Has anyone noticed that biracial people in the US who are half White and something else always identify more with their other half? Regardless if their other parent is Black, Asian, Hispanic, Native American, Polynesian, Indian, Arab or whatever. They always claim whatever their non-White parent is.
I've known many biracials in my time, and this always seems to be true.
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? so? Seriously, So what? Them calling themselves "white" would be just as off.
The way i see it "white" is like blank slate, your can mix it with anythign else.
Liek white paint mixed with black paint gives a sort of grey. It Isn't black, but sure as heck isn't white, yet its mroe black then white, seeing as its way darker then that.
everyone wants to appear more bohemian and more exotic than their dull and boring lives make them
its not just a racial thing with US people either...people who have the tiniest bit of scottish/irish/italian/martian in them will always identify with their ancestoral history as well
probably has alot to do with the fact that the US is a culturally young country
Personally, I'm half Puerto Rican and half Persian, but I was raised by my mother, so I'd of course identify with her side more. Whenever I'm asked, I say I'm Puerto Rican. **** the guy who wasn't there.
i am not talking about simple ethnic pride. you commented on how people who are half-white and half....not white drop the white part. that is why.
we identify with whom we chose to identify with, and its lame to be white.
thus why many white kids choose to identify with other ethnicities beyond their own.
Well, my cousin is half black half white and since her black daddy (my uncle) took off on them, she mostly claims white because she got her love from white momma. I think it just has to do with the person's experience.
sometimes certain kids, through profound life experiences, can be surprisingly deep. however most are shallow little media/consumer junkies who just want to feel cool.
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Sep 14th, 2006 06:01 PM
I really don't think "cool" is factor when choosing which side you can identify more with.
