George Zimmerman's Ethnicity?

[Godzchild]

Originally Posted by Titus2woman

I have noticed that a lot of these kinds of problems follow along economic lines. The poorer and more 'low class' people of all races are the more bigoted they seem to be and the more concerned that no one 'cross over' to date or marry out of their race and want everyone to participate in their culture...

And don't feel bad... I hate Tamales and Enchiladas, don't speak Spanish worth a flip (my dad insisted we only speak English) and think illegals should be deported.

[Sasha]

Originally Posted by Titus2woman

As a Latina who 'passes' as white (light skin, no accent, married to a white guy) I can promise you that racism is alive and kickin' in this country. It is not the 'problems of the past' that are at issue... it is the problems of today. Most people are, at their core, racist. And I've had a birds eye view of just how people who claim to not be racist act when they are with their 'own kind'.

Sadly enough, the church is the last bastion and stronghold of racism. It seems that only in church is it just OK to have no one in attendance of another color.

I think better markers of measuring your sincere acceptance of other races as equal are to ask yourself why you do not now or did not (if you did not) date across racial lines when you were single, why you attend a church that is at least 90% your own color, live in an area that is not racially mixed or send your kids to school with kids that all look like them... Because if you do these things, chances are you are part of the problem, not the solution and no amount of saying how you believe that people are equal will change that.

Perhaps it's the area of the country in which we live. I was raised in Chicago and went to schools that were about equal in white and black attendance. We lived in an area that was mostly black. We also had a lot of break-ins while living there, although we don't know what color those people were.

I once lived in Virginia. There aren't a lot of 'white neighborhoods' since the population is about 66% black in the state, but never had a problem with anyone of any color while living there. The church I attended had a large mixture of white, black, hispanic, and asian. We all sat together, prayed together, and ate together.

I live in an area that is mostly white. I attend a large church and there are several black members with many of them in leadership positions. Nobody cares, even though it's mostly white membership, however, this area is well-known for racism and it wasn't long ago that it was commonplace for the KKK to have rallys on a regular basis.

Personally, because of my upbringing, color of skin has never bothered me. My husband, who is white, has a black brother and sister (not adopted). We don't care because I was raised to see one race...the human race....and we should all stick with our own kind.

People are people no matter what color or ethnicity they are, but I'm also aware that there are many who don't see it this way.

[Sasha]

Originally Posted by Godzchild

Terry Black told my husband and I that no matter what he would not have married us if we were to have been in his church and dating He ended the statement (as to the shocked look on my husbands and my face) with ...." I am not prejudice, I just personally feel like MIXED couples have too many problems that lead them into divorce and then having kids that will suffer from being in a mixed family"~ Looking back on that day, my husband tells me , we should have walked out and never came back to that church! In my previous statement where I said my kids have caught slack from white kids and blacks as well in the past......yea maybe so, but they have NEVER "suffered" or anything negative from being born to a black father and an American Indian mother...... Such ignorance makes my blood boil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And you are so very correct in saying racism is ALIVE, WELL, and KICKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What I personally witnessed from a few children of mixed race is that they sometimes have an identity crisis. For instance, one such young girl wanted to be white like her mom, but her dad was very black and none of the children looked like they had a white mother at all. The girl was upset because she wanted to date a white boy and while she had a lot of white boy friends, none of them she was interested in wanted to date her. The struggle to 'belong' was a horrible thing for her to go through. She isn't the only one I have seen struggle with that issue. Do any of your children voice anything like the above or have you ever seen that?

I have never dated outside of my race simply because I wasn't interested, not because of their color. My sister is dating a black man. I love him regardless because he takes care of her. My brother doesn't like it because he thinks we should 'stick to our own kind' even though he likes the guy as a good friend.

Being with 'our own kind' is normal, I think. While there are some like my sister, mother in law, and yourself who choose to date outside their race, it's not typical.

I love everyone no matter what...unless you pick on my kids. Then I'm a momma bear! LOL!

[houston]

I hate all races.

[Sasha]

Originally Posted by houston

I hate all races.

Me too. I'm too slow to win any of them.

[Old Paths]

Hate all races?

God created all races of people from ONE blood.

Act 17:26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

[Sasha]

I hate blood too...unless it's coming out of my medium rare steak!

[Godzchild]

Originally Posted by houston

I hate all races.

Since Mrs C is not here I will do it for her.....

[Godzchild]

Originally Posted by Sasha

What I personally witnessed from a few children of mixed race is that they sometimes have an identity crisis. For instance, one such young girl wanted to be white like her mom, but her dad was very black and none of the children looked like they had a white mother at all. The girl was upset because she wanted to date a white boy and while she had a lot of white boy friends, none of them she was interested in wanted to date her. The struggle to 'belong' was a horrible thing for her to go through. She isn't the only one I have seen struggle with that issue. Do any of your children voice anything like the above or have you ever seen that?

I have never dated outside of my race simply because I wasn't interested, not because of their color. My sister is dating a black man. I love him regardless because he takes care of her. My brother doesn't like it because he thinks we should 'stick to our own kind' even though he likes the guy as a good friend.

Being with 'our own kind' is normal, I think. While there are some like my sister, mother in law, and yourself who choose to date outside their race, it's not typical.

I love everyone no matter what...unless you pick on my kids. Then I'm a momma bear! LOL!

My kids never went thru anything like that! They were and are happy with who they are and where they came from. My son dates mostly Asian girls (?)and my daughter has a son with a Mexican guy and then married a white guy. We are happy with whomever they choose as long as they "stay out of the local dump" to find them....ya know what I mean as a mom!!! We have had our fair share of .......... <ahem> girls my has son picked in the past..... As for "our own kind".....never fully wrapped my mind around that one when people say that куп глупости
(as my Bulgarian gramma would call it) As for my husband, I met him at a friends family cookout and I knew God had sent him my way. This was confirmed thru our pastor one Sunday morning when he called us up front during the middle of a sunday service! God has blessed our marriage and family beyond words thru the years! I never seen a "black man".....I seen a goodlooking guy who smiled at me and asked me my name.....and here we are 32 years later....33 years TOMORROW July 8th!!! True love sees no color, age or shape. I can get along Lucifer if I have to as long as he don't tread on my space and mess with my kids! I despise racism of ANY type and think its from SMALL minded fools who have no sense of even who they are themselves!

[Godzchild]

Originally Posted by Old Paths

Hate all races?

God created all races of people from ONE blood.

Act 17:26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

people seem to forget we all came from the same man and woman! Adam and Eve!!