growing up?

Question

i had an arguement with my mom's bf: do you think a mexican kid with all white parents[say he was adopted]would he want to act more "white" or be more of a "mexican" like say if he grew up in compton-with more minorities,or like some perfect suburban neighborhood-with more "white" people

Answer 1

That's a funny dynamic in multi-racial families. My boyfriend comes from a family where 6 children of different ethnicities were adopted into a family with 3 white children and white parents. In this family, both of those aspects can be seen. A few went for the "ultra white" type attitude, and it seems to have done them good. They are in fact, the most successful in the family. One in particular, has segregated himself from his family, and refuses to assocaite with them because they are white. He will only associate with people of similar ethnicity. He is unfortunately a gigiantic failure in life. He's penniless and usually unemployed. Then there are a few that neither deny their ethnicity nor try to be something they are not. They are perfectly well adjusted, and believe they are lucky to have parents that took great care of them no matter what the color of their skin. So, my best advice is to just be happy that you have those parents. No matter what they look like.

Answer 2

It would depend LARGELY on the kinds of friends he hung out with while growing up. If the parents kept him in schools where he was the only mexican kid, I would say chances are he would act like a white kid. If he was put into a school with a high population of other latin americans, I would say he might get connected with that group and act like that.

Answer 3

uh this is a dumb question, who cares??? BUT, i think the answer depends on the person. i used to live in the ghetto (im black) and i supposedly acted "white" cause i liked to read n get good grades, and now because of some family issues, i live here with my aunt n uncle and im n the suburbs, and i go to an all white school mostly and i for damn sure dont "act" white...... if ur in touch wit ur roots, no one can change u....peace

Answer 4

He will grow up with the characteristics of his adopted parents - children adopted out of foreign countries don't speak their native language - they have to learn it! So......it wouldn't matter what nationality he was born as, he would "BE" whatever ethnicity he was reared in.

Answer 5

i don't think that is a choice the kid would consciously make. the kid would acclimate to his life and environment.
so, if he was raised in suburbia in a predominantly white area, then he would grow up "white", whatever that means....
vice versa if he grew up in a more minority dominant environment.

race doesn't determine who you are...your surroundings and environment do that.