We sometimes wonder just Why Do Mulattos, Multi-Racial and mixed Race People Want to self Identify..We as a People are very well aware that We come from the Black Race and the great majority of Us, un mistakenly and Without a doubt, Identify with the " Black " Race because That is Part of Our Racial make up..On the other hand We have White Ancestry as Well. , Race mixing has been around since the beginning of Man kind and will always be part of the Genisis of Humanity and it's nothing New...
In America, a Nation founded from African Slave Labor has always held the White Race up as the savior of mandkind and has based it's Society and economy on it's European values, Life style and idealogical thinking...To accept The Black Man as an equal would be contrary to Their beliefs..As Such anyone with a trace of African Blood is considered to be Black and only Black and not anything else...However, the truth is that this is totally contrary to the thinking of most Anthropologist and Genetic Science..It's obvious that Mulattos possess a great amount of Caucasian Genes as Well..
It has always been the thinking of White society that Racial Impurity was un acceptable..so for this We have the "One Drop Rule"... Prior to the early 20th Centaury... Mulattos belonged to a three tiered society ...Not Black nor White but of Mixed Race Heritage...With the introduction of the One Drop Policy That changed...So now ,We have a Society that Says that If You are not White You are Black, Regardless of whether You possess 90% or 5 % of White Genes...
Now, We Mulattos are taking on the notion the We want to self identify with Who We truly are...We now have the freedom to chose Our Own Destiny and that is to be, who We really are...It is in no way a denial of Our Black Heritage but a re affirmation of All of Our Racial Heritages, both Black and white ...
