president of the United States made this so and so mistake.. Cause hes BLACK. One last thing, and this could be a whole new topic, and I think on 7daybuzz it already was, but one thing that gets to me is when someone who is trying to sound professional (i.e. a news reporter, a political figure, etc.) say ".... and then the white male approached the African-American male and began..." IN MY OPIONION.. this is stupid. Is African-American used to remind us we originated from Africa? I might be alone with this opinion, but I hate hearing blah blah white male & blah blah African-American male in the same sentence. Just call me Black.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('56','Kendall Blake'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('56','Kendall Blake','If ever there was a \"race rule\" it would 100% have to been called the \'One Drop Rule\'. This is soooo true. Not only with White and Black mixed. Black and Mexican, 1\/4 black and 1\/4 Indian, and half white.. guess what you are if you skin is not white.. Black. I have been thinking to myself a lot lately about race in general and wondering why it is like this and is it a good thing or bad thing that if you have a drop your black. I came to think that its a good thing. Obviously when things go wrong they use it as a negative, but like Uncle Tom said, the other half of that must be some kind of dominance people see us as. But the whole Barack being black is part of this. Hes just automatically black, even in the words of white people. I am not complaining that people give him that tag, but its just crazy knowing that even white people call him black and not mixed, but like Barry said, it might just be setting him up for when he makes mistakes along the way. So for all the black people reading this, we cannot get mad when they say the black president of the United States made this so and so mistake.. Cause hes BLACK.\n\nOne last thing, and this could be a whole new topic, and I think on 7daybuzz it already was, but one thing that gets to me is when someone who is trying to sound professional (i.e. a news reporter, a political figure, etc.) say \".... and then the white male approached the African-American male and began...\" IN MY OPIONION.. this is stupid. Is African-American used to remind us we originated from Africa? I might be alone with this opinion, but I hate hearing blah blah white male & blah blah African-American male in the same sentence. Just call me Black.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> If ever there was a “race rule” it would 100% have to been called the ‘One Drop Rule’. This is soooo true. Not only with White and Black mixed. Black and Mexican, 1/4 black and 1/4 Indian, and half white.. guess what you are if you skin is not white.. Black. I have been thinking to myself a lot lately about race in general and wondering why it is like this and is it a good thing or bad thing that if you have a drop your black. I came to think that its a good thing. Obviously when things go wrong they use it as a negative, but like Uncle Tom said, the other half of that must be some kind of dominance people see us as. But the whole Barack being black is part of this. Hes just automatically black, even in the words of white people. I am not complaining that people give him that tag, but its just crazy knowing that even white people call him black and not mixed, but like Barry said, it might just be setting him up for when he makes mistakes along the way. So for all the black people reading this, we cannot get mad when they say the black president of the United States made this so and so mistake.. Cause hes BLACK.

One last thing, and this could be a whole new topic, and I think on 7daybuzz it already was, but one thing that gets to me is when someone who is trying to sound professional (i.e. a news reporter, a political figure, etc.) say “…. and then the white male approached the African-American male and began…” IN MY OPIONION.. this is stupid. Is African-American used to remind us we originated from Africa? I might be alone with this opinion, but I hate hearing blah blah white male & blah blah African-American male in the same sentence. Just call me Black.

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]]> By: Kathy http://kleverkathy.com/2009/02/13/12-black-12-white-barack-obamaright-written-by-bishop-john-fonzer/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Kathy Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:37:17 +0000 http://kleverkathy.com/?p=24#comment-34 Hey Barry, good to hear from you. I agree with you on that last line, unfortunate but true.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('34','Kathy'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('34','Kathy','Hey Barry, good to hear from you. I agree with you on that last line, unfortunate but true.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Hey Barry, good to hear from you. I agree with you on that last line, unfortunate but true.
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