I was thinking that it usually is the father's. If the father is not a presence in the family then it will be majority society. For instance, if some has a mexican dad and a white mother, he will be mexican. If the father dies when his young and the white mother and child live in a predominantly white neighborhood then he will be white. What do you think?
2007-01-10 15:17:47 · 8 answers · asked by Julio Cesar C 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I'd say take the best from both sides of the equation!
2007-01-10 15:21:30 · answer #1 · answered by Chrispy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Very interesting, and makes sense, although I guess I am an exception to that rule in a sense then!?
So I am mixed, east Indian/"white" and I lived with my mom, my dad was not in my life since I was very young yet I still took his culture and everything that goes with being east Indian...well as much as possible!
I guess I have done this because then I am at least identified with some culture, and something to talk about, where as my "white" side I do not know what I could take from that, or say about that, because being "white" is also mixed from different backgrounds, much of what I don't know much about.
I think it is good to expose the children to both or all of their ethnic backgrounds because it makes for a well rounded person, and then they get to know so many wonderful things about BOTH their parents, not just their father for instances, or their mother. Even if a parent dies, there are still grandparents to show the child about their culture!!!
2007-01-10 23:23:38 · answer #2 · answered by Uzlu2919 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's not a simple question. A lot of a child's identity comes from the way life is experienced in the home. The dominant culture in the home will be formost in the child's identity, regardless of which parent's culture it is. On the other hand, some identifiers of ethnicity are physical. A child with dark skin and very curly hair will have a difficult time feeling "white" even if raised by a single white parent. Social feedback will tell him differently.
2007-01-10 23:24:14 · answer #3 · answered by Bubbeh C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it really matters. I have a friend who mother is Ukranian and who father is a Martian. If you ask my friend, he is super sure that he is a Gallapagosian and has rejected wearing the pheasant skirts his mom is so fond off. His father is constantly asking him why he is not willing to wear antenaes on his head, but my friend just tells him to 'get lost'...which makes his dad's face turn a lovely shade of blue. Because of my friends Gallapagosian heritage, he has taken up playing with turtles and other sea faring animals.......so you see, you can be anything that you want to be.
2007-01-10 23:28:27 · answer #4 · answered by crazyonthebus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think most children who have parents of different ethnicities learn to appreciate both cultures. One cannot "choose" which ethnicity they will be part of--if my mother was Spanish and my father was German, I would be both.
2007-01-10 23:21:42 · answer #5 · answered by N 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it really depends but i actually would have thought it was traditionaly the mother as she would have had the greater role in raising the kids. obviously now its more equal
2007-01-10 23:21:24 · answer #6 · answered by fiddich59 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it really depends .. i know some white/asian mix the children follows very asian culture but some i know be all white
2007-01-10 23:21:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
theyll adopt the best of both worlds
2007-01-10 23:21:48 · answer #8 · answered by el chavo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋