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MixedFolks.com
Site layout completed with help from
Arus Threepersons
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By
Weldon
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Welcome to
MixedFolks.com! Use the Menu on the left to move through the site.
Click on the Logo in the upper left corner to return here.
Well
Known MixedFolks
There
are 3 main sections of famous MixedFolks:
About
MixedFolks.com
(Please read before e-mailing me)
1.)
First of all let me state that the purpose of MixedFolks.com is
simple, to celebrate your multiracial heritage. I try to provide
information that multiracial people will find relevant and interesting.
It is not meant to be divisive.
2.)
You will notice that most of the people on this site are mixed
with African or African-American and something else. The reason
for this is that when I first started the site it was just going
to feature half White and half Black people because that's what
I am. But as I started working on the site I decided to add anybody
who was half Black to add diversity. Once the site went up I got
a lot of e-mail from people asking me to add other people who
were of Mixed race origin but not necessarily Black. At first
I wasn't going to do that because I thought it would be too much
work adding all those people and also because I felt that I could
only relate to issues affecting those who were half Black. But
as I talked with more and more biracial people of other races
I learned that we all have similar issues, both positive and negative.
3.)
I realize that some of the people on this site choose not to identify
with being biracial and that is their prerogative. I'm just stating
that they happen to be of mixed race heritage, what they choose
to call themselves and identify with is their business and I respect
that. I'm not trying to tell anyone what they should identify with,
it's none of my business.
4.)
I realize that most all Blacks in America have some mixed ancestry.
But there is clearly a difference between someone who has parents
of two different races and someone whose great great grandmother
was White but everyone else in their family is Black. This does
not mean that there are not people who are multigenerational mixed
but in order to narrow the focus of this site (due to limited time
and resources) many of them are not included. This should not be
seen as a dismissal of those who are multigenerational mixed, or
that they are any better or worse than other mixed people.
5.)
So the next question is, how do you determine who is mixed? First
of all, I don't determine who is mixed, but for the purposes of
this site (Except the MixedFolks.com Community) I can only add someone
to this site if they have parents of two different races (in other
words first generation mixed, I have made a few exceptions though).
The only reason for this rule is that I simply don't have time to
research and add everyone who ever had some race mixing in their
past. Again, this
does not mean that there are not people who are multigenerational
mixed but in order to narrow the focus of this site (due to limited
time and resources) many of them are not included.
Unfortunately I have to clarify this because to some
it is not understood. Realistically this site is for enjoyment and
information, it is not intended to be the
final word on the definitions of race or who is mixed and who isn't.
That is a question much to complex for me or this site.
6.)
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What
is the meaning of the MixedFolks.com logo? The Logo is an
Ankh which is
an Egyptian symbolic representation of both Physical and Eternal
life. The half and half coloring of the Ankh and the background
represents being biracial (Shouts out to my boy at Weldon
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