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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Turns out that he is also a pirate.

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Okay, that is fricking adorable.[/quote]

It is. His face shape is just like his moms. I wonder why he does not show more affinity/interest in both of his heritages. That has always made me curious - not critical - just curious.[/quote]

Speaking as someone else who is also mixed (but a different mix), you will always be judged. It's a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" thing, where people will accuse you of rejecting one side. And people will also lump you more into one side *for* you, whether you like it or not. Sometimes you just relate more to certain sides as well.

I loved being mixed, but other people are never happy with how one individually connects to their different sides. [/quote]

This reminds me. I had a colleague who was mixed African American and Korean.  She had very dark skin and Afro hair, almond eyes.  She was very in touch with her Korean side of herself and her family, because as she explained it, they were a very loving set of uncles, aunts, and cousins.  She found it very painful as a kid, however, that others outside of her family--including other Koreans--did not see her as Korean or even "half Korean."  She was proud of her African American (father's) side, too, and felt especially close to her dad.  As she put it, something like, she loved collard greens AND kimchi.  But most people saw her skin and hair and afforded her only one identity.[/quote]

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