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nex0s

IBARW: An Incomplete List of Incidents

Aug 09, 2007 17:20

Backstory: My mother is white (Russian Jew), my father is black (African, Naticoke, and Irish).

Early Years
1972 - Man punches Mother in stomach while calling her a "Nigger Lover." She is 7 months pregant with me

1973 - Earache. A (black) neighbor takes Mom to the hospital with me, and nurses tell my Mom that if she needs to get away from "her pimp", ( Read more... )

ibarw, race relations

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drukwerk August 10 2007, 14:32:07 UTC

who knew mia farrow was such a cunt. i never got zebra. i got "oreo". black on the outside / white on the inside

nex0s August 10 2007, 14:38:32 UTC

I got "oreo" from black kids, and "zebra" from white.

Mia's a cold hearted bitch, is what she is.

Icon shows my favorite cookie! I liked to eat both sides to about 1/4" from the center line, and then chomp down the center at the end.

N.

sparkymonster August 10 2007, 23:03:14 UTC

Mia's a cold hearted bitch, is what she is.

Unless it's saving the beknighted negroes in other countries like OMG DARFUR.

nex0s August 11 2007, 14:36:32 UTC

She has an adoption addiction that is about needing to be needed and needing to be in control. I have some stories about her that will make your hair unkink. (HA HA! Get it? Like when other people say "make your hair curl?! I slay me :)

But seriously. Cold. Maybe in a locked post I'll talk about it. Wouldn't want to get sued for defamation.

N.

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nex0s August 12 2007, 19:27:08 UTC

Hi! I've seen you mentioned on Beowabbit's journal. Welcome :)

Maybe we did meeet at some point in the space/time continuum, but at any rate, welcome :D

N.

sparkymonster August 11 2007, 01:02:24 UTC

This post is amazing, and difficult and brave. One thing I think white people do'nt always understand is that talking about being a victim of racism is exposing yourself to a lot of vulnerability. It's sayin g"hi here is where I was wounded" and sometimes people go "oh that wasn't a wound at all" and then you want to stab them in the face repeatedly ( ... )

nex0s August 12 2007, 19:31:32 UTC

Thank you for all this. Yes, yes, and yes. I'm glad we're on each others flists now...

It's funny, my grandmother on my fathers' side was my skin color, with grey eyes and bleached blonde straightened hair @.@ My great aunt - her sister - wore her hair natural and also had light eyes. If you asked Nana what she was, she said she was black. If you asked Aunt Elsie what she was, she said Native American. You can see the native in both their faces - they look like sisters, so it's funny that they identified completely differently from one another.

I am a "semi" only child - I have a half brother and a half sister, both of whom are 15 years older than I am. Their mother is African American and we share our Dad, who IDs as Black, but is Irish, Nanticoke and African.

Identity is a slippery and weird thing. I'm going through my family pictures now, and my family on that side is so multihued. It's fascinating.

N.