{"id":38051,"date":"2014-11-02T01:31:42","date_gmt":"2014-11-02T01:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=38051"},"modified":"2018-11-21T22:49:52","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T22:49:52","slug":"i-have-no-doubt-what-colour-i-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=38051","title":{"rendered":"I have no doubt what colour I am"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have no doubt what colour I am<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The Observer<\/a>
\nLondon, United Kingdom
\n2009-01-17<\/p>\n

Matthew Ryder<\/strong><\/a>, Barrister (QC)
\nLondon, United Kingdom<\/p>\n

Let’s get beyond the debate over whether ‘mixed-race’ is synonymous with ‘black’. It is<\/em><\/p>\n

The question of whether someone who is mixed-race is, in fact, “black” has been the subject of much discussion since Barack Obama<\/a> began to be taken seriously as a contender for president. For those, like myself, who are mixed-race and had settled into our black identity a long time ago, the debate has been sometimes uncomfortable. While for some it was a moment for personal expression, for others the separation of “mixed race” from “black” is anathema.<\/p>\n

It has been a debate that engaged this country more than the US. The proportion of mixed-race citizens, whose numbers famously include the Formula One<\/a> racing driver Lewis Hamilton<\/a>, is rising much faster here, and previously straightforward ethnic categories are being questioned by younger generations. With 63% of black Caribbean men born in the UK in mixed relationships<\/a>, it is a trend that is set to continue.<\/p>\n

It’s useful to see how the next US<\/a> president, a master of racial nuance, handles this issue. Obama celebrates, even jokes about, his own diverse background. The love of his white American family pours from his biography<\/a>, alongside his deep connection to his Kenyan relatives. But there is no question that the world’s most famous mixed-race man identifies himself as, among other things, a black man. His view, if you have travelled a similar path and reached the same conclusion, is a powerful affirmation…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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