He was raised in Jamaica, but has no Jamaican in him
"Jamaican" isn't an ethnicity. It's a nationality composed of people from various cultures. It's like saying you were raised in America, but you have no American in you.
I can't believe that I keep seeing this stuff posted over and over.
What she does is the same exact thing that millions and millions of other biracial/multiracial people do.
I'm getting the impression that the people that are getting so upset over this simply don't know anyone who is multiracial and are incapable of understanding how people can identify with more than one ethnicity.
If she's talking to a group of Indian people then of course she's going to talk about her Indian heritage and what she has in common with that group. Because she's talking to them at the moment.
Just to try to get across how this is common in multiracial people, I'll share a personal anecdote.
Many people on my dad's side of the family married into Mexican and Central American families, because of missionary work they did there. So when I spend time with my dad's side of the family, I speak a good bit of Spanish. We listen to a lot of Spanish music. We eat a lot of Mexican and El Salvadoran food.
My mom's side of the family are mainly creole and Cajuns from New Orleans. When I'm with them, I eat a lot of Cajun food. My mom's side of the family have more money than my dad's, so things tend to be more formal at our family get togethers. I'm trying to learn some Louisiana Creole, because it's a pidgin language that's dying out and I think it's important to pass that part of my heritage on.
Now, if we applied the attitude you have towards Harris towards me, then you would be criticizing me for speaking Spanish with my dad's family, instead of playing up my French heritage with them, and conversely, not playing up my Spanish heritage with my mom's family. You'd be criticizing me for dressing in more expensive clothes with my mom's side of the family, because I don't want to be seen as showing off on my dad's side.
I don't know if people honestly can't understand how and why multiracial people interact differently with people of their different backgrounds, or if you're just trying to find anything to criticize her about.
Because there are tons of things that you can criticize her about that would have an actual impact on the country.
What does it matter in the grand scheme of things if she acts differently depending on which group she's talking to, based on her cultural background?
How can it possibly affect your, or anyone else's, life, if she code switches? That's what it's called when people speak differently based on who they're talking to. It's an extraordinarily common thing.
Criticizing her (or anyone else of a Multicultural background) on racial or cultural issues is not going to do anything other than play into the stereotype that conservatives/Republicans/MAGAs/anons are a bunch of white racists who just don't like brown people.
Before you get all upset, I'm not calling you a racist. I'm saying that doing what you're doing is going to be interpreted that way by the very people we're trying to redpill.
So what are you gaining from doing this? What do you think you're gaining, exactly?
I keep warning people that this type of thing is just going to hurt us, but you're all absolutely devoted to make her race/ethnicity a big thing.
Can you really not find anything better to criticize her over than how she changes how she speaks to different groups?
You really need to understand that a large percentage of Americans, like me, do the same exact thing. Every single day of our lives. And there is nothing wrong with it.
And for the love of God, please, please, please stop saying Jamaican is a race. Seriously, it's embarrassing. 🤦♀️
"Jamaican" isn't an ethnicity. It's a nationality composed of people from various cultures. It's like saying you were raised in America, but you have no American in you.
I can't believe that I keep seeing this stuff posted over and over.
What she does is the same exact thing that millions and millions of other biracial/multiracial people do.
I'm getting the impression that the people that are getting so upset over this simply don't know anyone who is multiracial and are incapable of understanding how people can identify with more than one ethnicity.
If she's talking to a group of Indian people then of course she's going to talk about her Indian heritage and what she has in common with that group. Because she's talking to them at the moment.
Just to try to get across how this is common in multiracial people, I'll share a personal anecdote.
Many people on my dad's side of the family married into Mexican and Central American families, because of missionary work they did there. So when I spend time with my dad's side of the family, I speak a good bit of Spanish. We listen to a lot of Spanish music. We eat a lot of Mexican and El Salvadoran food.
My mom's side of the family are mainly creole and Cajuns from New Orleans. When I'm with them, I eat a lot of Cajun food. My mom's side of the family have more money than my dad's, so things tend to be more formal at our family get togethers. I'm trying to learn some Louisiana Creole, because it's a pidgin language that's dying out and I think it's important to pass that part of my heritage on.
Now, if we applied the attitude you have towards Harris towards me, then you would be criticizing me for speaking Spanish with my dad's family, instead of playing up my French heritage with them, and conversely, not playing up my Spanish heritage with my mom's family. You'd be criticizing me for dressing in more expensive clothes with my mom's side of the family, because I don't want to be seen as showing off on my dad's side.
I don't know if people honestly can't understand how and why multiracial people interact differently with people of their different backgrounds, or if you're just trying to find anything to criticize her about.
Because there are tons of things that you can criticize her about that would have an actual impact on the country.
What does it matter in the grand scheme of things if she acts differently depending on which group she's talking to, based on her cultural background?
How can it possibly affect your, or anyone else's, life, if she code switches? That's what it's called when people speak differently based on who they're talking to. It's an extraordinarily common thing.
Criticizing her (or anyone else of a Multicultural background) on racial or cultural issues is not going to do anything other than play into the stereotype that conservatives/Republicans/MAGAs/anons are a bunch of white racists who just don't like brown people.
Before you get all upset, I'm not calling you a racist. I'm saying that doing what you're doing is going to be interpreted that way by the very people we're trying to redpill.
So what are you gaining from doing this? What do you think you're gaining, exactly?
I keep warning people that this type of thing is just going to hurt us, but you're all absolutely devoted to make her race/ethnicity a big thing.
Can you really not find anything better to criticize her over than how she changes how she speaks to different groups?
You really need to understand that a large percentage of Americans, like me, do the same exact thing. Every single day of our lives. And there is nothing wrong with it.
And for the love of God, please, please, please stop saying Jamaican is a race. Seriously, it's embarrassing. 🤦♀️
Please see my other comment above.