Carol Channing admits to being 1/2 black
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lavenderspirit2005 — 18 years ago(January 03, 2008 03:42 AM)
"A broken record"? "You should stop embarrassing yourself and think about other things besides race."?
I'd like to inform you that this thread is entitled "Carol Channing admits to being 1/2 black".
It is a thread discussing a racial topic (Channing's mixed-race background) where I, a person of mixed-race background, was simply sharing a few opinions on the subject since it has personal relavance to me. That means I am "embarassing myself" and needing to "think about other things besides race"? Ummthat doesn't make any sense. I'm doing what every other IMDB.com user is doing: sharing their opinions on a variety of topics on the website. Some threads I participate in are racially-themed and others have nothing to do with race. What's the issue?
And as for me seeming to be "Heart-racing with desperation for 'BLACK' acceptance'", I find such a wild and outrageous assumption coming from a person who doesn't know anything about me completely out of line and not to mention laughable. Where's all these wild assumptions coming from? I don't know you and you certainly don't know me. I don't feel I need to explain myself to some anonymous online stranger, but just to set the record straightthe only person who would be desperate for acceptance is someone who is not secure and confident about their heritage. I'm very proud of my family background, and I know who I am.
I don't know why such a letter assuming such preposterous things about me, would come out of left field like this from some net stranger but I think of quite a few things other than race. I am a member of various forums that have nothing to do with race and I've got various interests in my private life totally unrelated to race, as do all people. You wouldn't know that because again, YOU ARE A STRANGER who knows nothing about me. On this thread about a celebrity's mixed-race heritage, however, I happened to participiate in it by sharing some of my opinions and also some info on the subject. That's my right as an American who has free speech.
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bellaalma — 18 years ago(January 17, 2008 09:29 PM)
lavenderspirit2005 - thank you for such an intelligent post. The misconceptions that abound regarding BLACK people, race, appearance, history, etc. are mind boggling. It is so refreshing to read a post from someone with a shared knowledge and opinion. You said EXACTLY what I was going to say.
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Diamond97 — 12 years ago(March 24, 2014 11:37 AM)
Wow, it's like a broken record in word form. This was of the most annoying and out of the left posts I've ever read. You seem heart-racing with desperation for 'BLACK' acceptance, which is pathetic as trying to passing for white. You should stop embarrassing yourself and think about other things besides race
You should give this advice to the many white people who are always trying to claim black people. Saying they have white ancestry. -
Isle1970 — 18 years ago(February 20, 2008 08:56 PM)
My goodness, way to jump down a sista's throat,
lavenderspirit2005
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While I may have generalized a bit too much, and perhaps showed my age as well, those generalizations are not unheard of and are not exactly incorrect. I am fully aware that we come in every shade imaginable. I have a full blood Native American grandmother, a very light skinned mom, I'm kind of caramel, and my children (being half-white) look more Greek than they do African American.
Yes, mulatto has been used interchangeably as a catch-all phrase for all who are mixed. As I was growing up I heard the term used primarily for those with one (apparently) black parent, and one white one, usually by white people. People who (apparently) had more white in them than black were referred to as "mixed" or "black". Within the black community, we were all black, even those who didn't really look it but we knew were. We have always been an inclusive community.
I got into technicalities primarily because someone in the thread had mentioned the term "octoroon", a term which begged the explanation of exactly what that term meant.
There was no need to get defensive to the point of attacking my intelligence. I am 1/4 Native American and a member of my tribe and have some white (French) in my background, and have been called mulatto before. I do not and never have considered myself mulatto; I consider myself black. The term may feel appropriate to you or others but the definition I grew up with doesn't feel like it fits me.
To each his own, in the end we are all members of the beautiful black family of colors.
Have a blessed year.
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it - Shaw -
Clothes-Off — 18 years ago(October 10, 2007 01:00 AM)
Yes, it would be a "very good question"
if she'd ever actually won an Academy Award!!
She was nominated for a supporting role once, and that had already been won by an A-A person long before that.
"Well, for once the rich white man is in control!"
C. M. Burns