Comments on: Even Jazmine is a “racial spy” http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/04/16/even-jazmine-is-a-racial-spy/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:19:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Dave http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/04/16/even-jazmine-is-a-racial-spy/#comment-6583 Dave Mon, 24 Apr 2006 03:01:06 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/04/16/even-jazmine-is-a-racial-spy/#comment-6583 It would be nice to see a comic strip (and cartoon) about a white/black biracial written by someone who identifies as white/black biracial. Sometimes Jazmine comes off like a foil for McGruder to promote one-drop identity, in my opinion. For example, here: http://www.mixedfolks.com/comics.htm That's his freedom, but it would be nice to see the comics someone with Jazmine's actual perspective and identity would write. It would be nice to see a comic strip (and cartoon) about a white/black biracial written by someone who identifies as white/black biracial. Sometimes Jazmine comes off like a foil for McGruder to promote one-drop identity, in my opinion. For example, here:

http://www.mixedfolks.com/comics.htm

That’s his freedom, but it would be nice to see the comics someone with Jazmine’s actual perspective and identity would write.

]]> By: K-Pow http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/04/16/even-jazmine-is-a-racial-spy/#comment-6549 K-Pow Sat, 22 Apr 2006 21:30:57 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/04/16/even-jazmine-is-a-racial-spy/#comment-6549 Oh I hate being a racial spy. My first experience was in college and it totally upsetting experience. But at least you get the oppotunity to catch people off guard and get to know what they are REALLY like. Can't say I've had any new experiences... Oh I hate being a racial spy. My first experience was in college and it totally upsetting experience. But at least you get the oppotunity to catch people off guard and get to know what they are REALLY like. Can’t say I’ve had any new experiences…

]]> By: eric http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/04/16/even-jazmine-is-a-racial-spy/#comment-6291 eric Mon, 17 Apr 2006 02:34:00 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/04/16/even-jazmine-is-a-racial-spy/#comment-6291 this is actually a curse in some ways. Alot of my own ideas of who I can and cannot trust were shaped at an early age when because of my light skin and my academic prowess most kids in my town deemed me "not black" and proceeded to talk about blacks as if I were not in the room. Needldess to say it was an unpleasant experience, so I can sympathize with 'ol jazzie this is actually a curse in some ways. Alot of my own ideas of who I can and cannot trust were shaped at an early age when because of my light skin and my academic prowess most kids in my town deemed me “not black” and proceeded to talk about blacks as if I were not in the room. Needldess to say it was an unpleasant experience, so I can sympathize with ‘ol jazzie

]]> By: daddy in a strange land http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/04/16/even-jazmine-is-a-racial-spy/#comment-6289 daddy in a strange land Mon, 17 Apr 2006 00:03:38 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/04/16/even-jazmine-is-a-racial-spy/#comment-6289 FYI Aaron McGruder's on a six-month sabbatical from the strip--that's a rerun from back in the day, when Jazmine was first introduced and the "multiracial nationalists" started freaking out about her portrayal and both McGruder's and Huey's treatment of her vis-a-vis her racial identity. Ah, memories... ;) FYI Aaron McGruder’s on a six-month sabbatical from the strip–that’s a rerun from back in the day, when Jazmine was first introduced and the “multiracial nationalists” started freaking out about her portrayal and both McGruder’s and Huey’s treatment of her vis-a-vis her racial identity. Ah, memories… ;)

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