#interethnic

New outbreak of inter-ethnic violence in Ethiopia ~ #AFP:

This latest outbreak of violence, marked by the use of firearms, further heightens fears about the climate in which the June 5 national elections are supposed to take place in Africa’s second most populous country. The Amhara region is dominated by the eponymous ethnic group, the second largest in Ethiopia. The violence, which started last week, was concentrated in two administrative divisions of…

At first, I was going to research the European Union which is something I’m curious about, but then I found another topic that I’m interested more in. I decided to investigate interracial adoption, whether it is something that should be continued or stopped. Currently, I don’t have a stance regarding the issue. I would like to research more before making a position because I want to learn from…

50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in the Loving case (link to PBS coverage of this case & 7 other interracial couples

There are many extremely high-yellow people in the US who have African ancestors.  Many of them “pass for “Italian” and “Latino” because they wish to God that they were born such.  No controversy there.  It is only when one of white privilege wishes to God that they were born something else is there this “trouble”.

I put the word trouble in quotes on purpose, as it is “racial trouble” and as such is not of nature but human fabrication.  This could be as COMPLICATED as TRANSGENDERED, and as such it could become as liberating for us all.

We black people have been through our shame, using every skin-lightening and hair straightening chemical possible and the vestiges of colorism are still with us.  And Rachel Dolezal’s own story will continue to unfold.

However, there is absolutely nothing wrong with black people being black (born black) or other people who genuinely love black people and our cultures, histories, and struggle for justice and want to be black (trans-ethnic), and work for equality and equity as this woman seems to have been doing.  There’s nothing wrong with that, and in fact we don’t have enough of it.  The NAACP of Spokane, functioning in historic Aryan Nation strongholds, is correct to elect leaders not by their race but by their record.

I see this as an opportunity to think, and to do so for long-term goals, but Capitalism (racist, regressive and violent corporations and the mainstream media they own) and unfortunate race-fiefdoms may mire us in short-term small-minded play or play for quick laughs.