[Michelle A.]

What do African Americans think about those who might have ‘passed’ in earlier times, a few generations back, and whose descendants are now ‘white’ – though they may not even know they are of mixed race?

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Name : Michelle A., Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 44, City : St. Louis, State : MO, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

[Lucy-H22684]

I think that it is one of the major faults of our society that mixed-race people are required to pick one or the other race to identify with – or worse, their race is picked for them by society. This idea that one drop of black blood makes you black is a hold-over from the days of slavery. This was a law enacted so that the slave owners could enslave as many people as possible, including their own children born to black mothers. People are people and should just be who they are, and other people should just let them be. Why are we still so hung up on race?

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Name : Lucy-H22684, Gender : F, Race : Hispanic/Latino (may be any race), Age : 25, City : San Jose, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : Engineer, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

[Jennifer R.]

I’m sort of ambivalent about it. I have no idea what it was like to live in the past, but from what I’ve been told, it would not have been a difficult decision to make if one were able to get away with it. The contrast in quality of life and opportunity must have been stark. I wonder, however, about the cognitive dissonance such a decision must invite. I recently read a book called The Sweeter The Juice by Shirley Taylor-Haslip that deals with this subject. You might be interested in reading it. It’s a very compelling story. ________________

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Name : Jennifer R., Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Humanist, Age : 29, City : Saint Paul, State : MN, Country : United States, Occupation : Writer/Student, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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