Post by RebDoMINe on Aug 9, 2002 0:34:52 GMT -5
People over exaggerate discrimination on biracial people. I am biracial, and it is blatantly obvious. Although, most people think I'm half Mexican and half Anglo, my dad is actually East Indian.
I have never ONCE been discriminated against. Ever. I've known people who were half black--neither were they.
Then again, this is California. I'm not so sure about other parts of the country.
Of course I would date outside my race. Of course I would marry outside my race. I can't imagine thinking of people as different than me because of their race/skin color. Ever since I was little, daddy was dark, mommy was light, and it never made any difference.
I feel extremely fortunate to have grown up with parents in a mixed marriage. My dad has gone through some issues with racists before, and it only taught me how strong he is to handle them. My mom actually has gotten some reverse discrimination when she's with my dad from Indians...but they've never let any of it bring them down.
It's not as if I didn't notice the differences in my parents physical appearances. I used to say that my dad was brown and my mom was pink, haha...
But I learned from a very young age that there is nothing wrong with, and never will be wrong with, differences in skin color. Physical appearances are menial. My parents are beautiful people, and I think that the fact that I can be open minded about a lot of things many people are not (different sexualities, different religions) is due largely to the fact that they are in a mixed marriage.
So in a way, unless others aren't as fortunate as my family has been (as far as discrimination goes--there really hasn't been much of it), I believe family of mixed race can actually teach some great lessons from an early age.
I just wanted to add that if any person contains any intelligence whatsoever, they won't need a group to fit in with. People have gotten past hanging out with ONLY their own race. Groups are mixing now. Surprise.
I never had a lot of friends as a kid, but that was because I was shy and got picked on a lot. Not because of my race, but because my teeth were crooked and I was dorky and clumsy, and whatever other reasons people will make fun of you. Kids were cruel, but not because of my race.
If people feel they HAVE to fit into some racial social group, than I have no respect for them, and they deserve whatever shit they get.
Aww, geez, I'm always editing fifty times. Anyway, I wanted to add another thing. My maternal grandparents welcomed my dad with open arms. They've never cared about his race. And my paternal grandparents have been the same with my mother.
My dad was even in an arranged marriage at one point (he only came to America in 1980, cultures are very different in Fiji), but divorced his wife soon after, realizing that he could never love her.
The fact that after my grandparents set my dad up in an arranged marriage, but welcomed my mother, a woman of a different race--and of his own choice--is nothing short of a miracle
(I just realized after however many days that I said my dad was once in a mixed marriage--I meant arranged marriage, now I sound dumb ;D Geez, I even said it twice. Where has my brain gone?)
I have never ONCE been discriminated against. Ever. I've known people who were half black--neither were they.
Then again, this is California. I'm not so sure about other parts of the country.
Of course I would date outside my race. Of course I would marry outside my race. I can't imagine thinking of people as different than me because of their race/skin color. Ever since I was little, daddy was dark, mommy was light, and it never made any difference.
I feel extremely fortunate to have grown up with parents in a mixed marriage. My dad has gone through some issues with racists before, and it only taught me how strong he is to handle them. My mom actually has gotten some reverse discrimination when she's with my dad from Indians...but they've never let any of it bring them down.
It's not as if I didn't notice the differences in my parents physical appearances. I used to say that my dad was brown and my mom was pink, haha...
But I learned from a very young age that there is nothing wrong with, and never will be wrong with, differences in skin color. Physical appearances are menial. My parents are beautiful people, and I think that the fact that I can be open minded about a lot of things many people are not (different sexualities, different religions) is due largely to the fact that they are in a mixed marriage.
So in a way, unless others aren't as fortunate as my family has been (as far as discrimination goes--there really hasn't been much of it), I believe family of mixed race can actually teach some great lessons from an early age.
I just wanted to add that if any person contains any intelligence whatsoever, they won't need a group to fit in with. People have gotten past hanging out with ONLY their own race. Groups are mixing now. Surprise.
I never had a lot of friends as a kid, but that was because I was shy and got picked on a lot. Not because of my race, but because my teeth were crooked and I was dorky and clumsy, and whatever other reasons people will make fun of you. Kids were cruel, but not because of my race.
If people feel they HAVE to fit into some racial social group, than I have no respect for them, and they deserve whatever shit they get.
Aww, geez, I'm always editing fifty times. Anyway, I wanted to add another thing. My maternal grandparents welcomed my dad with open arms. They've never cared about his race. And my paternal grandparents have been the same with my mother.
My dad was even in an arranged marriage at one point (he only came to America in 1980, cultures are very different in Fiji), but divorced his wife soon after, realizing that he could never love her.
The fact that after my grandparents set my dad up in an arranged marriage, but welcomed my mother, a woman of a different race--and of his own choice--is nothing short of a miracle
(I just realized after however many days that I said my dad was once in a mixed marriage--I meant arranged marriage, now I sound dumb ;D Geez, I even said it twice. Where has my brain gone?)