Beyond Identity » Ebonics

We are the World

Ross — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:00:08 +0000

Another year has come and gone, yet we are no step closer to the ‘I have a dream’ reverence worded by Martin Luther King. It seems that our fears are holding us hostage to the beauty that ebbs and leaps inside and sadly the voices of our ancestors have been forgotten in the ebonics of victim and entitlement mentality. In the memory of our ancestors, I say unto thee, what we do today echo in eternity and if we do not learn from the wisdom and history of human suffering, peace and freedom will become a digital signpost lost in space. There are two kinds of learning, the one kind being the things we learned and know and the other being the training that thought us how to find out what we did not know. Inspired words by George S. Clason.

And my resolution for the day of tomorrow is that we realize that ‘We are the world’, today. All of a sudden the sweet words ‘Be the change you wish to see in the world’ of an earthly guru, Ghandi, chimes through my being. And after the wind settles, Wayne Dyer resonates ‘Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at change’. Still caught up in my day dream, Booker T Washington rise up from dead and leaves me with a morsel of thought ‘I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.’ And just like I am awoken by a silly little love song from the eighties ‘We are the world’

We are the world

There comes a time when we hear a certain call
When the world must come together as one
There are people dying
and its time to lend a hand to life
There greatest gift of all

We cant go on pretending day by day
That someone, somewhere will soon make a change
We are all a part of Gods great big family
And the truth, you know,
Love is all we need

We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So lets start giving
Theres a choice we’re making
We’re saving our own lives
its true we’ll make a better day
Just you and me

Send them your heart so they’ll know that someone cares
And their lives will be stronger and free
As God has shown us by turning stones to bread
So we all must lend a helping hand

When you’re down and out, there seems no hope at all
But if you just believe theres no way we can fall
Let us realize that a change can only come
When we stand together as one

We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So lets start giving
There’s a choice we’re making
We’re saving our own lives
its true we’ll make a better day
Just you and me

Brown Skin by India Arie

Internet Source — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:00:15 +0000

Brown Skin

Brown skin, you know I love your brown skin
I cant tell where yours begins, I cant tell where mine ends
Brown skin, up against my brown skin
Need some every now and then:oh hey:

Where are your people from? Maybe Mississippi or an Island
Apparently your skin has been kissed by the sun
You make me want a Hershey’s kiss, your licorice

Every time I see your lips, it makes me think of honey-coated chocolate
Your kisses are worth more than gold to me
I’ll be your almond joy, you’ll be my sugar daddy

Brown skin, you know I love your brown skin
I cant tell where yours begins, I cant tell where mine ends
Brown skin, up against my brown skin
Need some every now and then:oh hey:

Every time you come around, something magnetic pulls me and I cant get out
Disoriented, I cant tell my up from down
All I know is that I wanna lay you down

Every time I let you in, abracadabra magic happens as we swim
Higher and higher finally we reach heaven
Come back to earth and then we do it all again
Yeah:..

Brown skin, you know I love your brown skin
I cant tell where yours begins, I cant tell where mine ends
Brown skin, up against my brown skin
Need some every now and then:oh hey:

Skin so brown, lips so round
Baby how can I be down?
Beautiful mahogany, you make me feel like a queen
Tell me what’s that thing you do that makes me wanna get next to you, yeah

Brown skin, you know I love your brown skin
I cant tell where yours begins, I cant tell where mine ends
Brown skin, up against my brown skin
Need some every now and then:oh hey:

Brown Skin by India Arie

Brown Skin by Richie Spice

Internet Source — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:54:15 +0000

Brown Skin

Oh na na na nah
Na na na na na na naah
Stu dup du dup du duu ohhh
Aye na na na na na na naaa
Ah dup du dup du duuu
Du du dup du du duuu aye

Chorus
Aye-brown skin
Girl i wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms an
Brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you bring
Brown skin jus a wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms and
Aye brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you bring

Verse 1
The way you smile the way you attire the way you ginger up yourself
In every way you make my day you know i want you for myself
I see it in your eyes that its me its only me can love you so baby
Hot like a fire my hearts desire she pretty like ???

Aye-brown skin
Girl i wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms and
Brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you bring
Brown skin jus a wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms and
Aye brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you bring

Verse 2
I want your full attention
Your love in every direction
In my songs your name will be mentioned
Ill give you love an affection
So glad that jah made a woman
What a match perfect combination
Multiply and bring forth the nation
I love you baby everyday brown skin
Girl i wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms and
Aye-brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you bring
Brown skin yes i wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms and
Aye brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you

Stu dup du dup du du
Ayeee ayyeee
Aye na na na na na na naahh
Ah dup du du du du
Du du dup du du duu
Stu dup du dup du du

Aye-brown skin
Girl i wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms and
Brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you bring
Brown skin yes i wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms and
Aye brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you

Brown skin
Girl i wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms and
Aye-brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you bring
Brown skin yes i wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms and
Aye brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you

Brown Skin by Richie Spice

Race Ebonics – Different names, the same people!

Ross — Thu, 22 May 2008 10:00:09 +0000

All around the world, proud individuals of mixed ancestry, heritage, religion and heritage define and identify themselves that are particular to their country and culture. Some of the words are offensive but they do not in any way reflect the ideas, aims and principles of the Beyond Identity family. We are people because of other people, nor inferior nor superior to one another. We are all equals. One people, different faces, different names, one humanity. We are the expression ‘Cradle of man‘.

Afatasi: Mixed ancestry between Samoan and White
Afrasian: Mixed ancestry between an African and Asian
Afro-Asian: Mixed ancestry between an African and Asian
Afro-European: Mixed heritage between Africa and Europe
Africasian: Mixed ancestry between an African and Asian
Ainoco:Mixed ancestry between White and Japanese
Amerasian: Mixed ancestry between American and an Asian
Amalgamation: Archaic term for the intermarriage and interbreeding of different ethnicities or races
Anglo-Asian: Mixed ancestry between an English and Asian
Anglo-Burmese: Mixed ancestry between Burmese and European
Anglo-Indian: Mixed ancestry between an English and Indian
Atlantic-Creole: Mixed ancestry between European and African
Bastard: A person of mixed blood
Baster: People with a mixed racial and ethnic heritage
Biracial: People of white and black origins
Blackanese: Mixed Black and Asian
Blackinese: Mixed ancestry between Black and Chinese
Blacktino: Mixed of Black and Latino
Black Dutch: People with mixed racial. cultural and ethnic heritage
Black Indians: Mixed heritage between African and Native American
Blasian: Mixed ancestry between Black and Asian
Blaxican: Mixed ancestry between Black and Mexican
Brown Skin: A political, racial, ethnic, societal, and cultural classification not limited to people of mixed heritage.
Bruin-ou: People with a mixed racial, cultural and ethnic heritage
Bruinmense: People with mixed racial, cultural and ethnic heritage
Burgher People: Mixed ancestry between Europeans and Sri Lankans
Bushie: People with a mixed racial, cultural and ethnic heritage
Cablinasian: Causcasian/Black/American Indian/Asian Mix
Caboclo: Mixed ancestry between White and Amerindian
Cafuzo: Mixed ancestry between Black and Amerindian
Capie: People with a mixed racial, cultural and ethnic heritage
Castizo: Mixed ancestry between White and Mestizo
Chewish: Mixed ancestry between a Jew and Chinese
Chestnut Ridge People: see Melungeon
Chindian: Mixed ancestry between the Chinese and Indian
Cholo: Mixed ancestry between American Indian and Black African
Chino: Mixed Asian and African American ancestry
Coffee Coloured: People of mixed race with a brownish skin texture
Colored: People of mixed blood or black
Coloured: People with a mixed racial, cultural and ethnic heritage
Con lai: Half-breed
Coolie: Mixed ancestry between Black and Asian Indian
Creole peoples: Locally-born people with foreign ancestry
Creoles of color: Mixed-race blacks residing in the Gulf Coast and Louisiana area of the pre-existing indigenous population of Spanish Guinean originating from the island of Fernando Pó
Daburu: The mix of races, cultures and ethnicities
Dougla: Mixed race typically African and Asian India
Eurafrican: African and European ancestry
Eurasian: Mixed ancestry between a European and Asian
Jingoism: Judging one’s own country as superior to others – an extreme type of nationalism.
Gado Gado: Mixed
Goffals: Mixed ancestry between Ndebele/Shona and White
Griqua: People with a mixed racial, cultural and ethnic heritage
Haafu or Hafu: Half Japanese
Halfbloed: Mixed Blood
Half-blood: A person of mixed blood
Half-breed: A person of mixed blood
Half-caste: People of mixed caste
Half-Chat: People of white and black origins
Halfling: People with a mixed ancestry, racial, cultural and ethnic heritage
Halfrican: Half African/ Half White
Halvsie: Mixed Japanese Hapa: Half Hawaiian or half Asian, half Caucasian
Hapa: A person of mixed Asian or Pacific Islander racial/ethnic heritage
Hasian: Half Asian
Honhyeol: Mixed blood
Hotnot: People with a mixed racial, cultural and ethnic heritage
Hun xue: Mixed blood
Hybrid: Fusion or mix of race, ancestry, race, culture and ethnicity
Indo: Mixed ancestry between a European and an Asian
Kablungajuit: Mixed ancestry between White and Inuit
Kailoma or Vasu: Mixed ancestry between European and Fijian
Kleurling: People with a mixed racial, cultural and ethnic heritage
Lai Má: American mix
Lobo: Mixed ancestry between Black and Amerindian
Louisiana Creole: People of mixed ancestry
Luk kreung: Mixed racial heritage, literally means half-child
Lumbee: Products of mixed unions
Malaynese: Mixed ancestry between Malay and Chinese or Japanese
Marabou: Mixed ancestry between black African/European and an Amerindian, specifically the native Taíno
Melungeon: Mixed European, African, and Native American ancestry
Miscegenation: Mixing of different racial groups
Métis: A person born to parents who belong to different groups
Mischling: Mixed person
Mixedasians: Mixed Person
Mixed: People of mixed origins
Mixed ancestry: People of mixed ancestry
Mixed-Bloods: Individuals of mixed European and Native American ancestry who are not of Hispanic descent
Mixed race: People of white and black origins
Mongrel: Fusion or mix of ethnicity
Morisco: Mixed ancestry between Caucasian and Mulatto
Mudblood: A person of mixblood
Mulatto: Mixed ancestry between white European and black African
Mule: Fusion or mix of horse and donkey
Multiethnic: People of mixed ethnicity
Multiracial: People of white and black origins
Mutant: A mutation or mix between race, culture and ethnicity
Mutt: Fusion or mix of ethnicity
Nguoi Lai: Mixed-race person
Octoroon: Mixed ancestry between a Quadroon and a European
Pardo: Mixed ancestry between for black and white
Passing: A person of mixed-race heritage assimilating to the white majority
Peranakan: Indonesian Chinese
Pointee: Mixed ancestry between an African and Caucasian
Polygeneric: Neologism from Greek, poly-, (many) and genera (races)
Quadroon: Generally three quarters white and one quarter black
Quintroon: Mixed ancestry between an octoroon and a white parent
Race of the Future: All the races are blending to become one race in the future
Rojak or Rujak: Mixed vegetable/fruit salad
Romani people: An ethnic group of Europe tracing their origins to medieval India
Gypsies: An ethnic group of Europe tracing their origins to medieval India
Redbone: Racially mixed ethnic groups in the the Sabine River region of Louisiana and Texas
Réunion Creoles: A name given to those born on the island, of various ethnic origins on Reunion Islands
Rhineland Bastards: Afro-German children of mixed German and African parentage
Sri Lankan Moors: People of mixed heritage in Sri Lanka
We-Sorts: People of “mixed-race” origins who claim descent from the Piscataway Native American population
Zambo: Mixed ancestry between Black and Amerindian

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