Lmao. You are bonkers. Besides, my ambiguous-looking kids will be able to pass as anything they want and join the winning side. |
What was his experience? |
Well, just things like, for instance, he felt he was good enough to be a starter on the basketball team and the coach had been really complimenting his ball handling. And then his mom came to school and he said that the coach made a comment about not knowing he was Asian. After that, he said that the coach was more critical of his ball handling and suggesting that his jump shot needed work. He felt that the coach stereotyped his athleticism based on his Asian blood. I have no way of knowing if this was all in his head though, but for what it's worth, other Asian male friends of mine have said that they felt people downplayed their athleticism. He also said that, for instance, he was up for the lead in a school play, but the girl who was in the lead laughed at the idea of him being cast opposite her and made a small Asian dick joke. Again, maybe this has nothing to do with why he was not cast. I am just giving you his perceptions. Oh, and he said that he felt that the Asian thing might have affected his English teacher's grading of his essays. All of this could just be his interpretation. It also might have just been that these people didn't have anything against Asians necessarily, but were surprised to learn that he was Asian because he didn't really look it unless you knew to search his features. Like I didn't know he was Asian when I met him, but then when he told me his mom was Asian, suddenly, I could "see" it. |
Interesting, thanks for your responses. A lot of people tell me that our son looks just like his white dad, but with very Asian coloring. I think it's obvious when DS is with me, that he's part white, but I don't know what people think when they see him with DH. DH has never been asked if DS was adopted, but we also have a 100% Asian (same ethnicity as I am) daughter whom we adopted and only one person has asked DH if she was adopted when they're together. |
IF the kid has your coloring, he can't look that white. Sorry. But people are so oversensitive these days that even if you see Kevin Hart with a kid who looks like Dakota Fanning, you had better not ask if she is adopted…or you are a racist. People probably wonder about your DH and your kids, but no one wants to give you an opportunity to cry racism. |
No, it's that dads are much less frequently approached than moms. I'm just reporting what I heard constantly from people who have nothing to gain from telling me that my son looks like his dad. Personally, I don't see either of us in him, though he definitely looks like my DH as a child (DH's looks have changed a lot). My husband is also extremely fair skinned so almost anyone is darker skinned than he is. No one is crying racism here, but thanks for playing. |
It's true though. People are ultra touchy if they weren't then you wouldn't see so many why aren't (name your race) attracted to (name your race) on an anon board. People know that we live in a judgmental society where even though racism is a human condition in itself and will never go away we feel the need to be polite and not say what we think for fear of offending others. |
+100000000. And we, as Latinos, are tired of this obsession of categorizing everything as black or white, as black vs white. Each person is a unique individual, not a representative of some BS group label. |
While you're at it, ask the invaders to teach you how to type. |
Long live space invaders! |