are just as guilty as ingorant white people that would do the same by saying, all black people are etc. Some racist white people from back in the day made you hate all white people. All Mysteries and we can now luckily enjoy all through money making movies -to make us feel guilty or whatever .-because that sells!!! Being colder and more desolate, it was one of the most sparsely populated areas on the continent when Europeans arrived but soon began to increase in population, and not just Europeans. You have to live your life and if the biological grandparents dont want any part of the grandchildren then they will be the ones missing out on the fun. I thought perhaps bi-racial (even though I don t like the word that much. ) DNA was done on both parents b/c they went to court in SA to deem her a Caucasian & b/c the mother bore her, the courts took DNA from the father; proving she is his biological daughter. question if it is possible that two white parents could have a Black child: should my daughter one day want a family and if her husband is white, then yes, her Khoisan, Asian, Xhosa /Zulu genes could be apparent in my grandchild! Remember that. The color of Sandras skin was never discussed by her parents and never an issue in her small rural community until she went away to boarding school at age 6. Whites should never have been in S AFrica unless they were ready to assimilate or commit genocide. (And no, Im not talking about a light skinned Passe Blanc, etc Im talking about someone who one would never think had parents that were Black.). There is no forbidding by Jehovah of humans marrying whom they pleased (man and woman) producing offspring with varying outward features. I really thought that everybody knew this. At least go after the actual person who said it. Sad story but I feel for the white parent as well and not because they had a black child but because they had a black child in S Africa. Saw the movie yesterdaySandra Laings spirit, will, and determination to persevere is truly amazing! The parents would also have had to live a tough life if they had embraced Sandra and her husband. It happened in sueden too and in other countries but than you guys would not know about it at least the majority because you have the language barrier. Whether that baby is midnight black or casper white, being healthy is first and foremostTHATS what you hope for. Sandra Laing : The Black South African Girl Born To White Stop being un-racist, they dont notice. so sad that she had to go through all of this becuse of some genes she didnt choose to have!! Yeah, and Hitler made the trains run on time. It seems as if Jack Norris has gone off the deep end. Sandra Laing was a dark skinned child born to two white parents in South Africa in the 1950s under the law of apartheid which mandates purity of race. They held a fierce determination to protect their daughters rights including the right to go to school. I suggest you grow up, hating whitey will only lead to a prison cell. Or live in a world where all white people ARE racist, and where those racist white people make you hate all white people through slavery, segregation, etc. Educated black nationalists are really no more educated than a common gangbanger. The color of Sandras skin was never discussed by her parents and never an issue in her small rural community until she went away to boarding school at age 6. So, it is her fault she was born with black skin? I would have had to live in a Coloured area. The mother cheated on the father- one of the parents parents was a passing black. BUT AFTER DNA TEST it transpired that the great grand dad of the HUSBAND and probably in her family too (expert agree that genes can manifest themselves up to 10 generations) had an affair with a black lady who gave birth to a simingly WHITE CHILD (with blond hair and bleu eyes). Her story, though originating in apartheid South Africa, will likely resonate with us here. Her mother looks White in the photos because of her specific phenotypic expression, but she was not 100% White and she was carrying genes that in the right combination could result in a much different phenotype. At one point the father is forced to move to sourth afrika due to his job and he takes his whole family with him. He vowed never to see her again but he didnt disown her. WebSandra Laing is a South African woman that was born black on 26 November 1955 from Sannie and Abraham Laing. Comparing her DNA to theirs would answer the question once and for all. And to answers the commenters Until then. Whites are adored, even welcomed to this day in Southern Africa. I know a friend of my moms that has the same type as me, but we are not related. Why ?because the donor WAS CAUCASIAN SOUTH AFRICAN. 2. Comment on that. Paula D. Holly Crap!! the first article is from the huffington post. This was post apartheid. 2) Its not weird that Sandra looks like her brothers, they both came from the same mother, DUH. Why is it that darker-skinned people are less likely to get sunburn or skin cancer than fair-skinned individuals in a same region? !Oh wait! Yolanda DNA tests dont lie that child is belongs to them. Most white Afrikaners are only about 89% white by blood. God is great onto your every wish, dream and favour, always there caring for you all. I have to respond to all the white hatred I am reading in these posts. There is a pivotal scene in "Skin," a truth-is-stranger-than-fiction story plucked out of South Africa's apartheid, when young Sandra Laing's father shouts the would rather be related to a goat than a black person is stereotyping, and this is racism.. Fear not, changes are good for the human race. Amazing things happen if you dont push to hard. Wow.. this is a really interesting story. In a world with someone like Rachel Dolezal its hard to take everything at face value. Reading through some of the comments, where some have questioned if two white parents could give birth to Black/ Coloured child, I would say yes. If that assumption were honest and one that I hold true, I would in fact keep this to myself and make sure that this person has added advantage if I have to go head to head with them on a quiz, a game of chess etc. Read about slavery in the Cape Colony, you will find that 180 decades before whites used the term Afrikaner to describe themselves a clan of free blacks(manumitted slaves) were already using this term to describe themselves. I initially thought the same thing but more of the mother had an affair. It seems that her white father was her true father: blood tests showed that his blood matched hers. Not taking away their contribution to Southern Africa but I wish white South Africans truly understood how the apartheid regime has destroyed so much in SA. Jack, this is the Internet Information Highway Age. Very interesting. For those here that identify as Black and lump all people under one category and make blanket statements such as all white people are etc etc. I hope that everybody watches the movie and sees what it was like being Non-White during apartheid.We cannot comprehend the pain and suffering people went through,but we can learn from it. It seems to me that many non-white people are so full of hatred that they blame every white person for crimes that were committed by only a few. After all werent we savages in loin cloths and shields and spears before the British and Dutch arrived. Her father made good on his threat. People need to be reminded that many if not most white people are fighting for racial equality. Furthermore, when looking at Laings story as an apartheid narrative, it should be questioned why her story is sad: because of the displacement of a (white?) They changed their minds when her father showed her to them and saw she was white. Even blue eyes are not a simple recessive trait, despite what children are taught when being introduced to Mendelian genetics. Not EVERYBODY (white/black ect) did/does EVERYTHING (rapes/kills ect)!! All I wanted to do was hug her. I cried. Hey Brahms. Their genes came together in her. Another scene that resonates is having to put money on the counter because a white South African refuses to take from a black hand! There is nothing I have read here that will make me hide under a sheet and kill my husband because of his skin color, or teach my kids to hate half of themselves!!?? Still laughing. If you come to put a rope around my neck and I hang you for it, to me thats not racism. Why take that enormous risk unless Sandra really was his biological daughter? Where is the dominance? All they are is angry black men, lashing out at an entire race. I literally have not seen one black person post to say wait what? It is sad that there is so much racism, but whites cant make black with out having some black put it themlolat some point. Yeah, sure, you know all white people. She definitely looks like her mom on one of the pictures and even her dad lookes like some farmers way back of black and white decendant. Depending on when she had them, they would be about my age. Perhaps theyre afraid of it happening to them. Regarding the question of recessive carries (I think you mean: carriers) if the photograph at the head of this thread is correct, and what we see is, from left to right, mother, child and father, then the only conclusion** I can take is that both or one of the parents are White by appearance but probably mixed in fact, and this why their child could appear the way she looks. ColorofLuv says, Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. This map can show the most recent 100 listings and 100 sales. They were the adults and they allowed this to happen but they may have been victims themselves of course. Wow, that reminds me of what Robert E. Lee said about blacks in America in 1856 when most were still slaves: The blacks are immeasurably better off here than in Africa, morally, socially & physically.. or the earth could NOT be round? Tight story line. **Another possibility is obviously that the woman cheated the husband with a man of darker complexion. The truth cannot be censored anymore. We must get away from dividing ourselves by race.that should be the goal as I said before there is and should be only one race. The bottom line is, it is possible.Whats more important today it is much more publized! What I cannot understand is why many Whites continue to perpetuate this ideology that they are superior to black people. Sandra Laing (born 26 November 1955) is a South African woman who was classified as coloured by authorities during the apartheid era, due to her skin colour and hair texture, although she was the child of at least three generations of ancestors who had been regarded as white. when white woman gives birth to black baby she has cheating on partner, like asian women cheat on husbands and boyfriends with whites because if they get pregnat will born a mixed asian, if she cheats with black when baby born his black and bot white or mixed yellow and white, all women who has black or white babies they had cheat, no background genetics its all bullshit and lies, 50 years people called Albinos today we are more prepared for detect and know whos the real father. WebSummary page for Skin. OH REALLY?? Her parents are rural shopkeepers serving the local black community, who lovingly bring her up as their 'white' little girl. She never did a DNA test just a blood typing test, which as many others in the comments point out, is not at all conclusive as it just says that so and so COULD be the father. Touching, sad story but not a genetic oddity- science vs myth. He ultimately ended up with a black woman. Two points: So somebody said something unflattering about White people. People need to be reminded that many if not most white people are fighting for racial equality. Laings story, like Danzy Sennas Caucasia, shows how socially constructed race is, as Sanabituranima pointed out. Sandra is a real hero, she deserves all the best in life and I hope her brothers someday are able to do the right thing. Its like a pit bull giving birth to a grey wolf . What a world! (for those speaking on overseas issues, Africa ect.., this doesnt apply).except for the person who says that Mrs Laings could NOT be their daughtergood grief? They will complain until they are blue in the face about their husbands. Sandra Laing was a dark skinned child born to two white parents in South Africa in the 1950s under the law of apartheid which mandates purity of race. At a time when DNA testing was not yet Do I have black blood in me? Do you think you can tell it [my story] by looking at me? Once that white kid reads this blog and sees how much black people hate him? Very interesting true stroy even touched my Heart, am very sorry for the sad news shes not with us today. The demon possessed or dark skin kids? Yeah right, and would you say the same about a black British who recently had a blue eyed blond baby? Am I exusing Apartheid? This separation caused language tribes to exist from which there was much inbreeding. You can have Uncle Earl for starters!! Think about it; you cant determine a babys paternity by just testing the baby. WebSandra Laing was born black, but to white parents. He doesnt know **** about white people, hes just another angry ghetto rat and he should shut his mouth. However, by comparing more recent photos of the now middle-aged Ms Laings to the childhood photos of her with her parents, it is hardly any task at all for me to see the resemblance between her father and herself, especially in regards to eyes (though hers are more hooded in appearance), facial length, and the shape of foreheads and ears. I think you should be more sensitive to your child. Every last one of the bastards, huh Nigerianstar? I have often felt sorry for these people because they come across to me as inferior. How Does The Muscular System Affect Other Body Systems. I will hate people for being stupid or ignorant, probably more of the latter, but it wont matter what race or color you are. This will make a block buster movie! Laing, who was born with darker features, was forced to reclassify and leave her white school and parents to attend a boarding school (February 1981: 207, Caroll 2003: Black woman, white parents). That kitsch effect is both crude and effective, enhanced by over-the-top use of melodramatically corny 60s and 70s pop songs as a running commentary. God bless her always. Congrats and best of luck!! My husband felt sorry for him. From what I can discern evenfrom photos of Sandra Laing as a child, she actually looks much more like her father than her mother. Setting her up with white suitors that abused her and called her a ka***r yet he persisted, perhaps he hoped bleaching the color line would save Sandra, bleaching her with skin lighteners hadnt worked!! I understand the aggravation, but Relax! She looks to be about 60 years old in the picture. If Sandra Laing was born in Europe instead of Africa this story would seem more credible. But, do you really care about my story? Both gesticulate the same way when they talk, love the same music and move the same way when they dance and walk (mixture of both parents). And to Jack Norris no one is pure, all the slave masters slept/raped the black slaves and because of racism we have blacks passing as whites. only God knows how such educated ppl get fooled into believing in such garbage as superior race. Wow. But at the age of ten, Sandra is driven out of white society. So that white kid, who would have worked from Amnesty International, or who would have worked for a charity that works in a poor black neighborhood, will instead, after having learned racism from what was posted on here, will become another stupid, ignorant, racist violent white cop. By the way, this is something that people in certain societies see all the time happening (think about Brazil where the mixing process is generalized, as an example). They have lived in societies where they learned that if you act tough, you will be respected. Been there, done that! they would rather be related to a goat than a black person. The parents didnt seem to be motivated by a hatred of black people rather a hatred of the society that segregated them from their daughter. To think Holocaust killers and collaborators are still being hounded out of their crevices and all we Africans are expected to do his hold our heads down while the likes of Lin feel PITY for us. What she says today may not be how she feels tomorrow, much less 20 years from now. The other day, she came home and told me she identifies as white. YOU be there from your baby no matter which shade he/she decides on!!! Anyways, Im not sure if Yacub was a phantom or a real person? At the moment, wanting to comment, but feeling very stymied and overwhelmed with emotion. Or (at the risk of bringing religion into this), God didnt??? What I pointed out is that it is scientifically possible. A prime example of this conflict is Sandra Laing who was born in 1955 to Afrikaner parents, both of whom were white had white ancestry. I watched the movie based on Ms. Laings life and then sat down to read the comments. When Sandra forefathers went to Africa they went with out their women and could not contain themselves,so they turn to the black women and had sex with them hence years later this happen. Ive heard of such things, but I dont think Id ever specifically heard of this case. If her brothers werent racists and cowards, we could actually find out through DNA testing whether they all three have the same biological father. No denying that Apartheid was just plain wrong, but it had to be better than alot of black-controlled countries where black dictators in Armani suits slaughter blacks by the thousands. I also can believe that those are her real parents. just like the white folks followed their leaders. Just treat them as you would any human being. In this day and age it is still very difficult for some whites to deal with IR marriage and relationships. This is Not to downplay Sandras life , but there are still many walking wounded in this postapartheid. The idea that we would believe we are smarter or better than someone else and then spend the entire time trying to further take the person down, tear them up, enslave them, kill them by all means, just goes to prove that we do not actually believe what we are perpetuating and it is nothing but hate.. So whites were not REALLY racist from 1865 till the appearance of my blog? The main problem is that they challenge the definitions of people for those who think in fixed categories (which are most people). I dont believe she is their child . She had a pencil stuck in her afro hair and asked to vigorously shake her head. But I can, by reading these posts, and for those who are angry at me for being white, or for stealing/marrying a black man and daring to not care for you peoples opinions about my interracial children.oh, wait.where was I going with thatOh yeahWHO CARES!! This article goes into more detail about Sandra Laings specific case: https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/interracial-sex-or-mendelian-segregation. Her brothers blame HER for her parents unhappiness, but not the racist, white supremacist society in which they lived? Since EVERY black person on this blog is telling me that Im racist. I weep for sandra and her struggle and love her at the same time for being so defiant. Very few whites would befriend her. As for leaving money for her in his will, doesnt mean much, heck an old NY socialite named her dogs as beneficiaries in her will. Sandra Laing/Parents. WebSandra Laing was not a unique case she looked the way she did bc her mom cheated on her dad. peace. In America we are intermarrying and I am proud of my family tree. Human survival instinct trumps suicidal self-hatred. All it takes is the right combination of the multiple genes involved in phenotypic expression. To the skeptics or otherwise strongly minded people that seem to have difficulties relinquishing long cherished ideas, I say I understand you. We already know that her mothers side of the family eventually confirmed they had some mixed-race heritage a few generations back. I am American and I would say in America white people are fighting for racial equality. Sorry, time to wake up & learn some science. this is really sad. Going by Sandra Laings appearance, I would say that one or both of her parents may have had some distant Khoikhoi or San ancestry. Gauteng And you DONT want oppression. Both grind their teeth during thrilling films (from my mother). You people are insane!! They are of nuisance value). Back to when the world is not so mad. Its crazy how the South African apartheid system was designed, and was sadly effective. For those here that identify as Black and lump all people under one category and make blanket statements such as all white people are etc etc. Is that true? Even her two (white) brothers, who are still alive, will not see her. Sandra, and millions of others declared as non-white by the criminal apartheid regime didnt. What Are Ecological Models Are Useful For? Lets be coloure BLIND! Its either MLKs dream or its hate, hate, hate, hate, hate forever. David Myers: the black boy who thought he was white, There is absolutely nothing wrong with being black. In fact, researchers in the human genome project now believe that racial distinctions may have occurred as recently as only 6,000 to 8,000 years agoclose enough for the event to have become verbal legend. Bless you always x. So great that everyone in the Universe loves, cherishes and respects you and your family. Thank you for your comment . They would be brown and not white. She is a It was so real, apartheid was eloquently portrayed. The school did nothing to stop them: it saw her as the cause of the trouble. How could you let someones stupid, simple comment change your world so greatly that now you hate ALL blacks after only 20 minutes of reading something!?!! WTH?? The white kid will feel scared, like all black people are out to get him, from fear comes racism, from racism comes oppression. Nor do climate differences make enough difference to make that difference. etc. Thats where racism is LEARNED from. I have also posted links to Black parents having a white baby. I truly believe that GOD (JESUS ) made different color people just to let us see our own ignorance, Look how dumm some people really are, they surely dont love God dont be fooled by them in thinking they do. You can see it in how Pres Obama is disrespected. You blacks are a very hateful bunch. Imagine a happy white couple suddenly being gifted a black child out of their loins and their genes. Im not sure, I saw it on one of the BBC channels. My heart goes out to this woman (and her family). Even though I had no friends or family or help in Cape Town, I had left him when our child was a month old rather than his psychological abuse. It does not dictate the content of my character.. This sort of thing only serves to further prove what I firmly believe: Race is an invented contruct and we are all Brothers & Sisters regardless of appearance. reformed my ass. As Paul Mooney would say, they would rather be related to a goat than a black person., Yeah, sure, you know all white people. The blood typing test only said that the man in question is not eliminated as a possibility. Neither black or white accepted him. Do not hate me for the color of my skin. After reading this hatred aimed at ME? To hell with multiculturalism, if this is the outcome. I dont see every white person on this blog making blanket statements about entire races. White, western culture does not reward weakness like we do. Over at The Root Keith Adkins has a post, Sandra Laing: Born Black with White Parents: Im no geneticist or biologist, but it looks like Sandra is a product of an black South You need to educate yourselves BIG TIME cuz if all white people were REALLY racist ummmm lets just say black people never would have been freed from slavery and you wouldnt be here typing this vile crap up now youd be picking cotton in a field somewhere. pick something..?!? She was basically a coward who wasnt willing to sacrifice herself for her own daughter. Only a Roman Catholic school far away said yes. Humans separated by language at Babylon and spread over the surface of the earth. I just came out of the movie, best movie in this year deserve an Oscar. (toward the end of the text or just search the word will three times). Based on the improbable-but-true saga of Sandra Laing, the dark-complected daughter of light-complected Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era, Skin is a surreal melodrama of arbitrary racial labeling that estranged a woman from herself, her family of origin, and the father of her children. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? The most recent interviews published around the release of Anthony Fabians biographical film about Laing entitled Skin (2008) indicate her longing to have contact with her brothers and apologize. When as the human race will we ever see people for who they are and not what they look like. It is said that racism came to exist less than 400 years ago. BUT so could 10 to 20% of the other men of the country of all races. Or just interesting to you in a social way? LOOL!! What i wanted to point out with the numerous contradictions of this flawed character is that I doubt he has ever considered his daughter to be a black person. even your is smiles are similar..so your story is touches deep in my heart. i never really understood why these ppl still go to church on sundays. The ideal of a Caucasian woman being raped as you say in SA w/o saying something during that era, never! Furthermore, Sandra Laings two brothers still refuse to speak with her, although her younger brother Adriaan has similar features but due to his lighter skin tone had a different experience than his sister. I urge you to step back a moment and read some of the other blogs on here to get a more wholeistic perspective of what you call white hatred. Africans need to united, stand up and be proud of their race and even if it comes to violence, they should not hesitate to unleash it. Please remain the strongest love of all. As a white person could you please unpack how you raise your child/children in a non-racist environment and what efforts you have done to understand your privileged position and how you have imparted this to your child/children? And even knowing how some people would judge me today (as some of your are doing now), I would have STILL bought slaves to do what I could at a chance to do what was wright and humane disregarding your words of ignorance for assuming you know all! Apartheid legislation generally placed children with parents of different racial classifications in the lower category. Opsforgot The Throwback Gene is a myth often to cover up rape, infidelity, switched child etc. They may come around. What shocked me even more were some of the comments not to say the whole debate below the movie. What he probably hates more than his mixed race appearance is the mistreatment he receives from racists who think that because he is mixed race, he should never have been born. would rather be related to a goat than a black person is stereotyping, and this is racism. Man did not create man; God created man and woman and never has God Almighty forbid humans to do so, and it is what God says that counts. Wow. At 10 years old, parents at her primary school petitioned for her expulsion, deeming it unacceptable for a it cant be the truth, because there are plenty interracial relationships these days, maybe not a whole lot but thats because people tend to be genetically biased towards their own race when it comes to partners, and not just whites or blacks. she does not look a bit like either one of them. , Sounds more like drowning in the shallow end. Heres a conversation stopper. You raise interesting questions but some of your assertions are questionable as well. Hey Jack, are you that actor who starred in b grade action films? It isnt where were all from, but rather where were all going that matters. That was partly , my flipside side reference (by using hypothetical grandchildren ) to the way that Sandra children were not even acknowleged by their racist grandparents. WebHer parents, Abraham and Sannie Laing, were white - indeed, as members of the Nationalist Party, they were fervent supporters of South Africa's apartheid regime - and yet their daughter undeniably looked black, with her brown skin and tightly curled hair. I would like to follow the story and watch the movie. Is Laings deracination unfortunate because of her banishment or because by a few shades she missed the privilege that her younger brother, who disowns her, has enjoyed due to his slightly lighter skin tone? The only excuse for looking down on someone is to lift them up, that is if you have a soul. A biological child can only inherit certain blood types- depending on your parents. Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era. I dont have to explain anything to you about how I raise my daughter. But, maybe they are today than they were in the past. How can u disown ur child coz she chose to be with a black man? this man has done soo much for me over the years, and never backed down from the race questions. they would rather be related to a goat than a black person.. i know he will be racially conscious in later years, but i believe a culture is best instilled when they are young. Web1. 3) speak only afrikaans (and not his native tonque zulu) Sandras case is certainly not an isolated one. Thanks to the harsh treatment of Africans in diaspora, African American, Jamaicans etc are not as meek as Africans remain to this day. For four years parents and teachers of the school pushed to have her kicked out. Sandra wanted to come home years later, according to the father on condition that she and her black children live out at the back, with the servants he treated like dirt. Is it that the brother had to be separated completely from his family? Of all places for her to be born black skin color to white parents during apartheid and in South Africa I know the movie only show alittle of what she had to go through in her life. Abraham and Sannie were both a part of the National Party which strongly supported the apartheid system. Yeah Ive already siad this a million times to people but here it goes again. *sighs* all these people here debating whether or not her parents are her actual parents because of how she looks vs how her parents looks. You guys have some serious issues. Lets begin with the genes. Another movie to check out is Sarafina starring Whoopi Goldberg. theres nothing to be said, but in our daily lives we can do something to show our individual character. There is no truth its just stupidity, just a bunch of ghetto neer-do-wells who probably sell drugs and mug old ladies to prove how hard they are to their friends. What is the silly issue with color? You DO care, obviously. Change). I do not and certainly have no real idea what it was like living there. Sandras two brothers are visibly non white Abagond, albeit very pale, yet Sandra bore the brunt of her fathers prejudice. Which recessive carriers? ALL of You, for spending so much of your time with each other, arguing back and forth, caring who says what! lol! Your funny. Either we all get along or NONE Of us get along and we can go right back to Apartheid. Once again, two choices: MLKs dream, or death to the world! I watched the movie and I was moved to tears. Like I said might as well not try. On another message board someone else said something along the lines of The only way we can work this out is if we talk about it, and I believe that, but that can only happen with an open mind. In case you dont know yet, Skin, the feature film directed by Anthony Fabian, is the dramatisation of the life of Sandra Laing, a black woman born to white parents. Well, I believe thousands of years ago the dark people of the earth separated the light skinned babies from the dark skinned babies and then breed them(just the light babies) at puberty. Your email address will not be published. Skin color is actually supposed to be controlled by something like 16 different genes. Id be interested in seeing the film made about it. the Germans were a very educated nation, but they blindly followed a lunatic. Its appreciated. Look at it this way, if Mandela was a white man, he would never have been a hero. It would be nice if everybody were able to embrace that and have a color-blind world, but we wont until we truly start judging people as people and realizing how diverse we all are. characteristics, due to fuzzy sets of genetic traits. Listings & sales (39) For Sale. Although our mother is only half African half European and our father 100% European, my brother has many features of our grandmother who was 100% African. They cannot enjoy their own lives while being that way. I do believe that the more we can learn from others the better people we can be, my heart goes out to ALL my brothers and sisters EVERYWHEREi am black, raised by a white man. We might as well ALL be racist if theyre going to make blanket statements about white people instead of racist white people. (Whether the adopted son can still live with his family). When you do that , then perhaps I will heed your pop psychology and character assessment. However, I expect but still dont except it. I found the portrayal of white hatred towards blacks in Africa very very accurate. Question for anyone from South Africa (or anyone else): Are you aware that, as bad as Apartheid was, blacks in SA still were better educated, had higher incomes, and had the highest standard of living during Apartheid, than blacks had in any other country on the African continent? REALLY??? Wrong of me? Lots of people here using the blood tests dont equal DNA testing to discredit the fact that this beautiful woman is, in fact, their child. This type of behaviour promotes racial tensions as it is designed to fuel a fire. WebThe true story of Sandra Laing (Okonedo), a black child born in the 1950s to white Afrikaners, unaware of their black ancestry. I am also thinking of David Myers. You need to be more specific The grand IRONY and paradox is that whoever participates in the use of such terminology is guilty of prejudiced thinking, thereby guilty of the very behavior that they would condemn Is it just me, or is this not obvious? On March 10 th, 1966, Sandra Laing, a 10-year-old dark-skinned Afrikaner girl was removed from her all-white school and escorted home by two police officers (yes, two There are good decent people throughout history, and just because there were white slave owners, that didnt mean they ALL raped or murdered. Many have their guard up but those walls are brought down by kindness. I fight everyday in small ways. It is more easier to explain the world in Black and White. Shame really that so few people are interested to concentrate on the more subtle kind of traits as opposed to just choose to look at the visible.
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