what is a race of people? colour or culture?

Question

my girlfriend is black british and i feel there is not much diffrence between us , but she is a diffrent race and put into a catorgary with jamacians, because her grandma and grandad came here in the 60's

our son is called "mixed race" but i dont want him to think he is mixed , he is just a human and lots of our famaly heritage lies abroard but we are very british

she has much more in comman with me than a yardie or an african

i think british is more of a race than "black" but i dont know , am i the same "race" as a russian ?

your race is part of your identity
i think we are all the same race it just depends on where we are from as to what identity we have

Answer 1

I am currently doing an essay similar to this at college. I am mixed race but was born in Britain. Personally I think that everyone is the same, and we all look different anyway. Every society is different so you are influenced by that society, not neccesarly the race, but the way society acts. Race isn't important to me and if everyone looks at their family tree you will find that at one point most people are mixed with something.

Although everything is catagorised or eg The richer, The poorer, The Prettier or Uglier, Fat, Thin, blah blah.

Answer 2

Your Race, is the genetic section of Humanity, that you have been born into. You have no control over it and cannot change your genetic heritage. It is possible to be proud of your links with the family past and where they are from.

Culture on the other hand, is something you can choose when you reach a certain age. The WAY you live has nothing to do with the Race you belong to.

I have a friend in L.A. who is a an Ngardok from the Northern Territories in Australia. He lives the L.A. life but is still and Aborigine! This is a case of culture and race being entirely different. In his words he is, an AbboYank with an attitude the size of Uluru!

Your girlfriend (in my opinion) would not be Black British - she would be British. Exactly the same as you, I try to get to know people and refuse to see the colour of their skin as a basis of how to treat them.

Unfortunately I think your son will always be 'mixed race' because most people see the colour before the character.
Try to instill some of your views into your son so that HE has no problem with the colour of peoples skin. He doesn't then grow with either a Superiority or an Inferiority Complex. He will judge on character rather than race which can only be a good thing surely!

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Answer 3

i wish the whole world thought that way. I am American and am "mixed" my mom is white and dad is black. my boyfriend is British and we are having our first baby. Yesterday i posted a question about how the child would be treated by his family. And if you check my answers some of the world thinks that way but sadly not enough people do. i don't know about the UK but in the states black is a race. but i think it comes from people needing to put everybody in a category.

Answer 4

Race as we know it in the US is color and ancestry. I know that in Europe, they use the word to mean "nationality" and that causes some confusion. British isn't ever called a race here, but a nationality or an ethnicity.

I'm mixed race as well, half Native(Eastern Cherokee) and half Irish.

Answer 5

Race denotes skin color. Country denotes only nationality.

My grandchildren are bi-racial (1/2 white and 1/2 black). One looks more Mediterranean and one light skinned bi). They call themselves Black-their choice. I do not think it matters what they are called-they will decide on their own. Why does it matter what they call themselves?

Answer 6

I've been saying for years that a persons colour is not their race .Where you are brought up and your your social back ground has more to do with it.

Answer 7

British is a nationality. And it doesn't matter you or your son is categorized as. Sorry to sound cliche, but we are all human.

Answer 8

We are all God's children so forget the race card!

Answer 9

I AGREE, BENNY MY FRIEND.
I AGREE.