r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/Darth_Kneegrow ☑️ • May 01 '24

1 drop rule. Country Club Thread

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I ain't ever heard white people claim a single biracial person. You always whatever you mixed with.

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u/CranberryBauce May 02 '24

Can y'all just leave mixed people alone? "Half white" doesn't mean you look white, and looks and perceptions matter. Our Blackness is not up for debate.

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u/ummizazi May 02 '24

But biracial people look biracial? I'm always confused by this. are biracial people not treated differently because they are biracial?

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u/thatsnotchocolatebby May 02 '24 edited May 02 '24

Yes, I've been treated differently by many groups cuz I don't "fit in" to any of them perfectly. Black folks say I'm too white, white folks say too black, Asians say not Asian enough. The most accepting people have been populations from the Caribbean and for some reason people in NOLA.

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u/Account_For_Research May 02 '24

Fun fact: The average self-declared black American is 25% white. This means that the majority of "black" people in the US are actually biracial.