You say that Mariah and Slash are considered 'White", but by whom ? I've never heard eithe of them deny that they had a Black parent. As for Tiger, why should he let others define him, and force him to essentially deny his Asian mother and her culture and it's importance in his life. I think some people may want to choose sides based on the environment that they're in. For example, a bi-racial person living in, say Harlem or Compton, may want to identify more as Black, as opposed to a bi-racial person who's in a more integrated or multi-cultural environment.
With more bi-racial children being born, these issues will surface. But it's time we acknowledge that this is the 21st Century, and to put the "One-Drop" rule, and divisions into Octaroons, and Quadroons, etc to rest. Time to move on ...

And I have some personal interest in the subject. I'm Black , and my wife is White. We live in a very integrated Multi-cultural environment. Our young child (who is really too young to fully understand these issues), says "I'm a little bit Black and a little bit White". We want him to be proud of and comfortable with all aspects of his heritage and background, and not to let anybody else define him or put him into a box

Mariah and Slash are considered white.

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And Tiger...well he's not black but, Caublacasian remember??? That says it all right there you know, its just so sad when you can't love and accept who and what you are.

Mariah and Slash are considered white.

You say that Mariah and Slash are considered 'White", but by whom ? I've never heard eithe of them deny that they had a Black parent. As for Tiger, why should he let others define him, and force him to essentially deny his Asian mother and her culture and it's importance in his life. I think some people may want to choose sides based on the environment that they're in. For example, a bi-racial person living in, say Harlem or Compton, may want to identify more as Black, as opposed to a bi-racial person who's in a more integrated or multi-cultural environment.
With more bi-racial children being born, these issues will surface. But it's time we acknowledge that this is the 21st Century, and to put the "One-Drop" rule, and divisions into Octaroons, and Quadroons, etc to rest. Time to move on ...

And I have some personal interest in the subject. I'm Black , and my wife is White. We live in a very integrated Multi-cultural environment. Our young child (who is really too young to fully understand these issues), says "I'm a little bit Black and a little bit White". We want him to be proud of and comfortable with all aspects of his heritage and background, and not to let anybody else define him or put him into a box

I understand what you're saying but it sounds like pandering to me. Halle's mother may have done her a huge favor, particularly if she was struggling with her self-image. But the only reason that Halle is considered Black is because white people said so. She was raised by a white woman and half the blood that courses through her veins came from her mother.

It's much easier to pick a side and assimilate. Tiger's position on his race, with the whole 'Caublinasian-or whatever' may seem silly on its face but his refusal to allow himself to be pigeonholed is ultimately an unpopular stance that takes a whole lot more guts than most folks in that situation possess.

Well , Tiger's father is part White, part Black, and part Native American, and his mother is Asian. He wants to acknowledge all aspects of his ethnicity, so what's so sad about that? Why should he deny any part of who he is , and just say that he was Black ?

Nas made some good points in the song...He's not criticizing success, but success at the expense of selling out one's people & perpetuating stereotypes.

Mariah is considered White by who?

White people.

She herself said that, in England especially, people would ask her "Why do you work with these black artists?" She said they didn't get it. Tommy Motoloa considered her white and encouraged her not to wear light colors

I don't know a single White person that thinks Mariah is anything but bi-racial. But I don't live in England either....

Mariah has always mentioned being of an interracial parentage. A person would have to had their head in the sand not to know that .

And it's interesting that they mentioned England. I happen to travel to England fairly regularly, and I've probably seen more interracial couples and families in London, Liverpool, and Manchester than I've seen even in New York or San Francisco. That's not to say that there's less racism there, but there seems to be less of a taboo there in regards to bi-racial relationships. I remember reading somewhere that in England about 50% of the Black men and about 25% of the Black women were married to or involved romantically with whites.

And look how many English celebrities are bi-racial : Sade, Scary Spice, Thandie Newton, Dizzy Rascal, Goldie, Oscar nominee Sophie Okenado (sp?)

So it's not at all uncommon there at all

Intresting take on handling that situation with children. However, you mention the one drop rule. But it is very different when half of your DNA is Black. that is waay more than one drop. Also the comment about if you lived in Harlem or Compton is a little disturbing. Because if you lived in SOuth Georgia you'd still be considered black. Many times I find that you are accpeted a little faster by the black community because they still see you as black for the most part different yes but still black. but in the white community you are always gonna be different if you are mixed.you will never be considered white, Mixed maybe, black maybe, but never white. THis thread is turning to that old movie imitation of life LOL

I've seen several interviews w/ Mariah stating the above quote about how Tommy Matoloa was trying to mold her and how he didn't want her to let on that she was bi racial so, she never mentioned this early in her career. Tommy wanted her to appeal to a white audience amd he was very particular about the way she was to be portrayed. Even though it was widely speculated that she was mixed with something, she never came out and said that she was part black Until Her Divorce. And I'm not 100% sure but, I think she "officially" revealed this information in Ebony magazine because she was on the cover around that time.

However, my point was if she never came out and said she was part black no one except for those close to her would ever know.

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All this time I though Slash was Latino, Never knew he had a black parent,so he wasn't too vocal about it