Ok since this is a black man / white woman forum, what are the thoughts of a biracial man (black/white). Is this less desirable for the women here? Is it like the watered down version on the ideal black man? Or is it desirable? Maybe you just lump him all in the "black man" category.
what? that s in your birthcertificate?? ok. i m speechless. in german birthcerfiticates is nothing like race or color. what is the use for that? i dont see any. just classification thats leads to discrimination. @sirnice many biracial men are very fine. but you are right many are just added to the "black group" i hate this terminations. my own daughters are biracial and mostly taken as "black" or the lil one as "hispanic", which she is not. i m glad they dont care about it. if someone asks them what they are they say german. thats it. and tarshi is right. lenny is biracial and fine. eventho i m more impressed by his talent then his looks.
Just an observation but why is it that some black males seem more hung up on biracial people and whether or not they are seen or identify as "black"? If you date outside of your "race" and chances are you may possibly procreate with someone of another "race" the child or children from such a union will be "biracial" regardless of how society views & labels them, even if they themselves or the parents of these individuals, for whatever reason, chose to foolishly ignore one half of their "racial" makeup & heritage. They are still going to be "biracial".
I know he is biracial.....ok to further investigate the issue, what about a man that is 1/4 black....say the mom is white and his father is biracial? is this too watered down??
so you are a follow of the 1/8 rule? why must a biracial person say they are black just because society list them as black? As a lover of black men, I would hope the women of this board can see them for who they are. And my question is do you feel that they are something less of your ideal man.
I don't think black males are "hung up on biracial people", I just find it amusing that white society as a whole ignore them and conveniently try to package them into the catch all phase of "black". Even though that person can be 50% white, some miraculously way white society fail to recognize it. But as a lover of black men, I am sure they can recognize it. I am asking how is that perceived. If it is perceived as a positive, then one wonder if these self proclaimed black men lovers are actually black men lovers. Or are they actually just nonwhite men lovers and in its simplest form seeking that which is not opposite but that which is different. Thus by having a partial lineage of black blood is to qualify that person as different. So in fact, they desire white features and qualities but want it in a different form. This is a forum for discussion. The one reason why I always leave this place because folks really don't like discussion here. They prefer it as a sexual outlet basically.
Some of us have dated 1/8th or less. I am attracted to who I am, but personality play into it so much. Yes, skin color comes into play at the first meeting but that is not all. I have biracial kids ... why would I discriminate against it if my own kids are mixed??
African Americans are mixed at least to some degree, it seems silly to me to start drawing the line at some specific degree of mixture IMO. Skin color is not a part of my dating criteria although mostly drawn to African American men, but I have no preference for lighter or darker skin and have dated across the board so to me, it doesn't matter. Besides you can put two different men with exactly the same 'degree' of mix and they will have a completely different skin color etc depending on a large number of reasons, one being Africa is a huge continent with a vast difference in appearance so going by 1/2, or 1/4 or whatever seems excessively pointless. Just my 2 cents.
if a white woman has children with a bm...do you really think it is within her vocabulary to refer to them as watered down...damn the degree of darkness to lightness is just not the deciding factor...it comes down to the man...
I don't follow blood quantum rules when choosing whom to date. We are all mixed to some degree. I myself am mixed, but you'd never be able to tell. So perhaps I'm too watered down to be desirable as a ww.
Not all of us 100% black here No mixture at all I think its silly that we still converse about this in 2014
I wasn't talking about society as a whole, but specifically this site. As a father of biracial children I've seen more than my share of questionable remarks & opinions expressed in regards to biracial individuals by a small handful of men who frequent this site on occasion. Even had one person refer to me as a "Captain Save A Ho" for calling him out for referring to biracial women as "half breeds". So it's not only "White Society" choosing to not recognize biracial individuals makeup. As I said just an observation.
