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    THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT MY RACE. MY CARAMEL COLORED SKIN, BIG BOLD EYES, ROUND HIPS, SMALL WAIST, FULL BREAST, AND HAIR THAT I CAN WEAR ANYWAY THAT I PLEASE MAKES IT CLEAR THAT THE PEOPLE THAT I REPRESENT ARE THOSE WHICH HAVE BEEN CALLED WHATEVER THE LATEST FAD IS. HOWEVER, WHAT TRULY MAKES ME CHECK: BLACK, AFRO-AMERICAN, AFRICAN AMERICAN,etc.. ARE MY EXPERIENCES. I AM SURE THAT MOST PEOPLE AT THE OSCARS FELT THAT HALLE ‘OVER REACTED’. WHILE I WAS PROBABLY MORE CRYING MORE THAN SHE. IT IS ALL BECAUSE OF OUR EXPERIENCES AND THINGS THAT ARE TAKEN FOR GRANTED. WHILE GROWING UP HER EXPERIENCE WITH WHITE CHILDREN MADE HER FEEL ‘BLACK’. ALTHOUGH, I AM SURE SHE ALSO ‘CAUGHT IT’ BY BOTH RACES, WE TEND TO BE A MORE EMBRACING PEOPLE. WE LOVE HALLE. SHE IS OURS BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO BE..AND CHOSE TO BE. ON THE OTHER HAND, ACTRESS JENNIFER BEALS (FLASHDANCE) HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT ALTHOUGH SHE IS ‘MIXED’, SHE EMBRACES THE WHITE RACE. THAT IS HER CHOICE. EXPERIENCES MAKE YOU WHO YOU ARE. WOULD THIS BE AN ISSUE IF SHE’D WON AN OSCAR. I DOUBT IT AND I BASE THAT ON MY EXPERIENCES.

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    Name : Godz21521, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Christian, Age : 28, City : Kidd, State : GA, Country : United States, Social class : Upper middle class, 
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