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Follow me on this, but it all comes down to pride

Not as in having anything to be proud about, but in having pride that gives illusions of grandeur and power.  There are some people in this world who desperately want to have that power, but by the worldly measures they consider important, they are sadly lacking.  So they latch onto one group identification or another and thereby feel proud, but only at the expense of those who do not belong to their group, often nastily so and, because they have no confidence they would fare well in a fair fight lacking strength as well to be proud in, they hide in anonymity, be it on the web or by wearing pointed bedsheets.

The people who find their pride in this way by declaring themselves to be purely "white" are either sadly misinformed, given the racial and ethnic mixing occurring both in early America and in Europe, or are dangerously inbred.  That is, they are either ignorant or their intelligence is genetically impaired.  So your observations are on target about your attackers.

My own background is illustrative how much variation in physical features occurs within ethnic groups, which I consider proof positive that we are all much more mixed then the ethnic purists would have us believe.  My paternal grandfather, both of whose parents were Jewish, had straight fair hair and blue eyes.  My maternal grandmother, both of whose parents were Swedish immigrants, had brown hair and eyes and a tendency to tan easily which I have been told came from the Irish side of her family.  I was born with a head of hair with a row of tight curls in the back which my father cut off pronto, but when my hair grows past a certain point, they return unless I comb them out.  Where did they come from?  My dad's hair was wavy, his mom was curly, as was my great-grandmother Hansen nee Ella Florence Cowl, shown below as a little girl.  The Cowl family origins were burnt with the church in Canaan, Connecticut, by the British during the Revolution.

posted by cpklapper on May 6, 2008 at 3:12 PM | link to this | reply

As a matter of fact, there are all kinds at Blogit and indeed it takes all

kinds to make the world!

posted by Straightforward on April 14, 2008 at 10:27 AM | link to this | reply

Re: Hello

chin up Taffy... I usually don't go on about this topic, but sometimes you just have to release what you are thinking!

posted by homegirl on April 14, 2008 at 9:43 AM | link to this | reply

Hello

This is the first I've visited any of your youtube videos.  What you said really struck a nerve with me.  I know exactly what you mean.  This is part of why I don't have my face online.  I'm so over dealing with the comments & negativity!  In my single days I'd have a nice chat with someone only to exchange photos & have them not respond or literally tell me they don't date *'s.   I with you on the Not Crazy Train.  Why is it my husband can take an entire cart full of clothes into a Walmart changing stall but when I try to go in with my Black skin & one top & one skirt I get asked "how many."  What is one to do?  Cause a scene?  I told my husband about it & he understood.  Should I have called the manager and asked what the policy was for taking clothes in the waiting room?  Was my husband not asked because he's a man or because he's of a different race from me?  Why is when I use my husband's credit card to get gas I get a phone call at home for a "potential fraud."  It took a minute for me to understand that the old white woman in the gasoline booth reported me as perhaps using someone else's credit card!!!! 

I'm like you I wouldn't want to be in an African-American/Black only type of existence.  I love living in a mixed race community but I'm well aware of what the limits are.  Sure people love for their children to go to school with everyone but do they invite you in their house when you drive by to pick up your child?  Do you invite them in your house?  It's a lot to wrap your mind around.  Anymore I just feel very tired.  I'm tired of not being treated with respect.  I mentioned to someone else who's Black how it was interesting that I got seated all the way of the back of the restaurant.  This person made the comment "maybe they thought you'd have a lot of other people with you."  No, they KNEW I was the only person in my party.  I'm just so tired.  It's been a long, cold winter. 

posted by Taffy000 on April 14, 2008 at 7:36 AM | link to this | reply

I wish you wouldn't fret so about your hair. Even before you mentioned it I had planned to say it looked lovely today. I am sorry racism still exists. For the life of me I will never understand it! sam

posted by sam444 on April 12, 2008 at 11:02 AM | link to this | reply

I think that cowards love the internet

because it is anonymous. It's a shame that people even think that way.

It's also dissapointing (and frustrating) to think about how much we're still judged by race instead of who we are as people. Obviously the old stereotypes are still alive and well.

posted by Loribeth215 on April 11, 2008 at 11:02 PM | link to this | reply

from the very few i've viewed on your videos my dear...i find you a very remarkable person...and with wide horizon of understanding in life...keep talking dear...you ought to be heard...

posted by __Purple_Mermaid11__ on April 11, 2008 at 7:34 PM | link to this | reply

posted by CRShelley on April 11, 2008 at 6:57 PM | link to this | reply

Good grief .. I don't even know what to say except it seems like we

take two "PC" steps forward only to take 200 years back.  By the way, you will likely not see the "N" word shouters on camera ... they are still using tin-can and string dial up out there.  Your expressions are captivating!

posted by Departed1 on April 11, 2008 at 6:50 PM | link to this | reply