@Travelinglady

Hi, I hear you, and I appreciate your reply, thanks.

For me, I say it's up to the individual to come to his or her own place of understanding and security about themselves and also with others projected definitions of who they are, as well. It can be a difficult long journey.

I mean no disrespect, but take your first comment for example, which is a widely held view - but it's all wrong. It's saying if a person has a smidgen of black genes in them (which, btw, in terms of 'race,' there is no such thing or 'white race genes' for that matter) then the person can be considered black. Well, using the same logic, if a fully black person has a smidgen of 'white' in them, then they can be accepted as white right? But the answer to that is a resounding 'no!' in the current way everybody looks at things. So it's a double standard and it's all about something as superficial as the way a person looks - not blood or genes or anything.

As I say, it's up to the individual to find their way through this divided world in the best way they can. I'm not the right person to talk about 'race' because the way I look at this issue is not helpful to someone seeking a 'racial identity', unfortunately. I only see human beings and I want to keep it that way.