THE BLANKET OF PRIVILEGE

If a person has been blanketed from the atrocities of racism,
they are equipped to combat it from a "Common Sense"
perspective..

This is true, and this also explains why when many black Africans, blacks from the Caribbean Islands, blacks from other countries, and people who are visibly mixed with black come to America and they are asked what they are or consider themselves racially -- they often identify themselves by the country they came from.

They seldom say I am black. They understand that saying you are black will or could register in the minds of some people that you are saying you are a African American. The label African American or black American can open them up to racial discrimination. So they try to avoid that label, and they are not African Americans anyway.

This also justifies Anatole Broyard 's decision to pass as white and on top on that he had a white phenotype, and was seen as white, thus he was white in reality.

Interesting that Anatole and others of his generation and those before his generation who could pass for white had to pass in order to live a better life. Now in todays time period actor Wentworth Miller, Vin Diesel, and many other who are famous and not famous can publicly say they are mixed with black and there are no major arguments and people trying to force them into blackness.

Whar are some other advantages that you have noticed?

Long live the day that the concept of "Passing" passes away, and people stand as who they truly are in regards to race. One can pretend to be whatever they want. One can be assumed by others to be something other than what they really are. However, the truth always rises to the surface in one way or another; if not sooner than later. The question then will be if the person who has been "Passing" is prepared to deal with the consequences and/or outcomes that may arise due to their actions/choice of presenting themselves as one race, when in fact they are some other race.

Although this world has legally and psychologically made people who are Biracial/Multiracials out to be either one race or another, Biracial/Multiracials are...THEMSELVES! What defines those who are Biracial/Multiracials?? That question lays within time, and each Biracial/Multiracial individual. Also, because there has never been a set racial/cultural foundation specifically geared towards Biracial/Multiracial, the question of defining Biracial/Multiracial will lay in the hands of the Biracial/Multiracial people who work together to create cultural and social gatherings/practices/inventions/ideas/communities, etc. that will specifically define Biracial/Multiracial people. What do I mean by define in this case? I mean things in which Biracial/Multiracials create that other Biracial/Multiracials expound on and can relate to, and in turn make those things a way of life and self representation: Customs, trademarks, symbols, view points, etc.

Bare in mind though, that not each and every idea will be agreed upon by ALL Biracial/Multiracial people. Although Biracial/Multiracial people are in theory THE SAME racially, Biracial/Multiracial people are individuals first. Thus, there will be people who may have strong interests in one thing, but not in something else. (ex: One group of Biracial/Multiracials favor one genre, food, way of life, and another group of Biracial/Multiracials favor a different genre, food, way of life).

Note: Everything I've stated above is purely opinional ladies and gentlemen. I base my opinions heavily upon my observance of other races and cultures and the concepts/traditions, customs, trademarks, way of life, etc. in which those other races and cultures have define themselves through time and a majority outlook/way of life practiced by the people of those other races. In other words, I'm not creating FACTS to make as the standard that sets the way for Biracial/Multiracial people or, for that matter, ANY OTHER KIND OF PEOPLE. My opinions are what I've seen in people with regards to race, when in fact race and racial definition is in question amongst people.

P.S. To those Biracial/Multiracial people who wish to "Pass" for another race, I am NOT, I repeat, NOT going to degrade you, harshly judge you, or look upon you as some kind of traitor/sell out. All I ask, is that you consider NOT degrading, harshly judging, or look upon those who choose to racially identify as Biracial/Multiracial in a negative way, or as some kind of burden to you. Why am I stating this? So that when you see me online elsewhere, or pass me on the street somewhere, you can know with certainty that I'm one less person you have to concern yourself with in regards to mistreating you in some fashion (attitude wise and racial expectation/profiling wise). Online and in person, I will give you, as I give everyone else, the standard treatment of "A New Person to meet" if that situation presents itself. Why am I singling myself out on this matter? So that you will know exactly where one person stands on such issues regarding you and your choice of racial identification. Although I am in great support of an established Mixed race identity, I view you as individuals(HUMAN) first.