Am I racist if I want my kids to have blond hair and blue eyes?

Answer 1

If you have blond hair and blue eyes, then it's reasonable to want this in your children as well.

Edit: People here are being jerks. You didn't say anything about wanting them to be healthy also, but that doesn't mean you aren't concerned with them being healthy. You're just not asking about that.

If you asked if it was okay if you wanted your kids to wear underwear, that doesn't mean you're not concerned about them wearing any other clothing. It just means you're asking specifically about the underwear.

And it's the people answering that jump to conclusions that are being racist. You haven't said why you are asking the question, yet they just make assumptions based on their prejudices.

Answer 2

Doesn't really matter, as you can change the color of both. Hair through bleaching and eyes by using contacts. That's THEIR choice for when they're older, not yours for when they're babies. You aren't racist, no, just odd for wanting a certain appearance for your kids. Most people don't worry about that.

I like playing wth that sort of thing (hair color, etc) just to show how idiotic the whole idea of "race" really is. And not for nothing, but both traits are rare because they're recessive. My mother has platinum blonde hair naturally, but mine is chestnut. If there's a dominant gene to be found, it'll do its best to show up.

Answer 3

You are racist if you think blond-haired, blue-eyed people are superior to other people with different colors. No matter what colorings your kids inherit in the future, whether you like it or not, make them feel special about it. You shouldn't not love them because they don't look how you want - that's evil and unfair to them. It would be funny if one kid had like brown hair with blue eyes and the other had blond hair and brown eyes or something!

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Answer 4

I don't think you are racist. You just have preferences regarding your offspring's features.

However, if you believed that all people who are not blond with blue eyes should be tortured, killed and/or wiped off of the planet (like A. Hitler did), then I would have to say "Yes, you are definitely racist."

Answer 5

Not really, I assume that you and your husband have blonde hair and blue eyes, meaning you just want your kids to look like you two. I feel the same way, when I have kids I would hope they have blonde hair and blue eyes just like me.

Answer 6

Maybe not racist, but certainly ignorant. I wouldn't get your hopes up on the whole blond hair/blue eyes bit, they are both recessive traits. Better learn to love your kids for who they are.

Answer 7

You would have to examine your reasons behind wanting them to have the blonde hair and blue eyes. If its for something random like wanting them to have blonde hair and blue eyes just like their father or grandmother or to look like one side of your family.....then no. Its not racist.

If its because you dont want them to look like another race....well obviously...then it would be racist.

But another poster made a great point. Just wish for a healthy kid. If they grow up not diggin' their hair or eye color...they can get a dye job and contacts.

Answer 8

No but it's only possibly based on the genetics of the parents and their parents and so on.

My son is blonde haired blue eyed, he got it from his mom because she was, I have brown hair and hazel eyes myself.

Answer 9

We all have visions of what our kids will look like. You still may end up with little ginger kids...but there's nothing racial about having a preferance to hair and eye color.

Answer 10

no blond hair and blue eyes is not a race as far as im aware.