SO let me get this straight… because President Elect referred to himself as a “mutt” the word should now be glorified? There was nothing brilliant about what he said. It was a bad joke said at an inappropriate time. And for any biracial children who are being teased and called these names… warn the ones teasing you 3 times not to speak to you that way and if they don’t listen KNOCK EM OUT. Okay okay maybe fighting isn’t the best solution but don’t justify the words by saying “so is the president” Race will always be an issue, you just have to let people know you won’t stand for anyone trying to make you seem like you’re any less of a human being becuase of your heritage. More doors are opening for us, we don’t have to insult ourselves to be accepted and we sure as hell don’t have to listen to people insulting us. Don’t condone it.

I guess if he calls himself the N word, we should celebrate that as well.

Oh get over it foxy_brown ot was cute….not inappropriate at all…geeze

well, it got my attention and i think that its better than the other word that we use to refer to ourselves so therefore it is what it is !!! but far from in appropriate….. its much worse out there

Biracial people need not be ashamed of who they are and what they are.When it comes to Black America,we all have some white in our family line,no matter how deep it runs.And dig this,We all are a member of the Human Race.

well said oneika12. in addition, u can’t compare the N word to a mutt. it was not inappropriate, it was a joke.

This is too stupid to talk about. It really was not that big of a deal.

Highly inappropriate BP…you should be ashamed of yourself…I will punch someone in the face who calls me a mutt on the street.

i agree with foxy_brown020 u can ask the pope to call a cat a cactus there is no better word for ppl. in this millenia still at this day an age still finding problems or even find the need to acknowledge how many cultures ur mixed with for what?… “an i say at this day an age because we all are mixed at this point” thanksgiving is coming up but we did not jus settle here ? so stop pointing ,stop teasing stop self bashing we are all one in the same.peace:D

I’m mixed, but I can’t STAND the term “mutt” as applied to mixed/biracial people.

On another note, DAMN we are HOT.

Well I guess it took the 44th President to give the word “mutt” such empowerment lol.”Cause I get called skittles,rainbow chick,mutt…you know once you heard one you heard them all,lol.But everyone is mixed with something so why not embrace it! MIXED POWER OBAMA!!! From one fellow mutt to another! haha.

Sometime…we need to bypass our ignorance and project great idea to help one another. I don’t think the President mean no harm and sorrow. He was just making a statement.

Sometimes I think we take ourselves too seriously. My God, it was a joke (and one directed to himself). It wasn’t that deep and he wasn’t referring to the entire biracial community, but himself. If we look hard enough and are committed to finding it, we can find a “poor me” conversation in everything.

i think that being biracial is awesome

I am a “mutt” and I laughed when he said that. Thought it was cute and obviously showed that he has no issues marketing that he is of mixed race…..who ever said that the word was being glorified now….it is amazing how something gets taken a little too far now a days.

You all are rediculous, I also think it was a good sense of humor that remarked that comment. You guys are taking it way out of context as usuall. Don’t you think he knows race will always be an issue? Im pretty sure he also knew how many people would react stupidily to that comment as well. He is not downgrading himself or people of mixed races. He was not only showing us what we can become, but letting us know how the same he is compared with us just being a human being aside from racial mixture.

Can we not tear down each other and take a look and see some of the greatest people to have lived have been biracial! Let’s be proud!

People in general have a name for everybody so it shouldn’t matter what no one say I joke and call myself names allthe time so what. Leave my lovely president alone and fine yourself something better to do. Was you f**kin with Bush when he was killing all our soldiers.

Foxy has issues. I would suspect that her issues come from her own experiences of being called names. Whether the president is indeed a “mutt” or “not a mutt”. It’s not important to you. What’s important is How He Sees Himself. Now, look at what you people are here discussing. This man has done Several Different Acts of Good. Instead of having an intellectual conversation about the good he’s done, you people decide to find the one negative thing to have a conversation about. I’m sorry I entertained Foxy’s opinion. However, I had to venture that route in order to make my point. The phrase we often speak, “Black People Need To Learn How To Get Along” doesn’t start with a large group, it starts with a small group of people, and eventually, it’ll affect the masses. So, I urge Black People, to find the good in other black people and have an intelligent conversation about the good points of ourselves as a people. However, for some reason, we find more enjoyment and entertainment when we converse about the negative. All in all, it’s just a bunch of lousy gossip.

calling yourself a mutt is not bad, even calling yourself the N word isn’t necessarily bad… it’s all in the context. Meanings of words change drastically over time.

I want to share the word, or should words that I use to describe my son who is half black half me……..me his mother being half spanish half cherokee……… I like to refer to him/me as cultural collaborations….it brings so much to the table in form of culture and what we have to offer in form of culture, character and integrity…. we bring SO MUCH to share with the world being able to adapt and feel compassion for all our fellowman……. we are gifted cultural collaborations and blessed the Barack Obama is like us… God bless him in his new journey and mission…

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Why is it that when comparing bi-racial African Americans, we mostly compare those who are half Caucasian and half African American? I don’t know about other bi-racial peoples, but I ain’t no mutt!

Why should it be considered self-deprecating by acknowledging his mix heritage? He is what he is, why try to make it seems as if he is not a “Mutt”. People use the word “Mutt” to highlight the fact that someone is of mix races, not to make them feel less of a person. Sometimes we just make things seem what they not.

ok people we really need to look at the big picture, which is not about race that is why he takes light of the word “MUTT”. my mom is biracial and people around her never made it a issue. we need to start looking beyond race like he does. yes people do make still acted stupid, but i feel its all about how you were raised. my parents are from the jamaica they have every different color and race in jamaica, but they are not like “look at that asian or white dude” no its look at that dude he is crazy. they are all jamaican period. life is to short to live this way people i have my issues but i dont blame all of one race i blame that person for their short comings and i pity them.

GOD BLESS OBAMA AND HIS NEW CABINET AND ALL PEOPLE WHO WANT CHANGE. FOR THE OTHER I WILL PRAY THAT YOU WILL SEE THE LIGHT ONE DAY.

Hmm, no Tiger Woods interesting..

Im mixed and so are many of my friends and we call ourselves mutts often…its not an insult..we joke about it and MUTTS rule!!

If you’ve notice the norms of society Biracial peoples will be a majority within the next 20 years.

Im a mutt my self.
Born to a African-American Moms and a Indian Father(india). And Im just as well a black man, as well as a indian man! So, I dont think the mutt word when used the right way is wrong. The way Obama has stated it , it meant They finally got a brother in the white house even if hes is bi-racial and also he probably got alot of hate letters and other things that said mutt in them when he got elected. Im sure! So, the way i feel about is that he just wanted to let the ignorant people know, we here now and its our moment and yeah im a mutt, but im a mutt thats the first african american president… mutt that!!!lol

I don’t president elect Obama meant anything harmful about the use of the word “mutt”. He knows who and what he is. He’s accepted being bi-racial and so has the world. We as black people sometimes let words define who and what we are. He hasn’t and no one should.

Yeah, what happened to Tiger? I guess it only apply to those black and white “mutts”. I am one myself, though I never use the term.
Oh, and Soledad O’Brien’s mom is Afro-Cuban, her father is an Irish Austrailian.

I think “mutt” is cool it is better than being called the n-word for all those years so here it is a new phrase that actually have a good meaning behind it …. lol

I took the comment as a light word to assure people that race is not going to be an issue for him. And if we as a people would just idenitfy ourselves as just that we would be better off.

Why does “Mutt” have to have a negative meaning? Int he article they said he wsa referring to his “inpure” blood. I never think of a mutt as inpure. A Mutt is of mixed blood.
Why’s someone gotta go looking for negativity where there isn’t any? My mother taught me to laugh at the jokes people made about me rather than get offended by them.
Gives you all the power.

o come on people i been mixed half breed zebra oreo mutt house slave neghaunk 4 38 years who cares whats the big deal

It was a joke. Chill the hell out.

I believe that he is using something that some will use in a negative light and making it positive. My parents have always said if u can’t beat them join them or make the negatives positives before others. I think using the term mutt is a great thing. It is yet another way of being viewed. If he can joke about it others should too.

I believe the statement was made as a joke. He was not trying to put himself or anyone of a biracial background down in any way. If you can’t laugh or make light about yourself then you need to take your head out of the ground. We are all “mutts” because of the tragedy of slavery. Young men especially find no problem to call themselves the N word and its no big deal, yet if someone as powerful as the president-elect say “mutt” then a commotion is made. Children should be made proud of their mixed heritage because as time passes and more biracial children are born, the only race will be left will the human race.

well we can’t stop him from saying what he wants but we all know when we have to handle business…. obama lets not give us more names then we al ready do ok… god bless

I AM JUST HAPPY THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE CHANGE MAD IN THE UNITED STATES NOW THAT Obama Is PRESIDENT…. HE HAS SUCH A BEAUTYFUL FAMILY

Hell I was calling them mutts years ago so it is a little ironnic that he said it be fore one of the head of states, dignitaries,or poor crackers call him one! dig this

I’m mixed and I think it’s something to be proud of. The President was joking when he said that and I think those who are offended need to lighten up just a bit.

those that don’t relate to the comment MR. PRESIDENT MADE, don’t worry, it’s just the beginning. your going to hear some things that might take you a while to understand, because of our differences. you can best beleive he wont disrespect himself or you. just give what he says some thought befor you pas judgment.

I’ve been called worst than that . Calling yourself a mutt hasn’t botherd me my background is african american, native american ,and Irish. When people ask me about my heritage and i tell them ,i’m usually the one who say’s the mutt part . It does not bother me. We as blacks or biracial need to grow up out of this bull because we as individuals call eachother worst names than that. GET A GRIP.

I agree with Foxy. I was taken aback by the statement. I too thought it inappropriate and degrading to those who are biracial. While adults may be able to let it roll off their shoulder, what implication does it leave for bi-racial children? Not good.

Many people forget that Malcolm X’s mother was also biracial, I think that qualifies him to be on the list. :)

the president isn,t clorify the term “Mutt” but he’s making the piont that children of mixed racial background don’t have anything to be ashamed of.we not might like to address it but mixed children do some times have a hard a time in our society that at times can be very racial devided

IT’S PEOPLE LIKE BARACK MARIAH ALICIA AND THANDIE THAT MAKE ME PROUD TO BE BIRACIAL AND BEING A MUTT IS BETTER THAN BEING CALLED ZEBRA OR HALF BREED I’M MIXED SO WHAT I’M A VERY PROUD MUTT! MY MOM IS WHITE AND MY DAD IS BLACK IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY SAY IT TO ME BECAUSE IM A MUTT AND PROUD OF IT WE’VE FINALLY COME OUT OF OUR SHELLS ADMITTING TO BEING BIRACIAL INSTEAD OF BEING JUST BLACK WE ARE ACKNOWLEGDING OUR WHITE HALF AS WELL………I DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF YOU BUT I’M A MUTT!

I’m mexican black mix. i love being mixed i’m apart of two great races. I’m also fortunet that i was never teased about being mixed.The only problem i have is when i had to register for school or take test i could only choose one race. most of the time i chose black. i think biracial should be a choice on these test and for registration. i shouldn’t have to just pic one.

i have always had a hard time because of my light skin im darker than my mom but lighter than my dad with green eyes. i do not feel like the one drop rule applies to me i just want to be normal of course its even worse when you have cerebral palsy like me!

i can relate. whats wrong with him refering to himself as such. he didn’t insult anyone. i love you mr. president obama!

They need to get Soledad O’brien facts straight. They have here parent’s heritage mixed up.

The reason he called himself a mut was because he wanted to say it before someone else did. I don’t see anything wrong with what he said, and he never said that all bi-racial ppl are “muts”, that’s what he called himself.

why did they call them mutts? a lil harsh don’t you think?

OBAMA NOT FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT/. They got President Lincoln in the background but not on the list why is that? ……….He was mixed as well. So technically Obama is not the first Black president. CHECK OUT THE BOOK ENTITLED THE SIX BLACK PRESIDENTS

wow i think people are freaking foolish. people come on mutt,african amercian is a decent. just about every afrian american here in the united states have some kind of mix in their blood line, some here more then others and its more apparent. people dont know much about anthropology do yall??? for people to be sitting here going crazy over silly stuff like this, is what is distrubing. people like mariah carrey, malcom x ,and yeah even barack obama are not like at as white men, but black men. compare them to a regular white man they are black end of story. when it all comes down to it no ones fully black in america these days. wake up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Studies have shown 90% percent of Black Americans have various degrees of white and/or amerindian ancestry.

At the end of the day, it is the Creator of this world and universe who settles the argument of who or what defines us all :) We are after all His special products..

The most beautiful animal I had was a Mutt… Such is Life and such is Art!

I guess the problem here is “Mutt” is a term used for dogs….just like that b word some don’t care for.

stand up be proud of who you are. learn your history. “to dwell in the past may rob the present, to neglect your past may rob your future, for the seeds of your destiny are nurtured by the roots of your past”……

i’m a proud mutt mariah is a mutt she coined the phrase before obama did but hey obama prolly heard mc use it so he’s using it being a mutt is amazing b/c you GET THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS being purebred you get only one side of things so yea i’m a proud mutt n dont tell me other wise!

yet again we have a verbally idiotic president… great.. this time he makes us “mutts” look bad… i take great pride in my heritage on both white and jama. sides but the fact that people cant just be respectful about it is just about hurtful. he has basically just turn himself in to a N*****. yay america!

As a mulatto woman, I do apreciate that Barack Obama has opened the world’s eyes/arms to embrace our heritage, but I will not have any parts of the mutt thing. I was horrified when I watched Barack say that, and deeply saddened.This country needs to understand, Mulatto’s are a poeple born of America, but we are barely acknowledged in this counrty at all.Mulatto is only a word to disribe the way we look in this country, not who we are.Because supposedly, if you have one drop of black blood in you then your black… And nobody has ever questioned it, in my lifetime. I grew up and realized that when the first Mulatto’s were born, their African parents were slaves, considered property..For these slave owners, to acknowlegde these children clearly would implicate their sins against god, against the constitution, and their wives..If you have a black and white parent, you are not black, you are not white,YOU ARE NOT A MUTT! You are a Mulatto, it’s 2008, and you can be proud to say you are. As a Mulatto woman, I REFUSE, ya heard me? I refuse to let some dead white guy, tell me who and what I am.

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I’ve got news for some of y’all who diss the word “mutt” and proudly use the word “mulatto”. I hope you know the etymology of that word. It’s an Italian term that means “little mule” denoting the hybridized nature of that animal. In other word y’all are referring to youselves as livestock and some of you don’t even know it. I’m not saying that anyone shouldn’t be proud of any aspect of their heritage, but that is just another form of subliminal slavery. As for President Obama, yeah I’m happy for that brother, but in reality he answers to a shadow government (yes, it does exist). And enough with the insecure white people who are quick to point out that he has a caucasian mom. No s**t. Okay he’s half white, but no one that was white (outside of relatives, of course) tried to claim Halle Berry when she won an academy award for her w**rish role in “Monsters’ Ball”. No white people are quick to claim Frederick Douglass. No one has been trying to claim these other bi-racial people. Some of these closet racists neeed to accept the fact that there is a BLACK presdient and quit trying to use that white momma crap to help them cope. Oh and how many black people in America don’t have traces of caucasian or foreign lineage? I, myself, am Nubian and Native American. But at the end of the day anyone with a “drop of Negro (Man, I despise that word. It’s too much like “necro”) blood is BLACK! (this rule was implement by whites to keep the blood “pure”. So for all of those on here touting that I’m part this and part that I hate to inform you but as it was and always have been you are just another __________(please fill in the blank with any positve or negative reference toward black people)who probably would have been in some sort of servitude with the rest of the “colored folks” In other words , as Huey Freeman put it, “Y’all are as black as Shaft in Africa, now get over it”
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I have news for all. Everybody is black. Whether you want to admit it or not. There isn’t any need for discussion. Through out generations yours ancestors down the line color had changed either through slavery or from the area they resided in. Think I’m crazy. No, I am just a self educated proud black woman. The school system is setup so that you won’t love yourself . Oooh and by the way to my knowledge we already had six black presidents who’s info just happen to slip from doc**entation. Would you like to know who they are? ARE YOU READY!!!Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Warren Harding, Dwight Eisenhower, Calvin Coolidge, and Abraham Lincoln. Just google the five black president and it will come up. The internet is something else. Oooh and by the way, I encouraged anyone one with slave ancestry from Norh, Central and South America to further themselves in your true ancestry.

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EPHRAIM- Puerto Ricans
MANASSEH- Cubans
GAD- Native-American Indians
REUBEN- Seminole Indians
ASHER- Columbia to Uruguay (Incas)
ISSACHAR- Mexicans (Aztecs)
NAPTHALI- Argentina/Chile
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Why is it only the half-White Half Black folks are the only ones considered mixed????? i guess its the best of both world when you have white in you. yet, if youre mixed with something else youre worst??? Im not sure, is that what it is?? the last time I check the other mixture actually look right and seem aligned than those mix with white, but maybe it’s just me.

Just to make one correction, Soledad O’brien parentage is wrong on this post. She has a Afro-Cuban mother and a Irish father, not the other way around.

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