Is it really racist to wonder what color the baby's skin might be?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't agree with Chris on this one even though I like him overall as a comic. Context matters. It's one thing to wonder if your kids will have blonde hair and blue eyes, but if it's in the context of making sure they have Aryan features, well then that's a whole other problem. The implication in the case of the royal family is that a dark skinned child would have been seen as an imperfection in their bloodline.

Where are you getting this from?

If you knew anything about English culture you'd realize that having a ginger is considered by far the bigger imperfection.

MM put the out the accusation out there for all the world to hear and you can choose whether to believe it or not. I don't think it's that far out of the realm of possibility that certain members of TRF would not want a black baby in their line of succession (assuming everyone ahead of Archie died somehow).

How would a pale ginger and a woman who is at best half African American produce a "black" baby. That would be some Mendel mind boggling genetics.

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Anonymous wrote:Are M&H trying to claim they didn’t wonder what their kids might look like before they were born? Yeah right. Everyone does this.

There is a difference in wondering what your baby might look like and wondering how dark their skin might be. I'm not sure why you guys are missing that significant point.

Indians are obsessed with the skin color of a baby. My mother in law talked about nothing but our children's skin colors. She was thrilled when we produced two very light skinned children. My great grandmother was British, and my DH said that his mom accepted me because I was likely to "lighten" the family.

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Sometimes it's racist, sometimes it's just curiosity.

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Anonymous wrote:Are M&H trying to claim they didn’t wonder what their kids might look like before they were born? Yeah right. Everyone does this.

There is a difference in wondering what your baby might look like and wondering how dark their skin might be. I'm not sure why you guys are missing that significant point.

Indians are obsessed with the skin color of a baby. My mother in law talked about nothing but our children's skin colors. She was thrilled when we produced two very light skinned children. My great grandmother was British, and my DH said that his mom accepted me because I was likely to "lighten" the family.

Yes, clearly all 1.4 billion Indians are exactly like your MIL.

This thread is filled with meaningless generalizations. Echoing others in wondering how so many don't get that context matters?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't agree with Chris on this one even though I like him overall as a comic. Context matters. It's one thing to wonder if your kids will have blonde hair and blue eyes, but if it's in the context of making sure they have Aryan features, well then that's a whole other problem. The implication in the case of the royal family is that a dark skinned child would have been seen as an imperfection in their bloodline.

Where are you getting this from?

If you knew anything about English culture you'd realize that having a ginger is considered by far the bigger imperfection.

MM put the out the accusation out there for all the world to hear and you can choose whether to believe it or not. I don't think it's that far out of the realm of possibility that certain members of TRF would not want a black baby in their line of succession (assuming everyone ahead of Archie died somehow).

How would a pale ginger and a woman who is at best half African American produce a "black" baby. That would be some Mendel mind boggling genetics.

Skin color is a polygenic trait and doesn't follow mendelian patterns.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a friend whose son (Indian) married a woman of Hispanic descent.

At the baby shower, Benjamin Moore paint chips were passed out so folks could guess the baby's skin color. Everyone was happy to welcome the baby, and love him/her whatever complexion.

It seemed pretty harmless at the time, maybe 15 years ago.

Holly cow This is really offensive. Especially given that some Indians are very concerned with lightness/darkness.

"Everyone was happy to welcome the baby, and love him/her whatever complexion."

Yes, this totally sounds like the type of Indian who values light skin. 🙄

This is like saying I am not racist because I have black friends. Who cares if you all were ‘excited’ about the baby. You passed out paint samples to guess the time of the baby’s skin. That’s absolutely racist and a group of people far too concerned with completion.