[WelcomeMe]

I know. I look a lot like my parents, especially my father. Yet everyone calls me a throwback. More like a synthetic phenotype rather than a true throwback.

They call you a throwback, perhaps because they have not seen your parents??

[mArVHDO6]

You can see she looks like her parents. Such a brave woman. She went through a lot just to exist.

I wonder how she would score on a genetic test.

[Munccoughe]

Yup. Hit on it. And throwbacks are still born anyway! Only Aframs have to deal with them instead of white people.

"You sure you're Afram?"
"Yes."
"Really?"
"Yes."
*incredulous look*
"But how's that possible?"
"Ask great-great-great-great...."

My fam knows this very well Spark Whenever a more admixed than usual family member pops up, we just say its from great, great,great grandaddy.

[giftbestcom]

Also agreed. Families were split up. This created terribly awkward and unfortunate social and legal situations as whole families were carved up into white, coloured, and black.

The same way Sarah Laing had to choose her Coloured identity and being with a Black man over her white family.

[Pdarassenko]

I wonder how she would score on a genetic test.

If she were 80% European, I would not be surprised honestly.

[Arexytece]

I wonder how she would score on a genetic test.

And her parents too

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What's very sad is till this day her blood brothers of the same two parents do no talk to her, they totally disowned her.

[wooclosmercob]

For example:

Two (ambigous looking) Colored sisters, to determine their "race", they had to go through a "pencil test" (pushing the pencil through hair). Most of the time, the one with curly hair gets labeled Colored and the one with wavy/straight gets White.

[qd0vhq4f]

My fam knows this very well Spark Whenever a more admixed than usual family member pops up, we just say its from great, great,great grandaddy.

Honestly that's what I love about Afram families, they are way more accepting than other cultures' families. My dad did not get that same love for coming out SSA admixed. I also did not get that same love. Our SSA admixed appearances were/are treated with distaste. Some family members try to get us to be self-hateful and want us not to identify with Blackness or Indigenousness. Sarah Laing came to identify with Black African people and her family hated her for it, that is why I relate so much to this movie. Sarah Laing and myself have both had family issues because we look SSA admixed and we identify with that SSA admixture.

[leangarance]

And her parents too

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What's very sad is till this day her blood brothers of the same two parents do no talk to her, they totally disowned her.

Yeaap, because it was her family, i can't believe how her sibling disowned her, even in Apartheid South Africa.

[errolurberozy]

Yeaap, because it was her family, i can't believe how her sibling disowned her, even in Apartheid South Africa.

So freaking typical. Disappointing.

There were issues in my case, too. My mother's mother was not too keen on my father's phenotype. It was never said explicitly, but kind of like in MK's case, it was implicitly hinted at a few times. Then I was born...and things got very interesting.

I still am not in touch with that grandmother. Part of that has to do with that baggage among plenty of other drama.

[Kimaamighed]

So freaking typical. Disappointing.

There were issues in my case, too. My mother's mother was not too keen on my father's phenotype. It was never said explicitly, but kind of like in MK's case, it was implicitly hinted at a few times. Then I was born...and things got very interesting.

I still am not in touch with that grandmother. Part of that has to do with that baggage among plenty of other drama.

what was the issue with your dad's pheno

[Cheeniandab]

Yeaap, because it was her family, i can't believe how her sibling disowned her, even in Apartheid South Africa.

It makes sense if they are half-siblings or not siblings. Internal stigma against IR relationships is strong.

[Hbkj89D2]

what was the issue with your dad's pheno

You've seen him, right? He does look a little different...She had a meltdown. At the time, my father also had his hair grown out and it was long and similar to mine. He was a little "too country" for her taste. You see, all of my family is originally from "the country." And you know how I mean that with the quotes. But she had such insecurities about her humble origins that she sought to distance herself from anything that reminded her of it. And my father looked like people from back home to her so she was quite heated about it. The "baggage" I mentioned.

[penpizdes]

It makes sense if they are half-siblings or not siblings. Internal stigma against IR relationships is strong.

they were/are full siblings

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You've seen him, right? He does look a little different...She had a meltdown. At the time, my father also had his hair grown out and it was long and similar to mine. He was a little "too country" for her taste. You see, all of my family is originally from "the country." And you know how I mean that with the quotes. But she had such insecurities about her humble origins that she sought to distance herself from anything that reminded her of it. And my father looked like people from back home to her so she was quite heated about it. The "baggage" I mentioned.

she wanted your mom to distance herself from those rural roots as my family wanted me to do the same in distancing myself from my Pacific coastal heritage.

[Ufkkrxcq]

My empress and I saw this on Netflix a 4 months back.

• It was powerful, and show's the social constructs of "race".
• It also goes to show that in the eyes of most whites and many blacks, you have to "pick"
• It goes to show that people need to be able to classify you, just to know how to interact with you
• It goes to show some of the Caribbean Latinos on this forum that claim Aframs want to claim mixed people as "Black", is historically rooted in defining "whiteness", not "blackness"
• It goes to show that Black guys will generally prefer mixed chicks, regardless of "pride"

[fabrizioitwloch]

My empress and I saw this on Netflix a 4 months back.

• It was powerful, and show's the social constructs of "race".
• It also goes to show that in the eyes of most whites and many blacks, you have to "pick"
• It goes to show that people need to be able to classify you, just to know how to interact with you
• It goes to show some of the Caribbean Latinos on this forum that claim Aframs want to claim mixed people as "Black", is historically rooted in defining "whiteness", not "blackness"
• It goes to show that Black guys will generally prefer mixed chicks, regardless of "pride"

There are many "proud" Black men who are always "repping" Black women but never date one.

[beloveds]

Skin is a good movie. Tony Kgoroge is in it, he is a good actor.

Anyways, about Sandra Laing did not have distant African ancestry. She did get a genetic test with newer technology and it was found that she had some kind of rare genetic mutation.

I saw pictures of the real Sandra Laing, though. She is dark, but she still looks within the "white" spectrum to me.

[affozyBoomi]

Anyways, about Sandra Laing did not have distant African ancestry. She did get a genetic test with newer technology and it was found that she had some kind of rare genetic mutation.

It's just impossible just like 1+1=3. It's just not possible...

[DextExexy]

It's just impossible just like 1+1=3. It's just not possible...

I'll post sources when I get home. Posting a link using a smart phone is a pain.

[Vcwdldva]

Skin is a good movie. Tony Kgoroge is in it, he is a good actor.

Anyways, about Sandra Laing did not have distant African ancestry. She did get a genetic test with newer technology and it was found that she had some kind of rare genetic mutation.

I saw pictures of the real Sandra Laing, though. She is dark, but she still looks within the "white" spectrum to me.

How does she look White? Throwbacks happen..

Sandra Laing and her Parents.


Sandra Laing and her Mom.