Quote: (02-05-2013 07:13 PM)Timoteo Wrote:
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Quote: (02-05-2013 05:28 PM)Low Status Beta Wrote:
When people can't achieve economic status, they'll try to boost their status by claiming race. I notice alot of black people claiming they got a "litttle bit of Indian" in the fam.
Ah yeah the old (or actually rather new) "I'm a victim" card. Victimhood is now sought after in the West rather than avoided.
This isn't about claiming victimhood. Many blacks, especially those that trace families back to the South, have Native blood. It's no different than anyone talking about their family lineages. I have Cherokee and Blackfoot heritage from North Carolina (Great-Great grandparents, and Great Grandmother), but people don't claim it to score any points. It's just like the Latin craze in Hollywood many years ago. All of a sudden, actors/actresses that never claimed heritage before started talking about having Latin blood. Linda Ronstadt, who I never recall mentioning her Mexican heritage suddenly releases an album in Spanish to capitalize...HA HA!
basically her English language albums were total flops so she had to try SOMETHING
HA HA! I remember Raquel Welch repped her Latin heritage also, when she didn't do that for her whole career (however, that was out of necessity. She doesn't have the same career in Hollwood back then if she weren't believed to be white). There was already noise from Natives about Johnny Depp being cast as Tonto in the new Lone Ranger flick. And honestly, there are plenty of Native actors they could have cast. At the same time, you're trying to sell as many tickets as possible, so you want the biggest names you can find on the marquee.
lolzzzzz
http://www.oyemag.com/index.html/latina-s...nda-carte/