(For official forms) When the mother is Asian and her husband is Caucasian? Would it be different if the husband is Asian and she is Caucasian?
2007-02-01 15:12:14 · 5 answers · asked by Speck Schnuck 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
My mother's Asian and my dad's Caucasian, therefore I am biracial. However, when I was growing up and we had to fill out forms, for some reason, my mom listed me as white because, according to her, you go by the dad's race (though kids inherit the parents genes equally). I don't think that there's a rule on how you are supposed to label biracial children. And I think on the 2000 census form they gave options for listing yourself as bi/multi-racial. So when you can list your kid or yourself as bi/multi-racial, that's probably the route that should be taken as it is most accurate. When I fill out forms now and they ask for my race without leaving me an option to pick more than one, I simply pick Asian, because it is my impression that people see me as more Asian than white (and because "diversity" seems to be the catchphrase for America right now). Overall, I don't think it matters much which race is chosen. You just have to pick something. Besides, race is just a social construct.
2007-02-01 15:30:30 · answer #1 · answered by ljc_219 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, same answer applies. The child is biracial. Embrace both heritages. Not one.
2007-02-01 15:18:53 · answer #2 · answered by Kiki 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To chinese people, ethnicity is on Father's side
2007-02-01 15:29:21 · answer #3 · answered by 結縁 Heemei 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the youngster may well be 0.5-white (or greater, provided that msot Mexicans posess assorted white genes) and "0.5-Mexican", and given as I suggested that Mexicians are generally "mestizos" ("blended eu and Meso-American"), they baby has an more desirable risk of looking "greater white".
2016-11-02 02:41:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the child is mixed
2007-02-01 15:24:56 · answer #5 · answered by spartan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋