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Pretty much the same merkinry during the Voice referendum. Arseholes were minimising people's opinions because they "were not black enough".Stop a minute here mate and think. This comes from the following claim in an article by her father.
My roots go back, within my lifetime, to my paternal grandmother Miss Chrishy (née Christiana Brown, descendant of Hamilton Brown who is on record as plantation and slave owner and founder of Brown’s Town)
KAMALA HARRIS’ JAMAICAN HERITAGE - UPDATED - 14.01.2019 - Jamaica Global Online
As the presidential buzz continues to grow around the possible candidacy of California Senator Kamala Harris, interest is also growing around her little-known Jamaican heritage.www.jamaicaglobalonline.com
Now I think it fair enough to take him at his word,so all good there. But, here's also where you have to engage your brain and think about how this might come to be........
As explained by the Atlantic (here), “the overwhelming majority of African Americans have white male ancestors, largely because of white male slave owners who raped Black female slaves.”
This dark historical fact undermines the point this claim tries to make - that having a white slave-owner in her ancestry makes Harris or any African American less Black.
So no it's "not very nice" is it, I mean slavery and the trappings that go along with it were never very nice.
Yeah, well again that's based on no evidence, it's just you accepting a GOP talking point that Harris isn't a "real black person". But as per above that makes for a lot of African Americans that aren't "real black people" by your reckoning. Or maybe you're just plain wrong?
What does a "typical black African American" look like mate? What makes them typical and not Harris, what separates their shared histories? What is it that makes for her to be "portrayed as African American" but not actually be African American?
And it is certainly not unique to Australia.
LINK
Race Matters: On Feeling 'Black Enough' | Cup of Jo
Author Christine Pride worries about being "Black enough."
cupofjo.com
‘Not black enough’: the identity crisis that haunted Whitney Houston
The new documentary on the late star’s tragic life focuses on her conflicted public persona as a black star in a white pop world
www.theguardian.com
It attempts invalidate an individual's identity based on stereotypical notions of race and undermines the diverse nature of racial and cultural identities. It perpetuates harmful stereotypes and can marginalize individuals within their own communities.
