As the title states, when do you become white? Or when are you considered white?
By default, anyone with black heritage is considered black. If you look more white than black, do you have to state it every time to make people know you are black. In order to stop people claiming you are passing as white?
How come, it's not ok for black people with black heritage to be white (mixed/biracial).
When do people draw the line that separate black from white and the person becomes white?
Why is it always that the person needs to accepts their black heritage and by not doing so, they are denying their blackness. But it's also, accepted and believed that you are not white if you have any percentage of black?
Funny how Barack Obama was never called as mixed race. He was always black. One of Michelle's ancestor was white. Is she more black than Barack or are they on the same level of blackness?
What would that mean for their children?
I find it disturbing when people claim that black people pass as white. No they don't! 99% of the time they are white too. Why can't they claim their white side? Why should they deny that part of their heritage to appease racist?
Why should it be one sided?
Vin diesel claims to be ambiguous. He uses more of his white side than black (in the beginning of his career to be employed).
The case of wenworth miller. I remember reading it and being fascinated years ago.
Miller said in 2003 that his father is black and his mother is white.[5] His father is of African-American, Jamaican, German, and English ancestry; so why black out of all the races mentioned?
his mother is of Russian, French, Dutch, Syrian, and Lebanese ancestry.[6][7][8]
What makes the mum white and not Asian/Arab?
Please somebody answer at list one of these mind numbing questions.
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Passing as white (transracial debate). when do you become white?
quencher · 21/04/2017 10:12
I have no idea either 
my DD is mixed black/white and I'm interested to know what she'll identify as when she's older as so far she has no input whatsoever from the black side of her family.
Depends where you are. Im half black half white, in the UK I'm considered black by most but when I go to my dad's country they call me white and are baffled as to why they'd call me black in the UK just as people in the UK would be baffled about why I'd be called white by anybody.
I know one mixed lady who looks whiter than my white mother! My mother actually has darker skin than her. She has blonde hair blue eyes. She has a black parent. She does drop it in to conversation sometimes with new people that she's actually half black. Or when somebody makes a racist comment thinking they're in safe company 
That's true only in western countries, elsewhere they'd often say the opposite. I know what you mean though and I find it so annoying. Why would some only see me as one thing, and if I said I were the other they'd think I'm an idiot.
About accepting the black heritage I think it's because lots of people are just judgmental and think you'll suddenly have no culture if you're mixed. For some it seems you need to make more of an effort than somebody who was full something to be seen as having any culture and then still be seen in a different way.
I thought the opposite of Obama. Before he was president he was just called black, then he was elected and it was "he's not black though, he's half white too!" But now I think he's just called black again.
I think being mixed, you'll get half the people calling you one thing and half calling you the other.
For Wentworth Miller, maybe that's just because they were mainly black? I mean how far back do you go before you stop claiming a culture? Realistically nearly everybody could go back to grandparents, great grandparents etc and say they're something else it's just how we are. For the mum, I guess she might say white because most of her countries are white. I think for many people once it gets to less than a quarter they don't think about it anymore.
@CatherineHate I agree with your statement too.
@BeyondUser24601 I don't think it's is in the past at all. I think yay is why people can argue that black people can pass for white. They say it without thinking what they really mean. The one drop blood rule is the basis for this argument.
You could not make this up. There is a debate going on online.
The tv show "girls" aired recently.( it might have been yesterday, I have no idea).
People on social media claimed the baby was black
The baby was casted to play half Pakistani and white
The mother has complained that her baby is not black.
She says the baby is Puerto Rican and dad Haitian.
The mum is offended that anyone would refer to her child as black. But she is ok with him playing Pakistani child.
It less likely that the dad is white because most Haitians are black. I would be offended if I was the dad too.
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