[Jorge]

"Well I have two White parents and she has one, but I consider her no less White than I am."

Halle looks Black.

Halle looks mixed and far more white than a full blooded black.
Simply put, Halle Berry wouldn't fit in National Geographic's Africa documentary.

Halle thinks of herself as Black.

Halle is Black.

Reality check. Halle is whatever her parent were.
Which in this case, half white and half black.

What you "think" you are doesn't determined your genes.(duh)

Halle made history tonight- that wouldn't have been so if she were White.

When will you feel your race is equal enough that such an accomplishment is an individual achievement?

I find it really sad that some still have to look at these sorts of things in terms of blacks struggling for recognition.

It reminds me of something I read about wealthy black atheletes, who somehow still cannot see themselves as part of the upper "rich" class of Americans.
This seems to indicate that these sort of black inferiority complexes are not rooted in being oppressed or deprived at all...but rather just being black.
This is wrong. You should like yourself and being black just as whites like themselves and like being white.

[LWalk18]

She doesn't mixed....Colin Powell is lighter than she is and has two black parents. Like I noted above, her white mother told her that she must think of herself as a black woman. Who are you to question what her mother sees her as. I didn't know she was mixed until I read it somewhere, and most people would not know it either.

[mafree]

Well I have two White parents and she has one, but I consider her no less White than I am."

Halle looks Black.

Halle looks mixed and far more white than a full blooded black. Simply put, Halle Berry wouldn't fit in National Geographic's Africa documentary.

Neither would most Black Americans, myself definitely included. Still, I am Black and so is Halle.

Halle thinks of herself as Black. Halle is Black. Reality check. Halle is whatever her parent were. Which in this case, half white and half black.

There usually isn't a box where one can check "mixed race," and even if there is, she can check any box she pleases.

What you "think" you are doesn't determined your genes.(duh) Halle made history tonight- that wouldn't have been so if she were White. When will you feel your race is equal enough that such an accomplishment is an individual achievement?

Of course it is an individual achievement but let's not pretend that a Black has won a best actress Oscar before.

I find it really sad that some still have to look at these sorts of things in terms of blacks struggling for recognition.

Who said anything about Blacks struggling for recognition? I already have my BA degree and job- Halle's win is unlikely to make me do anything I haven't already done in life.

It reminds me of something I read about wealthy black atheletes, who somehow still cannot see themselves as part of the upper "rich" class of Americans. This seems to indicate that these sort of black inferiority complexes are not rooted in being oppressed or deprived at all...but rather just being black.

What these athletes understand is that they can be upper class all they want but they're still Black. That doesn't have to be a bad thing but it ain't gonna change history.

This is wrong. You should like yourself and being black just as whites like themselves and like being white.

You don't know me that well do you? If any black person on FR likes themselves and likes being Black I do. My being glad that a Black actress finally won a best actress Oscar sure doesn't cancel that out and if you think it does you have a lot to learn.