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[quote=Anonymous]This is an interesting thread.  I am white but expecting a baby boy with my Chinese American husband.  I think people judge based on what they see and know.... I am white, my parents and grandparents are white but have been told I look like Mariah Carey, including by my husband.  I know, I know that may or may not be a compliment lol.  In fact I was recently having blood taken and the AA phlebotimist asked me if I was white?  My half Chinese half Vietnamese friend told me she thought I was mixed.  I have pale skin that tans well and dark brown/ greenish olive eyes.  My hair color is brown to light blonde depending on the light or if I have gotten highlights recently.  My Chinese relatives have also asked if I was mixed- are all of these people seeing something that others do not when they look at me?

Growing up in my lily white neighborhood in upstate NY no one ever questioned me about my background or my ethnicity.  I can't wait to meet my baby boy and see what he looks like but I wonder if we will ever live in a post racial world free from the boxes some people seem to want to put biracial people in![/quote]

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