It's about the term "mixed race." It's just something that's been confusing me - where do you draw the line between being "full" something one of the of those boxes and being "mixed"?
2006-07-14 23:18:53 · 9 answers · asked by Cedar 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Well, just for forms and scholarships and things like that, and if people ever just ask... I'm just curious about how other people would differentiate between being just plain "black" or "white" or whatever, and being mixed - beyond doing whatever gives you the greatest advantage at the time ;) So, is it about what a person's culture is like? How much of something they are? This has just been causing me some trouble, because none of the definitions feel comfortable... thanks for any help!
2006-07-14 23:58:46 · update #1
If your mixed with a majority and a minority you always choose the minority. For example if you mixed white and black you would be considered black, no matter how white you look. If you are mixed with two minority's I am not sure how that is done. I would choose the one then you look most like.
Or you could be like my kids and there is not a box for their race. My kids are mixed white and Arab, I have never seen an Arab box, so they can check, white or other(if it is on there, not always).
2006-07-14 23:55:33 · answer #1 · answered by Umm Ali 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am one quarter Cherokee Indian, one quarter German. As for the other half, I will never know. My father was adopted. That fact gives me a unique perspective on race. I've learned that all people are in fact only one race, we just look different and come from different parts of the world, so this question is really about culture. What culture do you choose. I choose white on those forms because that's the culture i was raised in and its the culture i prefer even though i now know it really doesn't matter. In today's societies , you have to make a choice and so we do, but i would think that people who are "mixed" also share a unique perspective. Most of them understand that this interracial classification system is all bullshit and pick a designation just to appease the people that want you to have one.
2006-07-15 07:22:45 · answer #2 · answered by Ray H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its one of those things i always think about. I am half korean and the other half a lot of other things (German,Danish,Irish). I love them both but being mixed it always seems that i must choose one. It almost seems that America will not allow me to be both as you can see on the Census and almost every other survey based documents. It seems to go back and forth in choosing. Usually i now just pick the one that will give me the greatest advantage in that situation. But I believe that they should allow us the be able to "PICK ALL THAT APPLIES" rather than pick only one.
2006-07-15 06:24:39 · answer #3 · answered by Equality For All 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not very many people are of one race, so mixed race seems to cover most people.
2006-07-15 07:23:05 · answer #4 · answered by dxle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hye,i'm a mixed race girl.my father is an Indian while my mother is Chinese.but our family follow my father's culture(Indian culture)
2006-07-15 06:33:16 · answer #5 · answered by mellbez 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is about the outcome of two race (society). or u can say the product of two different natives, belong to either two different culture,society,nation or religion.
2006-07-15 06:26:54 · answer #6 · answered by Amod M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good point....most of us have a mix somewhere down the line.
2006-07-15 06:22:51 · answer #7 · answered by Bear Naked 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree! Does it really matter?? We are all human beings and we bleed red!!
2006-07-15 06:24:17 · answer #8 · answered by D E E 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
does it seriously matter?? honestly
2006-07-15 06:22:17 · answer #9 · answered by orange_crush_05 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋