'A lot of mixed-race children are confused'- Cromwell Smith
Speaking on the June 14, 2020, edition of 'Real Talk' with host Karia J. Christoper, he said being mixed and having European heritage does not mean that one has to acknowledge it.
Pure Genetics - Smith
"White people think that you have to acknowledge their presence in everything you do if they have a presence. They can't accept that the reality on the ground is that you are who you are," he said.
While Ms Christopher disagreed with the position, claiming that a person must be able to identify by both heritages, Mr Smith said although his position might sound racist it is pure genetics.
"We are being tricked into minimising our African selves," he said, "the fact is, that the dominant gene in the human gene pool is the black gene."
Smith continued, "Google it, anywhere you go, the white scientist will tell you that's the reality... we have the dominant genes."
Acknowledging blackness
According to Mr Smith, while a person may have mixed-race lineage, they will still be 'distinctly back people' and as such, should identify as black.
"Yes you have a white parent, it's not that you hate your white parent, but your white parent aught to acknowledge that when you go out into the world, you're going to be black."
He continued, "Especially if you're from the BVI, and you go to America talking about you half white, that ain't going to work."
Smith said mixed-race children are therefore confused, "The white people don't want them, but they ain't all together black."
He noted, "The white parent aught to accept... that you are who you are, you are going out into the world and you are going to be a black person... and you're not going to be benefitting from that white privilege."
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48 Responses to “'A lot of mixed-race children are confused'- Cromwell Smith”
the only person confused is this r**** ars****, kids are kids stop trying to give them labels they will make uop their own mind up as they grow not everyone want to go to the USA where there is major problems with race inequality. This is the BVI and we are in the CARIBBEAN . Stop blaming the world for your inadequacy and US worship.
dont you thank that is the pot calling the kettle. ( dare u use this word) black. !
lookbat all the bv islanders spewing hatredd to everyone from down island to white people. dont be so rituous...look closer to home...this sland is so FULL of hatredd its going to burst. bv islanders hate anyone who not from here. simple. the most regionally racist country in the Caribbean and im ashamed of it all.
so very very sad...one day you wake up and all your friends have left you..because you push them away
Now when speaking of race in general, studies have shown that “All” race came out of Africa and the white Race is a gene mutation of the black race and where they live this also plays a role in the color of their skin.. .
I am bi-racial and I am not confused!
You soft man and would not survive amoung the tribes where your ancestors came from !!!!!!
black person.
Mr. Smith Your position is racist. Not might sound. You fully well know what you doing. Is people like you start this racist thing with your way of thinking. Its a shame. The host should have cut you off from making such statements on her show.
Leaving in 21st century and using a 19th century terminology and "ideas". Cromwell Enka, you are the one confused. You don't just sound racist. You shown us more than enough proof to safely conclude that you are actually one. Poor guy!
They come from two or more groups of people and each side tells them something different. Then there are people who feel like they have to take sides. And let's not pretend that black people can't be racist, especially to each other. There are peoe who would tell mixed black people that they aren't black because of the other side of their heritage. Then there are black people who would chastise mixed black people for telling them they hate their blackness for acknowledging the other side of their heritage.
Imagine being mixed and you love your mother and father. Within your home there is no contention but everywhere outside of it people have an opinion on you and your family and they tell you you can't be both. But you are! You're a product of two races!
Hell yeah there is confusion but it's not just mixed people, it's the world.
Imo, I think we should probably leave the race talk alone for a bit and just focus on what's needed. If your kid needs to learn maths and you find a capable teacher, should the teacher's skin colour matter? If you're sick and you need a doctor, should the doctor's skin colour matter?
Imo, the place is too racialized these days. These conversations are so unproductive and actually projecting the same BS they claim to be fighting.
you are not wrong there sir...not wrong at all. with u
Reading this piece of gobbledygook the only question that comes to mind is, can anyone say TITANIC? ICEBURG DEAD AHEAD!!!!
Guaranteed they don't. But something makes me think he hates them, judges them, sees them as lesser, etc. etc.
Why? Because he's always spouting stuff that - although arguably designed to be uplifting for unconfident black people - is completely unhinged from the real world. And it just looks like he hates whites.
On this point he's making today - what bull. Most people are not as fixated on blackness as you are. We operate in a world full of multitudes of different influences. Skin colour is just one. Stop making people stupid by pretending it is the defining issue of everyone's lives.
the kids are not confused,,,,you are now trying to confuse them but hey....they are wise enough to know and understand that they are indeed mixed. .....and can embrace their identity and not look at race, because at home,, they dont see race.
so get on with it and try another topic