Talk:Walter White (NAACP)/Archive 1

Is this a joke? Vandalism? Something?
Is the man in the picture black? Do I need new glasses really soon? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.173.226.108 (talk) 06:58, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

LOL. I'm thinkin' the same. Either the picture is wrong or he is not an "African American!.


 * Whoever you are, did it occur to you to try reading the article? You might learn something. - Goueznou 71.168.215.253 (talk) 12:00, 17 October 2009 (UTC)


 * There are couple of people who may not carry on in presenting what are considered traditional black features. W.E.B. Dubois was another man who appeared to be white to many. In fact look at the reverse with Sandra Laing, who was born of white parents but has skin that was considered black. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.218.129.248 (talk) 20:02, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Sandra Laing's mother had a black lover. Both of this man's parents were white. He was a white guy who helped non-whites because white people are idiots. And what does he have to show for it? The black community is in shambles.96.231.17.247 (talk) 21:54, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Stupid discussion about what you think to be a mixed race, or racial features for a race or another one, should be kept private, as it's not a forum to debate your opinion here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.91.248.85 (talk) 17:27, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Our anonymous 96.231.17.247 has clearly never heard of the one-drop rule. --Ismail (talk) 07:14, 10 February 2019 (UTC)


 * It's a good question of what constitutes "black" or "white". However I think White should be counted as "mixed race" not wholly "African American", at least that is what most people consider me (of 50% non-white ancestry). 82.152.192.220 (talk) 11:27, 5 April 2010 (UTC)


 * You need to learn more of the history of race in this country. Walter White was mixed-race, and at that time, people of any known African ancestry (which he did have) were socially classified as black or African American, related primarily to the racial caste of slavery, as well as 20th-century laws of the "one-drop rule" (as in VA in 1924). Both of his parents were of mixed race and born into slavery (all children of slave mothers were considered to be slaves by the principle of partus sequitur ventrem, part of slave law since 1662). He grew up among mixed-race people who were classified as African American. Both majority-white and majority-black groups have pushed and pulled to classify people in a binary way.Parkwells (talk) 21:25, 6 February 2014 (UTC)


 * He was 1/8th African American, meaning that he was likely 9/10th European genetically. (African Americans are on average 1/4th European) Thespearthrower (talk) 21:02, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I think the article has a very demeaning view of mixed race identity. “How dare he identify as Black, when he was 80% European!”. He was still 20% Black, and he wasn’t oblivious to the fact he passed as white.
 * Mixed race people aren’t deluded for having identities which may not mirror how they look. It’s incredibly demoralising for them to constantky have their racial identity be delegitimatised in this way. ThatOtakuGuy37 (talk) 18:22, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

Who is the author of the sentences on the second line? Goueznou, on the third line, seems to be responding to someone other than 93.173.226.108, who wrote the drivel on the first line. But the person to whom Goueznou is responding appears to be totally unidentified, which I thought was impossible. Rontrigger (talk) 22:21, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

Anti-lynching legislation
This section should desribe more about White and NAACP strategies to pass legislation, including explanation of several bills noted at the end, rather than description of terrible lynching acts (well described in article on this topic).Parkwells (talk) 02:05, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

Supposed fake Rosenthal interview is never mentioned
Fake or not, hoax or not, a word about the Rosenthal interview will be normal here, as it's very well known.