Comments on: Lou O’ Bedlam’s Friday Feature: Barbara McGuire http://www.manolith.com/2010/02/05/lou-o-bedlams-friday-feature-barbara-mcguire/ Man Guide Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:27:16 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: rfs http://www.manolith.com/2010/02/05/lou-o-bedlams-friday-feature-barbara-mcguire/comment-page-1/#comment-15593 rfs Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:50:44 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=51287#comment-15593 Well, I have a black grandfather, a Mexican grandmother and white everything else with a little American Indian pioneer wife thrown in and nobody believes me no matter what race I say I am. The important thing is that Lou is an amazingly gifted photographer and Barbara is soon to be a famous writer and that's all that matters in the end. Well, I have a black grandfather, a Mexican grandmother and white everything else with a little American Indian pioneer wife thrown in and nobody believes me no matter what race I say I am. The important thing is that Lou is an amazingly gifted photographer and Barbara is soon to be a famous writer and that’s all that matters in the end.

]]> By: Barbara Sueko http://www.manolith.com/2010/02/05/lou-o-bedlams-friday-feature-barbara-mcguire/comment-page-1/#comment-15546 Barbara Sueko Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:06:50 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=51287#comment-15546 I do, Lou, I do. I didn't even realize I was something "other" until kids in elementary school pointed it out. I thought I was just me. Didn't realize that it was the minority half that counted, that I was actually different, aka Asian. It only got worse as I got older. I was always the token Asian in the group, perhaps making all the white people I hung out with feel more tolerant. Who knows? But I doubt it worked. I was dubbed the "Fortune Cookie," among other less favorable names. Too bad fortune cookies are fucking Chinese. Ugh. Bygones. On a side note, UCLA did a study in which they discovered that biracial people are typically considered more attractive because we are more symmetrical. Hah. Suck that everyone else. I do, Lou, I do. I didn’t even realize I was something “other” until kids in elementary school pointed it out. I thought I was just me. Didn’t realize that it was the minority half that counted, that I was actually different, aka Asian. It only got worse as I got older. I was always the token Asian in the group, perhaps making all the white people I hung out with feel more tolerant. Who knows? But I doubt it worked. I was dubbed the “Fortune Cookie,” among other less favorable names. Too bad fortune cookies are fucking Chinese. Ugh. Bygones.

On a side note, UCLA did a study in which they discovered that biracial people are typically considered more attractive because we are more symmetrical. Hah. Suck that everyone else.

]]> By: Ginny. http://www.manolith.com/2010/02/05/lou-o-bedlams-friday-feature-barbara-mcguire/comment-page-1/#comment-15516 Ginny. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:34:25 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=51287#comment-15516 As a girl who is half hispanic, half white I identify very little with the half of me who is white. I grew up around only my gigantic hispanic family. I spoke spanish from being little till I was 16. I grew up entrenched in the traditions, music, and hispanic culture. But most people when they look at me think white girl, because I stay out of the sun (I am not tan just pale olive) and I have bright green eyes. It's an interesting thing. As a girl who is half hispanic, half white I identify very little with the half of me who is white. I grew up around only my gigantic hispanic family. I spoke spanish from being little till I was 16. I grew up entrenched in the traditions, music, and hispanic culture. But most people when they look at me think white girl, because I stay out of the sun (I am not tan just pale olive) and I have bright green eyes. It’s an interesting thing.

]]> By: Alicia http://www.manolith.com/2010/02/05/lou-o-bedlams-friday-feature-barbara-mcguire/comment-page-1/#comment-15508 Alicia Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:53:09 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=51287#comment-15508 Have you ever visited the south? It would be interesting to hear your impressions. Have you ever visited the south? It would be interesting to hear your impressions.

]]> By: Micah Johnson http://www.manolith.com/2010/02/05/lou-o-bedlams-friday-feature-barbara-mcguire/comment-page-1/#comment-15504 Micah Johnson Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:10:59 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=51287#comment-15504 I'm 23 years, black, and I've lived in suburbia all my life. I graduated from a private school, however, I went to an all black church on the weekends. I had a variety of friends as well as a variety of interests. In whichever group I may have found myself, I had an immature understanding that I was the odd, black guy. Now, I have a nine year old niece who is half-white, half black. It's tough to know that she not only must deal with peer pressure, puberty, and all other "natural" traumas, but also the idea that she is part of a minority within a minority. I pray for her, I pray for us, everyday I’m 23 years, black, and I’ve lived in suburbia all my life. I graduated from a private school, however, I went to an all black church on the weekends. I had a variety of friends as well as a variety of interests. In whichever group I may have found myself, I had an immature understanding that I was the odd, black guy. Now, I have a nine year old niece who is half-white, half black. It’s tough to know that she not only must deal with peer pressure, puberty, and all other “natural” traumas, but also the idea that she is part of a minority within a minority. I pray for her, I pray for us, everyday

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