So I just read a post on CNN from Lynn Whitfield's daughter regarding CNN's recent discussions on being Black in America. Mrs. Whitfield's daughter is bi-racial and posed the issue of why bi-racial children should have to pick a side on the race spectrum. Why should bi/multi-racial children have to define themselves as being one race when they are not? Interracial dating is prevalent in today's society and so more and more children are being born bi-racial. With the presidential candidacy of Barack Obama, who is bi-racial, race and it's place in society has become a burning issue once again. Would Black America have embraced Barack if he didn't have a black wife or didn't identify himself as being black? Would we except him a mixed race individual who is both black and white?
Why won't society let race go? Why must children who belong to multiple racial groups choose just one. It's idiotic. Who are we to tell someone who he or she is? Bi-racial children have enough to deal with trying to fit in without society putting more pressure on them. Why must one be black or white, why can't they just be brown?
I know its not that simple because people will never let it be that simple, but I can hope can't I?
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