DISQUS

Hippiechyck · 1 year ago

excellent rebuttal. his research, article, and report appear to have frightening gaps in data and to be overloaded with subjective value judgements masquerading as facts. it's disturbing that his piece was published in the New York Times.

Clnmike · 1 year ago

"Mixed-race kids do have one advantage over white and black kids: the mixed-race kids are much more attractive on average"

Well damn here I am thinking I am a handsome black devil, just to find out Im an ugly black bastard, who knew?

Alicia "aka" Fashiona · 1 year ago

Cinmike, you might be a very good looking black man. If Lil Wayne aka the Gremlin can produce decent looking kids, I am sure you will be ok.

Good Article, Twanna

Alicia
http://todaystyle.today.com/

dunderklompje · 1 year ago

I happen to agree that they're prettier. I've conducted my own experiment and was quite happy with the outcome. Whether they'll achieve as much, or more, than I have remains to be seen I sure hope so!

Bexxie · 1 year ago

Yum @ coco babies! I want one but can't see how it's possible since I'm white and so is my b/f ;o)

Clnmike · 1 year ago

Bexxie

Just do like Angela Jolie and Brad Pitt and buy one.

I hear Africa has a clearance sale going on.

don · 1 year ago

Great stuff, you took down a pretty big name, catching him in some very lazy research. Onward and upward. Well done.

lamesabassman · 1 year ago

who knew.....


lamesabassman......... gee... I turned out okay.... so ... what's the rumpus....

Baba Doodlius · 1 year ago

Nicely done. I read "Freakonomics", and I was not impressed. I know this guy is thought of as being some brilliant thinker nowadays, but reading his book I just kept thinking how arrogant he was. He says that he does not have any preconceived notions when he asks questions, and all he does is crunch numbers and let the correct conclusions just drop out of his empirical analysis. I may not be the sharpest beak in the flock, but I do know that you can prove just about anything if you use statistics cleverly enough, and in his book it was clear to me that he was crunching *just the right numbers* to back up his personal theories. His "attractiveness conclusion" bears this out, when he was obviously using nothing but the personal biases of the interviewers to "prove" his marquee point.

dkzone · 1 year ago

Being the mixed person I am ( 1/2 polish 1/2 african american) I consider myself attractive, and like to think others do too. I will also admit that growing up there are certain identity issues that arise and the aproach to dealing with them varies from person to person. You never realize how traumatic it is, to a child in the 70's, to pick a race on a standardized form when there are only 5 options

1. white
2. black
3. asian
4. hispanic
5 pacific islander

suddenly you find yourself on the outside of society.

I was lucky enough to grow up in a town that was culturally diverse where I didn't feel totally alienated or ostracized. Turns out my town had the highest per capita number of mixed relationships in the country.....go figure.

But growing up mixed has its pitfalls. It took me forever to figure out that Dominicans know how to cut my hair. Going through your formative years with a jacked up haircut is kinda demoralizing. People constantly trying to tell me I was spanish....which I wasn't. Although I magically became egyptian after 9/11.

The thing that people associate with attractiveness that gets highlighted being mixed ( light brown skin, green eyes, wavy hair) fools alot of people into thinking they're attractive.......lets just say there are some lightskinned, green eyed trolls out there with frizzy hair.

JustIgnorant · 1 year ago

This seems to be the rallying cry for today's modern black women who strictly dates out.

"Mixed babies look better" Really? I'm sorry I'm not a sycophant, but that's just dumb.

Not wonder their is a legion of black women buying weaves every single day. Oh, they would love to tell you its because black men love that type of hair. But we all know that Bull.

People have got to get their mind straight.

The Freaknomics guy is a jerk, but that was known from before. He definitely uses the "lying with stats" technique. He hates miscegenation, so he will use any stats possible to prove his screwed-up point.

But to counter that with an even stupider point is just as ridiculous.

lamesabassman · 1 year ago

Bravo..... Chicago style......


lamesabassman...... speak very straight..... and carry a 32oz Louisville....

lamesabassman · 1 year ago

gee..... just what would it take for us to realize that we are all from Mother Earth..
and if we were under attack from the Great Beyond... would we stand as one ....
or cop to the fact that .... " I'm from out of town and this does'nt include me....."
when you give credence to assholes.... you lower the bar extremely.
just let them know that you got their number and feed them to the hounds...
'cause we got bigger fish to fry..... like the ones who pull our strings on a daily
basis and then claim it's economy, stupid.... all the while blowing smoke and sending their funds off shore and " .... Beyond "

when 2% control the 98... guess who's gonna be left at the gate....

lamesabassman...." all 'n' all... we're just another brick in the Wall....."

Peggy b. · 1 year ago

Such arguments are not new however, it's time we start interrogating them in serious debate so that these idiots will either get edu-ma-cated or learn to keep their ignorant mouths shut! I applaud you, FBC!

Twanna A Hines funkybrownchick · 1 year ago

@ Hippiechyck: Thanks for the compliment!

@ Clnmike: You're funny!! :)

@ Alicia: There a A LOT of ugly folks with beautiful kids and beautiful celebrities with ugly kids. I'm not naming manes or anything. I'm just saying, um, you know ...


@ dunderklompje: Glad your experiment turned out okay. :)

@ Bexxie: Adopt!! :)

@ Clnmike: Um, you can keep Angelina and her army of babies. I'll take Brad. Fuck, that man improved with age. Thelma & Louise? I was like, "Ewwww, who's the skinny ugly guy???" Fight Club? Ocean's 11? YUM!!!!

@ don: THANKS!! :)

@ lamesabassman: :)

@ Baba Doodlius: But quote ever from my stats class? "Stats don't lie, people do." You can typically use numbers to back up whatever arguement you want. So, it's about getting down to the nitty gritty of what they're counting.

@ dkzone: I didn't know you were mixed. Why were you hiding this info from us?!?! :) THANK you for your very rich comment, by the way.

@ JustIgnorant: Yeah, I think we're all on the same page with the “Mixed babies look better” stuff; it's silly.

@ lamesabassman: Yay for Chicago!!! :) I may be a Chicagoan, but my heart sprouts little green rows of corn for my beloved homestate.

@ Peggy b.: THANKS! I was really proud of that piece.

lamesabassman · 1 year ago

gee..... guess when the tome hits the market..... your state gonna present you
with the Key to the City and a week's worth of party-time ......
keep the pedal to the metal......

lamesabassman........ and wear the Manolos...... please....

Clnmike · 1 year ago

You know damn well Angelina aint ugly, lol.

Twanna A Hines funkybrownchick · 1 year ago

I know. I'm just saying, you know, I'd rather play genital hockey with her husband than her. :)

mahoganydymond · 1 year ago

Hmmm I don't get it.. We all are mixed at some points. I do know
that not all MIXED children are prettier. I have a few cousins that are mixed and butt ugly. I love them anyway. In my life and time I seen more black children to be the most beautiful. I guess cause I love darkskin.

lamesabassman · 1 year ago

gee... can we connect the dots here for a measure..... if we lean towards Reality 101..... all of us have sprung from the same well..... and as our species is Nomadic.... the land masses at one time .... were kinda close .... welllllll.... tings
can 'oppen mon...... and as the land masses start to spread ..... well ... boats were
built ..... and .... the beat goes on... now stretch this to the here and now.... we .. you may not be able to come up close and personal wid dis..... are all kin.... just all over the table..... and we all want the same..... just to chill.... and hang...
too many things are dropped in one basket ... and forgotten...... dig this.... we all think the same.... we party the same.... we do the wild ting...... and we speak in
so many hellacool tongues..... it morphs into one very cool planet ... if only we could reach the ones who roll in concert of what's really expected of them to do just that..... is that so hard...... or too real for prime time......

lamesabassman......"Let's go to the video tape..." Think...it ain't illegal... yet...

lamesabassman · 1 year ago

and tho' am back.... I miss the road...... and feeding The Monster......
moving from place to place ... will broaden your view on where you be at the moment..... and how to progress.... on the one .....

lamesabassman....... Forward....

Twanna A Hines funkybrownchick · 1 year ago

@ mahoganydymond: Did you just call your cousins butt ugly? :)

@ lamesabassman: :)

Bijan C. Bayne · 1 year ago

"...more attractive..."

read- not as likely to be dark-complexioned, possessing more loosely-curled hair than most Black Americans, and combining the more culturally appealing features of both parents. In other words, in the eyes of Leavitt, exotic.

Twanna A Hines funkybrownchick · 1 year ago

Interesting comment about the "exotic" stuff.