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**Filling25** · 07-15-2011, 03:01 PM

So what your saying is that an AFRAM would describe your nieces and nephew as black if asked. I think they would be described the same way you do them. Plus those are nationalities so two different things. I think ODR is within the AFram community and largely based on ethnicity and race.

Um, no I wasn't saying that and I wasn't implying it either. I'm really confused on how you came up with that by my reply

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It's the individual's decision. I also don't think that there is anything wrong with saying your mixed race, but people are curious, so they will ask what their racial mixture is. I used my nieces and nephew as an example to clarify my thoughts (above) on the subject and in answering your questions about not mentioning that your part black, white, etc.I never said that AAs or other races identified them as black or Indian, rather that they were curious and wanted to know their ancestry. It doesn't matter to me what African Americans or other races/ethnicities identify my nieces and nephew as, what matters to me as how they identify themselves.

I do agree though that ODR does mainly apply to the African American community. Other Ethiopians view my nephew and nieces as being Ethiopian and Indian and I would hope that others also did.

Sorry for using nationalities instead of races, Ethiopians/Horners tend to do that. It's weird to me to say that their Black and Asian lol. I've grown up thinking of people's identities as their nationalities and ethnicities rather then their race.

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Filling25 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 425 Senior Member	So what your saying is that an AFRAM would describe your nieces and nephew as black if asked. I think they would be described the same way you do them. Plus those are nationalities so two different things. I think ODR is within the AFram community and largely based on ethnicity and race. Um, no I wasn't saying that and I wasn't implying it either. I'm really confused on how you came up with that by my reply. It's the individual's decision. I also don't think that there is anything wrong with saying your mixed race, but people are curious, so they will ask what their racial mixture is. I used my nieces and nephew as an example to clarify my thoughts (above) on the subject and in answering your questions about not mentioning that your part black, white, etc.I never said that AAs or other races identified them as black or Indian, rather that they were curious and wanted to know their ancestry. It doesn't matter to me what African Americans or other races/ethnicities identify my nieces and nephew as, what matters to me as how they identify themselves. I do agree though that ODR does mainly apply to the African American community. Other Ethiopians view my nephew and nieces as being Ethiopian and Indian and I would hope that others also did. Sorry for using nationalities instead of races, Ethiopians/Horners tend to do that. It's weird to me to say that their Black and Asian lol. I've grown up thinking of people's identities as their nationalities and ethnicities rather then their race.
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