
PP, my favorite is my Irish + Italian friends. They are passionate, happy and know how to EAT! |
white southern american married to a white california boy. |
Both Russians |
I think about this some time that it is perception as much as anything else. I'm black - grandparents came here from Jamaica - consider myself a New Yorker. DH is white - a combination of Irish and Eastern European/Jewish - same deal that most of his grandparents were 1st generation American with the siblings born elsewhere. I find it facinating that both my mom and his mom were born in the Bronx. His parents grew up in the same time but the Irish/Catholic and Jewish communities really didn't mix and his parents didn't meet until they worked the same place. So anyway, I earlier mentioned my kids are bi-racial and someone asked "what is that". I fully expect on the census they would check "more than one race". Who knows however how their kids - my future grandchildren - will identify. People may be like "ohhhh, that is your grandmother" and try to put two and two together. |
new england WASP. father's family arrived from england in 1600's. mom's later, from scotland. |
If you're referring to the light-skinned Southern Italian PP - nope! I like my looks very much! I'll never win beauty contests, but I was never really a fan of Miss America either. |
i am korean american.
dh is mostly your typical boston irish catholic but with some quebecois thrown in. |
me: Brazilian - daughter of a green eyed red head with a true Portuguese beauty a la snow white - pale skin and dark dark straight hair/eyes.
Grandpa was Brazilian Native Indian with green eyes and grandma from "the jungle" like she used to say, blond blue eyed jungle girl. DH: Southern Indian. Brown skin, dark thick black hair/eyes. DC: on the way and we can't wait to see how he will look like!!!!! Which box do we check?!?! ![]() |
Me - Russian American, husband - Jewish American |
wow - there's so much more diversity here than i thought - has anyone else felt that some of the threads become biased/racist/prejudiced?
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Me - Indian (South Asian)
Husband - American (mixed European heritage) |
Proud to say I'm a white American mutt! So is my ex-H and my kids.
Mutt just means I'm not remotely affiliated with my European roots, I have no idea other than family surnames where we all came from. I presume European because of the names, but I guarantee that someone in my family tree married into Native American blood at some point along the way.. we just can't find who/where! I'm white complected and American born, so that's that! ![]() |
I would prefer caucasian (or whatever else) to mutt. Mutt just sounds like you don't think very highly of yourself. |
why do people think that caucasian means white? |
Black. Obama-type Mutt and proud. (Black African father, white American mother). And elitist. ![]() I've been heartened to see the self-reported diversity in this thread. Although have to agree some posts in forums sound pretty culturally ignorant given the demographics of DC Metro area. |