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is it me or was the baby born to the white mother very black as opposed to being halfcast?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Halle Berry has 3 white grandparents, and the father of the child is white - which makes the ethnicity diluted even further; the child isn't 1/4 black its (I think) 1/8 black or, to put it another way, 87.5% white.
I couldn't give a tinker's cuss how Halle Berry, or anybody else for that matter, decides to describe the ethnicity of their kids, but calling her child black when the child is overwhemingly white is, well, a bit odd.
I couldn't give a tinker's cuss how Halle Berry, or anybody else for that matter, decides to describe the ethnicity of their kids, but calling her child black when the child is overwhemingly white is, well, a bit odd.
There was also the 'octoroon' in the deep south. even after slavery's abolition, octoroon women remained valued 'entertainers' in the New Orleans area, as it was deep taboo for 'proper' white ladies to be seen dancing barenaked or exchanging favours for cash. An octoroon was a negress according to the one drop law, but looked white.
I didn't invent any of the above and I don't applaud it.
I didn't invent any of the above and I don't applaud it.
Isn't that how conversation normally flows, though?
My tuppence worth - children of mixed race can be very light skinned, very dark skinned and everything in between. Some mixed race twins are very different - google 'black and white twins' to see. I know one person who is very dark skinned, after her father, with green eyes and ginger hair from her mother.
My tuppence worth - children of mixed race can be very light skinned, very dark skinned and everything in between. Some mixed race twins are very different - google 'black and white twins' to see. I know one person who is very dark skinned, after her father, with green eyes and ginger hair from her mother.