With racial classification in our society. Having to mark a race on your job application as an example. Tiger Woods Amerie, Halle Berry, Heinz Ward etc. are some of the famous people who identify being mixed except Tiger. So, with that said. If you are a hapas or know of someone who is distinctly mixed. Not Puerto Rican and Mexican, but rather Korean & Black, Black & Caucasian etc. How do you identify yourself in society when the issue of race is raised? Do you identify with the stronger gene when you were born (color of your skin, facial features)? Or rather what you feel in your heart?
2006-09-12 10:27:13 · 9 answers · asked by ? 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I am biracial- african american and white. I am classified by the govt as Black, but I identify with both. I grew up in a white area- but my lifestlye gravitates more towards black. however, at work i gravitate more towards my white culture.
It is all about where you are, who you interact with on a daily basis and who you feel stronger towards. I do not consider myself black nor white, but rather a person who has the ability to adapt to all of my surroundings and make it work!
2006-09-12 10:59:23 · answer #1 · answered by glorymomof3 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It depends on how u were raised. If u are mixed black and white and u were raised in a black neighborhood u'll probably write black, and the other way around if u were raised white. Remember that it all comes down to the feeling of belonging, your race is the race you feel you belong to (that's how the census works).
Me for example, I'm 2/4 italian 1/4 jewish and 1/4 spanish, and even though i have spanish ascendency i don't put hispanic in the forms, cuz i don't feel i'm hispanic, i feel caucasian, i was raised a protestant, went to protestant school, i don't speak spanish or celebrate any of the hispanic celebrations (such as cinco de mayo or w/e).
2006-09-12 10:38:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I usually mark the box that says "other." My dad's parents are Swedish immigrants and my mom is a 4th generation Japanese-American. They were both born & raised here so it wasn't really that big a deal for me growing up since they already share the same culture. I think the most sensitive topic that I've ever encountered growing up was when my maternal grandparents would tell me stories about the internment camps during WWII...
Otherwise, I think I'm just your normal, well-adjusted citizen. (I hope!)
2006-09-12 10:53:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm Nicaraguan, Costa Rican, Indian, Chinese and Brtish but on tests and stuff( I'm just 15) I put hispanic because that is my language and most of my family was born in spanish speaking countries.
2006-09-12 10:31:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Leave that portion of the application blank, or write in "HUMAN." Your ethnic background should never be a consideration when applying for a job! The sole criteria should be your qualifications to do the job.
2006-09-12 10:40:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I identify mostly with the race I have in my heart. My family is black but we have other races in our genes. I came out looking mixed/Italian/Hispanic/Indian, and a thousand other races but black. Sometimes I feel guilty about it but I can't deny the fact that I don't look nor want to be black.
I don't like being black and I don't feel I have much in common with blacks so I consider myself to be muti-racial. I also only date white guys or guys that don't act or look like the typical black guy. However, I do identify the Native American in me and am proud to have it in my blood. I am basically against racial classification but you can't escape it, so I just classify myself as muti-racial or mixed.
2006-09-12 11:30:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
i'm blended, and at one element I pointed out as white via fact I lived in an all-white community and actually have no ties to the eastern lifestyle. there is not something "incorrect" approximately figuring out the two way, yet i think of the reason maximum persons become attentive to greater with their non-white area is that different white human beings see them and picture in hassle-free terms of their ameliorations. i became continually "that Asian lady" to white human beings- no person ever considered me as white.
2016-10-14 22:34:18 · answer #7 · answered by woodworth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i identify with the stronger gene i'm black and then i'm west indian and irish
2006-09-12 10:33:03 · answer #8 · answered by flyinghigh006 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what is there to identify,we are created egual in the eyes of the lord.
2006-09-12 10:30:42 · answer #9 · answered by SpiritFox 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋