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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with the PPs regarding people’s reactions to biracial children, but just wanted to add that my spouse and I who are both white have completely opposite looks - picture one of us straight blond haired blue eyed and pale skinned, the other darker skin tone brown eyes and curly dark hair. And people constantly comment to us, oh your kids got mom’s curls or dad’s blue eyes or whatever. So in part I think American society admires certain features and people comment (which is creepy) of a child has those features. [/quote]

Yes, it is something that is done across the board, but you have to understand that it is especially prevalent for multiracial children, and is especially stinging in that non-white features are fetishized and spoken about as if they were features of a dog (terms like "exotic", etc).  Further, a "pretty" multiracial baby is usually one that looks brown, but not too brown.  I am part of a multiracial family, and we have three children.  One looks white, one looks black, and one looks like a little of both.  Guess which one never gets any fawning attention from strangers?[/quote]

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