He clearly wants to profit from a Black vote. The thing is, if he had more confidence in himself he could do that as a biracial person. Just say who you are and present a strong agenda. Don't pander.
This is a very important point. I've noticed the inconsistencies as well. I wish they would be proud to be biracial/mixed/m*latto and represent people like us. A similar thing happened in the UK with Vaughan Gething. Kemi Badenoch is currently in the running to be Conservative (Tory) leader. If she does get it, then it will indeed be an ACTUAL "first black win"!
Biracial Americans born from the end of WWII up through the 1990s are a fairly small population but have given rise to so many prominent personalities. It's good to recognize how much our folks have accomplished even if they don't always identify the way we'd like them to. Imagine how much the larger crop of mixed people born since the Millennium could achieve.
If you do a DNA test on Ted Cruz you will probably find Spanish/Portuguese, Native American, West African, North African, West Asia and even Sephardic Jewish. That's what the results are coming in for a lot of the Caribbean Spanish speaking nations. Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
I said it before but institutional power is downstream from community formation. In terms of building the community, a good and not too hard first step is circling the wagons on mixed identity. If someone starts to question you on why you identify as biracial or mulatto, respectfully reply that you only discuss those issues with other biracial people.
Mulatto equivalent in Jamaica. There are also synonymous terms employed by writers, or those who live in the particular society to describe women and men of mixed race. At present the mulatto woman is referred to as 'browning' in Jamaica, the 'red woman' in Trinidad, the 'mulata' in Latin societies and the 'woman of colour' in the USA.
He clearly wants to profit from a Black vote. The thing is, if he had more confidence in himself he could do that as a biracial person. Just say who you are and present a strong agenda. Don't pander.
I'm Glad your telling the truth most people Don't want to talk about these but it is what it is
notice how he capitalises "Black" but not "biracial".
The black vote is valuable (for now) and all you need to get it is identifying as black. I understand why they do that.
I saw a picture of Kamala Harris and Barack Obama together and I thought they would actually look good together as a couple
Don’t let Michelle see this. 🤣
🌱 0:30 it's so annoying 🍃
This is a very important point. I've noticed the inconsistencies as well. I wish they would be proud to be biracial/mixed/m*latto and represent people like us. A similar thing happened in the UK with Vaughan Gething. Kemi Badenoch is currently in the running to be Conservative (Tory) leader. If she does get it, then it will indeed be an ACTUAL "first black win"!
Biracial Americans born from the end of WWII up through the 1990s are a fairly small population but have given rise to so many prominent personalities. It's good to recognize how much our folks have accomplished even if they don't always identify the way we'd like them to. Imagine how much the larger crop of mixed people born since the Millennium could achieve.
If you do a DNA test on Ted Cruz you will probably find Spanish/Portuguese, Native American, West African, North African, West Asia and even Sephardic Jewish. That's what the results are coming in for a lot of the Caribbean Spanish speaking nations. Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
Ted Cruz is white.
I said it before but institutional power is downstream from community formation. In terms of building the community, a good and not too hard first step is circling the wagons on mixed identity. If someone starts to question you on why you identify as biracial or mulatto, respectfully reply that you only discuss those issues with other biracial people.
Mulatto equivalent in Jamaica.
There are also synonymous terms employed by writers, or those who live in the particular society to describe women and men of mixed race. At present the mulatto woman is referred to as 'browning' in Jamaica, the 'red woman' in Trinidad, the 'mulata' in Latin societies and the 'woman of colour' in the USA.