Comments on: KARYN PARSONS:IT’S HARD BEING BIRACIAL IN AMERICA/RAISING BIRACIAL KIDS

By: mary sanders

mary sanders — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 23:57:14 +0000

I agree, and that is the way my hubby and I raised our children to accept both identities, without apologies, justifications or explinations. They are equally both of us. – so far it has worked out well for my 2 now grown children.

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By: Multiracial dude

Multiracial dude — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:14:27 +0000

Dude,

Your racial background is NOT your problem. Your problem is that you care too dang much what people think. If you consider yourself black-white then when someone asks your racial background you just say “black-white” or “biracial.” What is so dang hard about that. I look like a total whitey, but my dad was supposedly part white, Italian, and Indian. There weren’t a lot of Italians in Appalachia in the 19th century and my dad looked kind of like James Earl Jones. They were just trying to hide their black blood. Just call yourself whatever you want. I look white, so I call myself white, but at least I can approach race with the reality that I am “something else.” Calm done and embrace your diversity

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By: Bobby Booley

Bobby Booley — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 10:09:04 +0000

I totally understand you. I’m an ambiguous phenotype mulatto and I have been in a liminal state my whole life and somewhat of a loner because of that. I’ve passed as white, cuban and used to be pro black. I could write a book from my experiences. I’ve even gone as far as labeling myself a tragic mulatto. I’ve had a hard time finding love, for myself and for others. We are a lost people no matter how much we try to convince ourselves otherwise. Even President Obama went through personal turmoil in his life b/c of being mulatto. I use the term mulatto b/c this word defines me exactly, black and white. Biracial and multiracial is too broad of a term. I believe hapas biracials (Asian + white) have a much different experience than do us mulatto biracials, etc.

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By: Bobbie

Bobbie — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:48:40 +0000

Karen Parson is a great actress, and this world is a mess, they will never be satisfied, look at people in their own race, all races don’t get along 100%. Just be happy who you are, God knew who you were going to be, before your parents even thought about you. He made us all, and what God has made, he made very good and he’s proud of us. He loves all of us, i would like to see Karen Parson in some more movies, she is so pretty, and don’t cut you hair. If they want it short, wear a wig, or weave. She is a natural beauty. I would like to she her play a wife and mother. Or a Lawyer, Doctor, come on their is so many roles she can play. Like in the Family Reunion, that Tyler Perry made,she could have easily played one of the sisters, cousins, give me a break. It seems like once you do a sitcom, they don’t give these actress,many other roles in Hollywood. Hope to see you see in the big screen again. I like the movie Major Payne.

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By: Biracialgirl

Biracialgirl — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 07:05:39 +0000

@Biracialguy

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By: in love

in love — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:32:32 +0000

I find it to be hard to be white in america. Where I live in south texas I here a lot of mexicans say white people are so racist. White people look at me. I feel like as a white person how can you be comfortable and chill with people when if you do something or say. Something wrong, people automatically assume you are racist just because you have white skin. I feel like you can say whatever you want about white people but you better not say anything about anyone else, or prepare to get ur ass kicked or chewed out. I married outside my race and my husband is not like most people I come across who always want to tell me how they have it harder or how white people are. He loves me for me and he is definitly special. I don’t care what the rest of america thinks about our interacial marriage. Love has no color.

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By: Chanel

Chanel — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 18:41:16 +0000

Hillary was my favorite character next to Will Smith on the show. Karyn ( Hillary) looked just like my best friends mother, they could have been twins, both are light skin, it`s their face that is similar. Wow!, I knew Karyn was mixed, but for one, I didn`t know that she married a white man or didn`t know that she felt that way about her race. I am black, mixed with white and indian, and I am proud of what I am, and can`t wait to tell my future children someday of where they camed from.. Both of my parents are black, I have white and indian ancestors on both sides, which I think is pretty cool, Karyn, just look at it like this God made you bi-racial for a reason and HE made you and your children beautiful and with Love.

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By: Grandma

Grandma — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:44:18 +0000

I’m sorry your experience with humanity has been so painful. I do want to say Im white and was raised in the Midwest. I have had biracial and black children in my care and have experienced prejudice which hurt me deeply and shocked me greatly that there was so much cold ignorance in society. I also want to tell you no matter what race we are, we all experience a lonely cold world from time to time. I have often felt like I did not belong here on earth due to the hate that lives here. I often remind myself that I create my own reality and I try to give my world love. I now have a beautiful granddaughter from my son and she has a black mother. I love them all so much. I pray and hope that my grandbaby will find love and happiness in this world. I hope that instead of denying your heritage you’ll someday choose to educate others just by showing them nothing more than self acceptance. Be proud of who you are. Your thoughts create your reality. Your reality should be that you love yourself and love your heritage on both sides because they make you…YOU.

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By: Biracial guy

Biracial guy — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 19:03:45 +0000

I’m Biracial.
After reading most of this.
I have concluded I hate humanity, humans, and everything about it.
Most of you here are sick individuals.

Most of you have no idea what it feels like to be mixed, and not be able to fit in with both cultures that you are apart of. It leaves a deep empty feeling in you.

Most of my life my mother, and others have shoved “You’re black” and all this Black heritage down my throat to the point to where I wanted to throw up.
In fact, I resent being half black very much.
I have white-olive skin “very tan in summer” with black curly hair and other mixed features
When people ask me what I am, I tell them I’m Cuban “Since I look Hispanic and can pass for that”.
I don’t want to be affiliated with anything to do with myself.
And so now I’m learning spanish.
Solo sabe a poco espanol.
But anyways yeah.
I say Cuban because suddenly people suddenly say, “Oh, yeah I thought so”. Even that makes me sick to my stomach. That statement basically tells me they wanted to put me in a category. I don’t want to be a damn label. I want to just be a normal person.

I’m offended by a lot of what I have read.
And I am strongly against interracial mixing as a result of what I have been through.

No, I don’t want be be looked at as “Black”.
I didn’t deny it at first UNTIL people ONLY looked at me as just “Black” or just “light skinned”.
If you were to say I was Black-White I would have no problem, but no, people want to lump me in and “put” me somewhere where THEY want me.
I am my own person and I have the right to be what I want to be.
But apparently most people don’t recognize that.

Well, those are my thoughts I think I’m done ranting.

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By: sandy

sandy — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 05:19:34 +0000

to Know It All

Are you serious? I’m practically rolling on the floor laughing.
“Mulattoes need medical care because their eyes and skin are sensitive to sunlight.” Mwuhahahahahahahahahahaha

Is it possible you are referring to albinism, an anomoly known to occur in humans and animals which results in the lack of skin pigmentation?

I don’t believe for 5 seconds that Karyn’s daughter is an albino, nor that her skin color is an anomoly. She has plenty of white blood in her to come out just as she is, ESPECIALLY if the white blood on both sides is very fair.

I would highly suggest that you observe the world with an open mind and abandon stereotypes concerning mixed-raced people and their offspring.

“Mulattoes need medical care because their eyes and skin are sensitive to sunlight.” Mwuhahahahahahahahahahaha (Thanks for the laugh!)

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