White USAnians, who's the minority now?

[garbon]

Although self-identification is certainly shaped by external factors.

Well yeah.  Though I did like your efforts to identify as Indian.

I was actually thinking about how I can/have identified myself as solely black but would feel weird saying I'm solely white.

[Valmy]

I was actually thinking about how I can/have identified myself as solely black but would feel weird saying I'm solely white.

I know that makes no sense.  But then the whole thing is silly.  I am sorta glad we have alot more different sorts of people now so maybe we can stop with the rigid black/white thing.

I was thinking how absurd it would be if I had married a black woman my kids would somehow not really be part of my family in some stupid way...at least according to society.

[Slargos]

I was actually thinking about how I can/have identified myself as solely black but would feel weird saying I'm solely white.

I know that makes no sense.  But then the whole thing is silly.  I am sorta glad we have alot more different sorts of people now so maybe we can stop with the rigid black/white thing.

I was thinking how absurd it would be if I had married a black woman my kids would somehow not really be part of my family in some stupid way...at least according to society.

Now that's just silly.

Why reach for straws when there's plenty of nicely rooted branches?

[Valmy]

Now that's just silly.

Why is it silly?  We have people questioning whether Obama is American enough when the American roots on his mothers side go back over 300 years.

[The Brain]

Roots was made up.

[Slargos]

Now that's just silly.

Why is it silly?  We have people questioning whether Obama is American enough when the American roots on his mothers side go back over 300 years.

It's silly because even though your child would be a mongrel bastard, I don't think even the most unapologetic racist would claim you're not family.

Obama's place of birth is under fire, not his genetic heritage. What kind of asinine idiot would under the current political climate dispute Obama's eligibility for President on the basis that he's a jiggerboo?

[Valmy]

It's silly because even though your child would be a mongrel bastard, I don't think even the most unapologetic racist would claim you're not family.

Except those kids usually are not considered mongrel bastards but 100% one thing or the other.  Which is what I was gettin' at.

[The Brain]

Robocop was 100% something.

[Slargos]

It's silly because even though your child would be a mongrel bastard, I don't think even the most unapologetic racist would claim you're not family.

Except those kids usually are not considered mongrel bastards but 100% one thing or the other.  Which is what I was gettin' at.

Then why not say that instead of what you did say? 

Which is what I was getting at. 

[Valmy]

Then why not say that instead of what you did say? 

I thought I did.  But if I did not then disregard what I first said.

[grumbler]

I think you are right.
The latinos descend from native americans from the spanish colonies that learned to speak their conquerors' language.
Majority of mexicans appear to have zero spanish genes, anyway.

Not true.  Various genomic studies suggest that the typical Mexican has about 50% native, 40% European, and 10% other unique genomes, IIRC.  The percentage of uniquely European genomes increases as one goes north in the country, and as one's looks at higher social classes.

I'm pretty sure the majority of humankind are mixed race one way or another.

Which is why the concept of different "races" is so silly.  Self-identification is just guesswork based on anecdotes.

[Barrister]

Robocop was 100% something.

Whoah.  A RoboCop tagline reference. Bravo sir.

[Siege]

Robocop was 100% something.

Would he be a white machine?