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[quote=Anonymous]And what race box did you check?

[quote=Anonymous][quote]PP,

You can't even play this game b/c your kids are Hispanic.  They are viewed differently and placed in a different category (aka Check the race box.) altogether.  I applaud your last line - and certainly support it. But your kids would be welcomed more warmly in a very diverse setting than mine would be - who are both blonde, green-eyed, fair-skinned kids.

Kids see color - mainly b/c of whom they're around all day.

And to add to this, while my kids are fair (and clearly not "ethnic" looking at all), my cousins who "kept it in the family" by marrying Italians have kids with olive complexions.  (I just never got the "olive" gene.)  People think they're Hispanic, and in fact, one of the kids was immediately placed in an ESOL class b/c her Italian father (who has an accent) registered her.

So people DO see skin color - and immediately start to categorize others.  I don't care HOW supportive parents are.  [/quote]

I'm the PP you're responding to. I don't understand what point you're trying to make and I don't understand why you think my kids are viewed differently because they're half Hispanic.  Looking at them, no one would identify them as Hispanic.  Many people don't recognize my DH as Hispanic either because his features aren't dark. I have reddish brown hair/blue eyes.   My skin is "porcelain" according to my foundation/powder and I don't tan well.  My kids have light brown eyes but dirty blonde hair and their complexion is light to medium.  There are at least a couple of kids in their classes who don't fit the appearance stereotypes either - including the black Hispanics (Cuban/DR), the Indians from Africa and the South American Germans.  There are a number of Phillipinos that can pass as Spanish and Asian.

Of course people categorize by color.  They also categorize by gender and age. There have been a lot of studies showing what people notice first about a person they meet.  So what.[/quote][/quote]

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