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Miss Black University of Texas Criticized for ‘Not Being Black Enough’
Black Christian News Network 1 ^ | May 2017 | Erin Jones

Posted on 05/05/2017 8:11:19 AM PDT by bgill

A University of Texas senior is facing internet backlash after being crowned Miss Black University of Texas (UT).

Rachael Malonson is biracial and said because of her skin tone, some people don’t recognize that. In fact, some of her critics have told her she’s not black enough.

She said she entered this pageant to feel more empowered as a black woman, but after winning the competition she was met with some criticism she didn’t expect.

“Someone literally asked me are you black? Can you prove it to me?” Malonson said. “I was like yes, my dad’s black and my mom’s white.”

(Excerpt) Read more at blackchristiannews.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: blackpageant; skincolor
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To: chasio649
moulinyan

LOL! For the benefit of the uninformed, this is the phonetic spelling of the Sicilian dialect word for "melanzane", the Italian term for "eggplant."

"Mulinyan" or "da moolies" is Sicilian-American slang for black folks; similar to Jewish people calling African-Americans "schvartzes", the Yiddish word for "blacks."

In and of themselves, these terms are relatively harmless. But they are code words that, once understood, are viewed as racist.

41 posted on 05/05/2017 9:02:50 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ("We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag." --Donald Trump)
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To: Albion Wilde

Schvartzes...

I finally get confirmation of what
Mel Brooks says in
BLAZING SADDLES!

THANKS.


42 posted on 05/05/2017 9:21:45 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Nea Wood

“If her dad is full black, she should look a lot blacker, I think.”

That isn’t necessarily true.


43 posted on 05/05/2017 9:36:41 AM PDT by blackbetty59
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To: KC_Lion
Rachael Malonson is biracial and said because of her skin tone, some people don’t recognize that. In fact, some of her critics have told her she’s not black enough.

Funny - her critics thought Obama was plenty black enough, even though he's biracial. Maybe they should ask him what he thinks.

44 posted on 05/05/2017 9:40:40 AM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: bgill

How black do you have to be to be ‘black’? She is beautiful, thou...


45 posted on 05/05/2017 9:43:39 AM PDT by ConservaTeen (Islam is Not the Religion of Peace, but The religion of Pedophilia...)
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To: Big Red Badger
You're welcome. I grew up Christian in a half-Jewish neighborhood. Yiddish was the second language around there in the 50s. Most of the Jewish kids' parents spoke it at home. I hate to see it fading out — it is a wonderfully expressive language.

American English has appropriated many terms from Yiddish, such as schlep (to tote something or trek someplace laboriously), chutzpah (brazen arrogance), glitch (a mistake or snag that slows things down), klutz (a clumsy person), schlong (either the male sex organ; or as a verb, to overcome or to beat someone in sports, business, etc), and many others.

46 posted on 05/05/2017 9:46:55 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ("We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag." --Donald Trump)
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To: bgill

Who were the judges for the Miss Black University of Texas competition?


47 posted on 05/05/2017 9:50:09 AM PDT by upchuck (Greed is a word leftists use to describe what conservatives call ambition. h/t Mike Rosen)
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To: Nea Wood
Why don’t we just eliminate race-based beauty contests

Who wants to volunteer to tell blacks they can't have a black beauty contest, a black magazine, a black prom or a black caucus if other races can't have one.

48 posted on 05/05/2017 9:51:53 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: blackbetty59

I know two young men with a black father and a white mother. The older brother has more of the father’s skin tone and shares both parents’ features about evenly. The younger brother has a much more Caucasian skin tone, but otherwise takes after his father with his facial features and curly hair.

so you’re right that it isn’t necessarily true about kids’ complexions and features vis a vis their parents. We’re all a mix of our ancestors.


49 posted on 05/05/2017 10:07:15 AM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( ))))
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To: bgill

Biracial??

“halfbreed”.

Wear it proudly. Or ... is she attempting to use that, like that Warren woman?


50 posted on 05/05/2017 10:16:26 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: bgill

They’re just jealous because she’s a beautiful woman.


51 posted on 05/05/2017 10:23:35 AM PDT by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Windflier

"Rachael Malonson is biracial and said because of her skin tone, some people don’t recognize that. In fact, some of her critics have told her she’s not black enough."

52 posted on 05/05/2017 11:22:24 AM PDT by DJ Taylor (Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
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To: bgill

In the olden days of Blacksploitation movies, the blacker you were the more evil you were.


53 posted on 05/05/2017 11:41:13 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (That's my story and I'm sticking to it!)
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To: Albion Wilde

As an American mutt...
I self identify as Jewish.
Mel Brooks is My Standard Bearer!
In BLAZING SADDLES,
Mel is Dressed as an American Indian
and addresses a family of Blacks
In Yiddish.

It’s Hilarious!


54 posted on 05/05/2017 12:15:15 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: DJ Taylor

“All She needs is a Nose Job!”

Kramer.


55 posted on 05/05/2017 12:23:23 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Big Red Badger

Yes, a nose job would make her look very Halle Berry.

56 posted on 05/05/2017 12:42:07 PM PDT by DJ Taylor (Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
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To: DJ Taylor

All Righty Then!


57 posted on 05/05/2017 2:30:52 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Big Red Badger

I remember it well! Especially the campfire scene!


58 posted on 05/05/2017 6:08:50 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag." --Donald Trump)
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