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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Biracial people really can't catch a break.  I look white or hispanic even though I'm black and white.  When I say I'm black or go to black events, people give me the side eye and act like I'm intruding.  But if I had just gone about my business and didn't talk about being black, people would think I was trying to "pass."[/quote]

I am the first black/white poster, and I agree with the sentiment of this post.  Although I look more AA than anything else and was raised to identify with the AA community, there is no one "right" way for biracial people to identify themselves.  I find it very frustrating when society steps in and tells us how we should identify ourselves.  The whole "Why does Obama say he's black when he's biracial," line of thinking is really annoying to me.  It is hard to be undefined in a society rather obsessed with racial classification - if you're biracial, when you find a way that works for you, you go with it.[/quote]

How do you think parents of biracial children can help them past this? Particularly, in a situation where one child in society is viewed as Black/AA and the other is seen as Caucasian? My children look very different and I encounter this, different complexions just as DH and I.  [/quote]

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