Halfrican

Mulatto Pride!! I am soooo just kidding. That image was just too hilarius for me to pass up.

I was reading an article in our local paper entitled "What Does It Mean To Be Biracial." Being biracial, it certainly caught my eye. The article mentioned how Julie Banderas of Fox News and Rush Limbaugh have referred to Barack Obama as Halfrican. Considering the source, I shouldn't be upset my it.

BUT it takes me back to 1981 as a first grader, swing on the monkey bars at good old Henry Adams Elementary School. This little black boy asked, "What are you?" another kid chimed in..."She's a zebra!" I was pissed then, and I'm pissed now. First, why should my race concern anyone? Do you have to know if I'm black or white to determine if you want to play with me on the monkey bars? Well, back then in the south I guess you did. My black heritage wouldn't have been welcome at every one's dinner table. So here I sit 27 years later, pissed off all over again at that mean little boy only now his skinny little black body has Rush Limbaugh's face on it.

Just for shits and giggles here are a few offensive names I've encountered because of my race: Mulatto, Mulatress (believe it,) Nigress (I swear I'm not lying), Swirl, Zebra, White Girl, Issue Child (as in Is you black or is you white?), and colored. All of these names make my skin crawl. Mixed isn't quite as bad, but I really prefer biracial or multiracial. How funny is it that I've been called a Nigress and a White Girl? I guess I'm too black or too white for some people!