Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Mulatto
When I started doing genealogy I came across the term Mulatto. In Genealogy.com it states A mulatto is legally considered to be an individual with mixed black and white heritage. However, some individuals who were designated mulattos may have a slightly more mixed parentage, perhaps including Native American blood. The 1850 and 1860 censuses only allowed an individual to describe himself as white, black, or mulatto. In 1870, these categories were expanded to include Chinese and Native American as well. The ethnicity selected for your ancestor in one of the censuses may not be completely reliable, however, because often the census takers did not ask about an individual's ethnic heritage. Instead, they put down an ethnicity based on what the person looked like. When I research the census I see where many mistakenly take M in race to mean Mexican - and not Mulatto.
Some individuals would list their race according to where they lived or worked at the time the census was taken. The reasons for this varied, but most of the time the census taker would list what he assumed was the race of the person he talked to, when obtaining the census records. Therefore, one year a family may be listed as black, another year- white and then, yet another- mulatto. So, we can see the frustration and extra effort that researchers are faced with when doing their family history. Personally, when researching, I never limit myself to the particular race of the person I am helping. I understand that somewhere in their family tree, a mixed race probably occurred.
In an African American forum one person wrote:
“What is most discouraging, though, is facing and accepting the fact that my ancestral parentage in the slavery generations and post-slavery generations may never be determined with certainty or proven 'cause folks who knew wouldn't tell or discuss it openly, or the records don't exist, casting those identified as "mulatto" into a no-man's-land of non-identity. In other words, "malatto" not only means "mixed-race", it means for historical purposes "doesn't exist". Those of us who are struggling to get to the bottom of such identity and decendancy are largely lead to a mixed-bag of circumstantial evidence from which only assumptions--dangerous, as was pointed out--may bring us very close to the truth, but which leave us faced forever with a permanent 'brick wall', one that cannot be broached, say, beyond about 1800, unless some documentation, some record, exists in the archives and private papers of white families and comes forth. In this, I encourage--I beg--white researchers to share their findings on forums such as this. (For those who have gotten beyond 1800 in their proven lineage, I salute you!) “
Along with mulatto, other terms are used in naming an African American race. Here are a few terms that might prove helpful:
Black Dutch: Probably, originally white Europeans with pure black features (hair). This term has also been applied to persons with mixed racial heritage.
Free Issue, Free Issue Negro: A Black or mixed-race person free by manumission or birth; especially the child of a White woman and a Black man. Commonly used in Virginia and the Carolinas.
Free Man of Color (F.M.C.), Free Person(s) of Color, Free Woman of Color (F.W.C.), etc.: A Black person, not a slave; a person having one Black and one White parent. Used especially in Louisiana.
Free Mixture: Probably a person, not a slave, being part Black, and being part White and/or Indian.
Griff, Griffe, Griffane, Griffin: Offspring of a White and a Black. Used especially in Louisiana.
Half and Half: A person of mixed blood; a half breed. Part Indian or part Black.
Half Breed, Half Blood, Half Blooded: The child of an Indian and a White parent. May be applied to people who are part Black.
High Yellow: (pronounced, high yalla or high yaller) - A light-skinned black person. Some say “mostly white.”
Maroon: For our purposes, a fugitive or runaway slave, one who joined with the Seminole in Florida. Earlier, this word was applied to fugitive black slaves in the West Indies and Dutch Guiana. Interestingly, the word origins of Maroon in this usage is from certain Spanish words: symeron, > cimarron, > cimarrón, meaning wild, free, a runaway person. It is possible that the term maroon may have been misapplied as a color. Maroon is a very dark brownish-red or chestnut color.
Melungeon: Seemingly, a person of mixed racial heritage. Probably, white, Negro, and Native American heritage. Common usage in East Tennessee.
Mulatto: A person who is one-half Negro, one-half white. The child of one white parent and one Negro parent. From the Spanish and Portuguese word mulato meaning young mule. The mule is of course, one half horse and one half donkey, a hybrid.
Octoroon: A person who is one-eighth Negro, seven-eighths white. The child of one white parent and a quadroon. From the Latin word octo meaning eighth.
Quadroon: A person who is one-quarter Negro, three-quarters white. The child of one white parent and a mulatto. From the Latin quartus; >Spanish cuarto, cuarteron, meaning fourth.
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The Game Hit With Felony Charges; Faces Five Years In Prison
By Mike Winslow
Date: 6/4/2007 11:50 pm
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Criminal charges were officially filed against The Game today (June 4) in connection with a February altercation during a game of basketball in Los Angeles.
Prosecutors claim that The Game, born Jayceon Taylor, was involved in an altercation in which he allegedly punched a player on the opposing team and then pulled a gun out of his red Cadillac Escalade and threatened to shoot the unnamed victim.
The incident took place Feb. 24 at the Rita Walters Educational Learning Complex.
In May, Los Angeles Police Department officers searched his suburban Glendale, California home seeking evidence in connection with the altercation.
The Game was previously arrested in connection with the incident and released on $50,000 bail.
Today he was charged with making a felony count of making a criminal threat, felony possession of a firearm in a school zone and a felony count of exhibiting a firearm in the presence of an officer.
The rapper will be arraigned on Tuesday (June 5) and faces up to five years in prison.
Monday, June 04, 2007
Sunday, June 03, 2007
What'cha know about The V? The LostHighway9 crew knows...so listen up.Jay T reppin the V with "Back To The Hotel".
V-Town, brother check it out, I'm bout to throw it down
Dick in hand, you shoulda had your toke down
A little city, chillin in the North Bay
Needless to say, my boyz don't play fool
Yorker sidin' you know how the song goes
In the back, sippin purple chongos
Don't look for trouble but it always seems to find us, forty
Grippin panties, sippin, and the seats are right behind us
Quick left, one blow, K.O.
Hit the road to the next episode
In the saga of a few fellas
Oh what the hell, I guess i better tell ya
It's Friday night, I got a brand new kick on
Up in the Henny, for me to get bent on
Hit the country club then picked up ML
Eighty west, back to the hotel
At the telly, Bones is doing butt work
Johnny Z had his hand up a miniskirt
The Latina in the corner started to flirt
And I knew that when she saw me baby doll was gonna jaw me
Set for the night so I took her to my ride
Grab my Mickey and my Buddha and I met her outside
Who-ride, brother striking through to be seen
A Lexus 400 to the triple gold Z's
Acid in my bottle, so I gotta get some more
Put the pedal to the metal back to the liquor store
Cause you know what i mean when I'm feelin kinda funky
A sick honky, straight goin donkey
Money in my sock, jimmy in the glove
Layin in the Lexus, I'm about to make good love
And burn rubber up the block
Back to the telly, I gotta get some new cock
New cock [echoes]
Ah naw, could it be?
I just got a page an' a broad wanna do me
Hooked it up, told her meet me at the hotel
She had a friend with her so i called TL
Soothe me up, Sally wanna meet Dick
And Monty licked, so try an' make it real quick
(tick-tock)
(tick-tock)
(tick-tock)
(tick...Honk Honk)
Aw yeah, I jumped in the F-train
But wait a minute, we gotta hit the store man
I got to get some gum and some Tic-Tac's
Two tall cans and a packet of Blackjack's
We got the goods, now we're headin for the ho down
There goes the telly, so fella won't you slow down
Park the ride in the front like a sick one
Just in case, we gotta bust a quick one
Lock the load, let's go look for like 118
But lay low cause I really don't wanna be seen
Is this the room? Aw yeah, that's the right one
I got the black broad and you got the white one
So hit the lights man, I just might man
Try an' throw this thing all night an'
Get her so sprung, that she'll drop some ale
So I can catch turn and hit another hotel
This is a clip from "Funny Games" by Michael Haneke.It's one of my favorite films, but I just learned that only 10 years later, he is directing a remake starring Naomi Watts.I really don't know why he would do this, unless it's just for a fat paycheck.The original Austrian version is brilliant...I don't see how the remake can be any better.Watch as the villan uses a remote control to bring his partner in crime back to life....
When this comes out on October 16,don't expect any posts for days....(except for a review).I may even take some days off to play.
Here is Bjork...with two classic songs.The interlocking theme seems to be Nature's outlook on Humanity.In the first clip,"Army Of Me", watch for the gorilla dentist!These two clips were directed by Michael Gondry
Saturday, June 02, 2007
The great Brand Nubian.
Verse One: Grand Puba
I hit a beat and swing a note as if my name was David Ruffin
Quick to toast an MC just like an english muffin
Don't worry about a thing cause the Puba's never bluffin
I gets headaches from the wack, so then I take a Bufferin and I max
I wait until the opportune time and then I tax
But should I max?
Now they say sinning is for sinners so I guess I'm not a sinner
Beginnings is for beginners so I guess I'm no beginner
This is how I spark it, with money in my pocket
When it comes to having pressure I gets hard as a rocket
MC Grand Pu, coming through all the residue
The songs remain classics, dating back to the Babalu
My boys I call em hot, the phones all of them jock
And I can think of many episodes I swung in Lincoln Park
No I'm not a phony and I got a tenderoni
Love the way she is -- not too fat, not too bony
Don't drink Sanka, won't sink like a tanker
Knock the boots of a skirt in Casablanca and I thank her
Some rappers stink, like Englebert Humperdink
Better yet Dick Caveat, I got a bad habit
Similar to the girl, on She's Gotta Have It
I think with the brain and whip behind the zipper
I'm living kinda good similar to Jack Tripper
A landlord named Roper did a show at the Copa
When I finish with this, I'll be paid like Oprah
So if honey wants to act fly
I'll just play like god and I'm [bangin bye bye]
Stick out your thumb and hips
Cause you've been cut off like a lightswitch
See I'm programmed to slam with the summer, spring, and fall
Before I do a show I get some kicks out the mall
Then I get my gear and I give Trev a call
Cause he works in the barbershop, right behind the mall
Other rappers tried to rob me but you know they got did
To put it blunt, honey I smoked the kids
So hookers back off break North here comes the regulator
Cause you doesn't find none greater
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Verse Two: Derek X (now Sadat X)
On file is a style that's why you caught a clip
My suitcases is packed and I'm going on a trip to Mic-a-delphia
I go for self and still be slamming
The school bell is ringing and I caught somebody cramming
for the test, oh yes, my study guide was thick
I cut you with my verbal didn't hurt you just a nick
off your face don't play possum
watch me and I'll blossom like a rose
And get some new clothes and a fresh fade from Rob
Jump on the phone and dial the Now Rule Mob
Now come one, come all, we about to get hectic
If my crew don't get in, then the x makes an exit
to the rear, I'm outta here, don't front on my brothers
I take care of them before I take care of others
Now wood bats is doomed in the ninties it's aluminum
Step to the stage with a mic and I'm doing him something awful
I'm a citizen and I'm lawful
I go to hunt another fall, rip the policemen's ball
I got the power to make a car stall
I guess I'm great, from blackness, and when the crowd slackens
I stop drinking, and then I start thinking
About days in the past when Derek X was last
but now I'm on the top damn news travels fast
cuz I'm like that! They can't see this
Read my book, it contains many pieces of verses
I took the time to delete all the curses
So moms reach deep in your purses
And buy me take me home and try me and do me well
Verse Three: Lord Jamar
Well, while I reign rhymes pour
You suck it up like a straw and jump on the dancefloor
Cause every time I step in a jam
I make like a door and slam
But then girls try to turn my knob cause I'm a hearthrob
I guess it's just a hazard that comes with the job
Cause everytime I rock a rhyme that shows Jamar is intellectual
Girls want to get sexual
Well I guess I have to cope with being so dope
You want to be me, but can't see me with a telescope
You seek and search but still you can't find
You're weak and it hurts to be deaf dumb and blind
A supreme mind, will take you out of your paralysis
I grip the mic so tight I get callouses
And your analysis, is that the Lord
Rips rhymes into shape with a mic cord
I do it good cause I'm a postive black man
Eating up suckers as if I was Pac Man
Not a Dapper Dan fan I stay casual
To rock like the J it comes gradual
You got to know the ledge of wise and dumb
And understand your culture of freedom
Power equally with the Gods
so you can build and form your cipher
All your life you must teach true
Of the true and living God, not a mystery spook
And when you do that, pursue that goal
which made the student enroll, and only then you'll prosper
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