Heloise here and here too: BC writer.
I write about culture and biology because I hold an M.A. in sociocultural anthropology. B.S. in biology. A born politico, with French as second language.
I have worked as a medical transcriptionist. I am a certified science teacher, taught physics and all the sciences in high school, certified in French language.
This is my new writing home. What do you think? Heloise is all about writing. She has been writing since she could walk practically–just kidding. I began my literary journey writing poems, haikus and the like about my sad life. Then kept journals for over 30 years. These I gleaned and mined to recover past life memories.
I have kept a blog “The Politico-Spiritual” where I don my spiritual guru turban. I am an avid reader of historical biographies, hagiography, and nonfiction.
Chicago Is my home town but I live in Texas now and love it. I have lived in California, New Orleans, New York state, and downstate Illinois. My sister lives walking distance from the Obama home in Hyde Park (He’s in Kenwood). She went to the inauguration sans ticket and ended up sitting on the dias.
Obama has traced many of my steps in Chicago, both politcally and culturally. Hyde Park was home and stomping grounds for us and naturally that included the U. of Chicago. It is so amazing that the first black president, probably the last would come from Chicago.
Heloise
(same Heloise at blogcritics.org–oh, yes, I can)
I have to review a book FAMILY TREE in which a baby who is 1/8 Black and 7/8 Black but looks very Black. I thought I learned in Science that a child could never be darker than the darker of her two parents. In this case, the Mother is all White, and the Father had a Grandfather who was half Black and his Grandmother, and Mother were White, Fathr was 1/4 Black. Can you tell me where I can do research. Good book and informative about all people’s prejudices. I want to do a good job. Thanks for any help you can give me.
Error in first sentence: Baby is 1/8 Black and 7/8 White. Could the baby be dark skinned.
Thanks for your comment. I don’t always read the comments though. But Heloise has seen everything. And guess what I know personally of families where that is just not TRUE. I know of a white woman who married an Indian man from India. He was brown skinned. Well, the mother had a nervous breakdown because the daughter was blue black like some Indians can be. Guess what unless they are Dravidian then they are Caucasians. The child was blacker than the mom or the dad!
For research you could look under anthropology and race studies. There are studies about creoles also. I don’t have any titles off the top of my head but I am compiling some things. My sister who can pass for white married a white man and all their kids, well, look white with long hair and blue eyes. I want to get a photo gallery together of racially mixed people and go from there. Good luck with your research. BTW the government is about to change the race for students in public schools.
Why do you think he would probably be the “last” Black president?
Just found your site, and am assuming you’re an Obama supporter? I am glad he won, but disappointed that he didn’t carry my home state of Montana, although he made it much closer than the Republicans out here care to admit (smile).