There’s no such thing as half-white or half-black. There’s no such thing as equality in America.

Posted in Excerpts/Quotes on 2016-01-24 02:31Z by Steven

There’s no such thing as half-white or half-black. There’s no such thing as equality in America.

Amber Rambharose, “My Whiteness And My Blackness Are Not Reconcilable.” RaceBaitR, August 25, 2015. http://racebaitr.com/2015/08/25/my-whiteness-and-my-blackness-are-not-reconcilable/.

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My Whiteness And My Blackness Are Not Reconcilable.

Posted in Articles, Autobiography, Media Archive, United States on 2016-01-23 23:20Z by Steven

My Whiteness And My Blackness Are Not Reconcilable.

RaceBaitR
2015-08-25

Amber Rambharose, Associate Editor
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Almost any given object can be split in half with each half making up 50% of whole.

I can only think of one exception.

When someone asks if I am half black or half white, I don’t want to give the comfortable response they are looking for. Any answer would imply that my Whiteness and Blackness are equal. Any answer would feel like a betrayal.

It’s a stupid question…

Read the entire article here.

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