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Post by pieter on Sept 8, 2019 8:16:08 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Sept 8, 2019 8:18:04 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Sept 8, 2019 8:31:25 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Sept 8, 2019 8:32:59 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Sept 8, 2019 9:19:42 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Sept 8, 2019 14:05:12 GMT -7
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Post by karl on Sept 8, 2019 17:33:56 GMT -7
Pieter
It is easy to understand the delimma of such people that are of mixed race. For one thing, where do they fit in if not withen their own family? With this, how others treat them as equals or otherwise, it could be heart breaking for most of us wish only to be comfortable around others rather be it strangers or friends. We of course could very well be of empathically understanding, but what of others?
Karl
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Post by pieter on Sept 8, 2019 19:20:28 GMT -7
Karl,
We are both of mixed nationalities and know what confusion or misunderstandings these mixed identities can cause, but we both had parents who were both white and European. We understand that it becomes more difficult when one of your parents is white and the other black, and people see that you are someone with Black and white parents. The same counts for Eurasian people, Mestizo, Mulatto, Mischling, Pardo (a person of mixed White, Amerindian and African ancestry; sometimes a polite term for a black person), and Zambo (a person of mixed African and Amerindian ancestry) people.
In more tolerant, liberal, cosmopolitan and free thinking area's and cities of Europe and Northern America some cilvilization and refined sophistication has developed on the basis of Meritocratic ideas, Humanism, equality, democratic mindsets and the conviction that all people are equal. I think about Berlin, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, London, New York, LA, Wrocław, Luxemburg city, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Salem, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary.
Places were newcommers feel welcome and can succesfully integrate and assimilate, and in the same time keep part of their identity and integrate various identities into one.
Cheers,
Pieter
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