Do mixed race kids get accepted by both races or rejected?

Question

are they for ever searching for their true identity? Or do they have the best of both worlds?

Answer 1

Great question...I have two friends who are both half Japanese and half White. It's so funny to watch them because one relates totally with her "white" side, she actually acts like she's embarrased to be asian. Then my other friend relates more with her Japanese side and when she makes jokes about me burning at the beach (I'm full caucasion) I'll remind her that's she's also PART white. It seems to come a lot from how they were raised. The one girl who relates with her white side, hates her japanese mom... vs...my other friend who was with her japanese mom more bcuz her dad was in the Navy growing up.

Anyways..my daughter is 1/2 caucasion and 1/2 asian..and she will be taught to love herself, love both cultures and just feel special because of who she is, not what she is. She is with her asian grandma a lot and I always tell her to speak vietnamese to her bcuz I want her to learn her language and her culture, but yet my side is with her all the time too, and they just love her for who she is.

It's got to be hard, it really must be, bcuz there's so many things that we worry about in this world, and so many prejudices out there, but as far as I'm concerned if your raised with parents who just love you and teach you that your loved, it won't be such a big deal when someone teases you, or if you feel different bcuz your the only "mixed" child there. My daughter definitly has the BEST of both worlds :)

Answer 2

I have mixed "Milano" kids in my family and I am in a Interacial relationship with a man who has a black mom and a white father and he has three brothers and sisters, and his parents are in their 60s so you can imagine the issues there...

They were kicked out of resturants and hotels, all because they were interacial AND they had Milano Kids... Ridiculous.

Now... to be honest.

Milano Kids get accepted by both white people and black people most of the time. (unless of course they are racist.)

Now... As for having issues with their true Identity... some do and some dont. I know My boyfriends brothers and sisters (ages 35-39) had serious issues deciding who they wanted to fit in with, they all choose the black people and started to almost hate their mom for being white. My boyfriend on the other hand was the ONLY sibling to date a white woman.

But they are of course still older and lived in a time where it was still harder.

Now a days... I honestly think they still decide who they fit better with (AS DOES ANY CHILD NOW)

Do they have the Best of both worlds? Some kids do some dont. I mean it depends on the child now. Back in the day if they had a little color they were classified as Black... But no the races are so Mixed and all that it basically depends on the child... weither he or she wants to be himself or herself or to go for a "fitting in" style...

If your asking this because your interested in children. Honestly: Let your child florish into what they want. All about creativity and attitude.

Answer 3

my kids are half Chinese, half caucasian and we live here in China. Chinese peoples perception is rather interesting as my kids are perceived to be " wonder children" and draw crowds whever I take them. People are very curious about mixed race children here and Chinese believe they are the most beautiful children of all.
My parents-in-law have become kind of local celebrities in their home village because of the fact that they have mixed race grandchildren and whenever my wife and I go back there, neighbours from all over come to check in on how they have deveoped since the last visit.
Are they accepted, not exactly. They are kind of placed in a realm of their own,not Chinese, not Caucasian, but something better. My kids are too young (1, 2 1/2) to really have developed a sense of who they are for themselves, but best to teach them that they are children of the world, and not of any particular culture or ethnicity.
Quite a few expats from all over the world live where I do in China and it is quite wonderful to see kids from China,S. Asia, Europe, Africa, Middle East all playing together as friends, not caring what skin colour or cultural background the other has, just laughing, playing, sharing. Gives me hope for the future

Answer 4

I think racial differences are becoming less important nowadays among the younger generations. At least in big metro areas. The young kids who are mixed race that I know are very accepted as people by both races within family and community.

Answer 5

They are just like mixed fruit juice, you can never figure out their true identity. They might have the best of both worlds, they might also get rejected by both worlds.

Answer 6

Rejected

Answer 7

in my oppinion, it further opens unexpected cultural boundaries that most kids dont get to experience. i have a brother who is half hispanic and half white. although he is only 6, i can see how him learning about both of the families (on his mothers and fathers side), and getting introduced to two different cultures will help him in the future. i havent seen any negative reaction to him being mulit-raced. today's american culture is extremely exepting and kind to people of all differences, including race, and though they might search for what you call their "true identity", just remind them that, they are what they are, everyone is different, and let him or her be proud of a multi-racial family!

Answer 8

i'm useful everyone knows of no longer each man or woman of a undeniable race of human beings will reject yet another race of human beings. in spite of the shown fact that, I genuinely have friends and cousins who've white family that want no longer something to do with them. yet that doesn't make me have faith that each single white man or woman feels that way. My neighbor's son has a biracial newborn and that they are white. I see their granddaughter there all the time.

Answer 9

They get registered as a minority to get extra Affirmative Action scoring in school. That's the race they are, afterward.

Answer 10

for hybrids it's never easy to totally belong anywhere but in the weakness lies the strenght.

if a hybrid child finds her uniqueness, then she will be successful as long as she uses it in her advantage and remembers who she really is inside;not a race, religion or nationality.

then she will succeed and be happy anywhere and with anyone she is.

who wants to be a carbon copy after all?