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Post by TeeHee on Jun 17, 2008 22:43:10 GMT -5
i'd actually consider 1/4 asians white. sh*t, bruce lee was 1/4 white, but to the world he is chinese. Would you consider these kids "white"? Or Michelle Branch? Or former Princess Alexandra of Denmark? Even though it doesn't surprise me to see 1/4 and 1/8ers who look and identify as their majority genetic ethnicity, I wouldn't discredit someone's EAness just because of their genetic percentages. Sure, many 3/4white1/4asians could pass as fully white and identify as such, but there are also some others who are clearly not just white, and I somehow doubt that society(western society especially) would accept/believe it if they were to refer to themselves as just white, the above-posted ones^ just to name a few examples. And likewise/vice versa with 3/4asian1/4whites.
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Post by PerzanKitCat86205 on Jun 18, 2008 8:12:24 GMT -5
i'd actually consider 1/4 asians white. sh*t, bruce lee was 1/4 white, but to the world he is chinese. Would you consider these kids "white"? Or Michelle Branch? Or former Princess Alexandra of Denmark? Even though it doesn't surprise me to see 1/4 and 1/8ers who look and identify as their majority genetic ethnicity, I wouldn't discredit someone's EAness just because of their genetic percentages. Sure, many 3/4white1/4asians could pass as fully white and identify as such, but there are also some others who are clearly not just white, and I somehow doubt that society(western society especially) would accept/believe it if they were to refer to themselves as just white, the above-posted ones^ just to name a few examples. And likewise/vice versa with 3/4asian1/4whites. I am 1/2 Asian, but my mom's ancestors migrated to Indonesia to trade and took over with the Dutch (the Chinese arrived first) 500 and some 100 years ago. Asians have that cross-eyed look to hide their true feelings, and the E parent wants a "nice brunette shut-up child." I don't consider that white personally to be that way all the time. I like a firm control on everything I do. I'm afraid it's a cross between falling to the bin of "powhitetrash" and just plain simple features like the Africans with albino-like skin. Like in EA men and White (and other non-asian) Women, Europeans aren't supposed to do that. The problem is -for example the ones on the top: they have too many kids and they are actually very obese. If they weren't obese, there probably wouldn't be any problems. The other two it looks like one has possibly an almost still teen mother and the other could be 50.. The kids just are tired.. I mean, full Asians look more white. I can reference to this post to prove my idea that it's the racism within the mixed family that causes a person to feel they "go black."
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Post by davidbleo on Jun 18, 2008 9:04:03 GMT -5
But... are you talking about culture or just the way someone looks?
It's perfectly possible for a 1/8 asian to be culturally asian if he/she is in an asian enviroment... that if people there don't treat him/her differently just 'cause he/she looks different. And the same applies vice-versa...
BTW... I'm 1/8 cantonese, my grandma was 1/2 chinese and I spent a lot of time with her as a kid... though I never learnt to speak cantonese... and my mother only speaks a lil' bit... almost nothing. I think I've been exposed to chinese culture as much as some 1/2 eurasians, those who were not exposed that much.
So, I'm a mixed person with some cantonese heritage... and really interested in it.
In the end I'm culturally more mexican than TEQUILA... sí señor!
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Post by PerzanKitCat86205 on Jun 18, 2008 9:33:58 GMT -5
But... are you talking about culture or just the way someone looks? It's perfectly possible for a 1/8 asian to be culturally asian if he/she is in an asian enviroment... that if people there don't treat him/her differently just 'cause he/she looks different. And the same applies vice-versa... BTW... I'm 1/8 cantonese, my grandma was 1/2 chinese and I spent a lot of time with her as a kid... though I never learnt to speak cantonese... and my mother only speaks a lil' bit... almost nothing. I think I've been exposed to chinese culture as much as some 1/2 eurasians, those who were not exposed that much. So, I'm a mixed person with some cantonese heritage... and really interested in it. In the end I'm culturally more mexican than TEQUILA... sí señor! I'm talking about the idea you are full European and full Asian at the same time. I believe it is possible for any culture to blend into a race they like at the same time: the way adults have said they are fascinated having a second language. (Many people in the classical arts do.) Definitely, otherwise, unless my ancestry isn't 1-55%, I'd just be an Irish Asian.
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Post by catgirl on Jun 18, 2008 19:25:53 GMT -5
Would you consider these kids "white"? Or Michelle Branch? Or former Princess Alexandra of Denmark? Even though it doesn't surprise me to see 1/4 and 1/8ers who look and identify as their majority genetic ethnicity, I wouldn't discredit someone's EAness just because of their genetic percentages. Sure, many 3/4white1/4asians could pass as fully white and identify as such, but there are also some others who are clearly not just white, and I somehow doubt that society(western society especially) would accept/believe it if they were to refer to themselves as just white, the above-posted ones^ just to name a few examples. And likewise/vice versa with 3/4asian1/4whites. I am 1/2 Asian, but my mom's ancestors migrated to Indonesia to trade and took over with the Dutch (the Chinese arrived first) 500 and some 100 years ago. Asians have that cross-eyed look to hide their true feelings, and the E parent wants a "nice brunette shut-up child." I don't consider that white personally to be that way all the time. I like a firm control on everything I do. I'm afraid it's a cross between falling to the bin of "powhitetrash" and just plain simple features like the Africans with albino-like skin. Like in EA men and White (and other non-asian) Women, Europeans aren't supposed to do that. The problem is -for example the ones on the top: they have too many kids and they are actually very obese. If they weren't obese, there probably wouldn't be any problems. The other two it looks like one has possibly an almost still teen mother and the other could be 50.. The kids just are tired.. I mean, full Asians look more white. I can reference to this post to prove my idea that it's the racism within the mixed family that causes a person to feel they "go black." Those kids on the 1st pic, are they 1/2 asian or 1/4 asian. The dad looks a bit EA.... I also used to think Alexandra was 1/2 asian, or is this wrong?
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Post by black mamba on Jun 18, 2008 23:19:05 GMT -5
Those kids on the 1st pic, are they 1/2 asian or 1/4 asian. The dad looks a bit EA.... 1/4. The dad's French/Korean. And I'm totally not ashamed of the fact that I watch that show.
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Post by cm on Jun 18, 2008 23:25:34 GMT -5
Will that show make white girls flock to EA men so they can have EA kids? Or will it make them gawk, seeing that EA men have super sperm that gives you sextuplets and twins?
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Post by TeeHee on Jun 19, 2008 5:11:42 GMT -5
Those kids on the 1st pic, are they 1/2 asian or 1/4 asian. The dad looks a bit EA.... I also used to think Alexandra was 1/2 asian, or is this wrong? All of those names/pics I posted above are 3/4white1/4asian. Alexandra had a 50-50EA father and euro mother as well. My point in posting those examples was to show that even though they're genetically more euro, they still look clearly mixed/not full white, and that I wouldn't discredit someone's EA/mixedness just because of their genetic percentages.
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Post by jefe on Jun 19, 2008 11:54:17 GMT -5
What one culturally i/ socially dentifies with and what OTHERS consider them to be can be quite different.
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Post by catgirl on Jun 19, 2008 13:31:43 GMT -5
I think those kids look more Asian because of the dark complexion of their hair and eyes. If they were blonde and blue eyed maybe people would find that they look more Euro.
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Post by straylight on Jun 22, 2008 10:46:48 GMT -5
Kelly's getting old, that's all. She used to not be "generic pretty" at all.
Back in the day, like when she was in Twins, she was smokin' hot.
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Post by Ikuzo on Jul 28, 2008 2:22:20 GMT -5
Um I'm 1/8 mix O.o 1/8 European 7/8 oriental :3 mm oriental, I've always actually thought myself as an Asian when I was small. I only found out I was mix when I was like 12 from my mother, and it did make sense because the European gene barely shows up in anyone of my relatives my sister, me and my cousin are more noticeable but it stands out the most in me though (I always get confused as my sisters bf when I'm out with her, and people say I don't look like my mother). Because I'm like dead white for an Asian, I have Asian eyes and face build but my nose is European like and in the end people mistake me for a Korean or European.
It doesn't bother me at all what people think, although it does get me in weird situations when my teachers think I'm feeling sick cause I look 'abnormally white' or when cops ask to frisk me for drugs cause I look too 'pale' >3>.
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Post by truelies on Jul 28, 2008 4:36:58 GMT -5
^ I know a lot of really pale Asians.
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Post by alphamikefoxtrot on Jul 28, 2008 11:37:34 GMT -5
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Post by Ikuzo on Jul 29, 2008 0:41:24 GMT -5
Um I'm 1/8 mix O.o 1/8 European 7/8 oriental :3 mm oriental, I've always actually thought myself as an Asian when I was small. I only found out I was mix when I was like 12 from my mother, and it did make sense because the European gene barely shows up in anyone of my relatives my sister, me and my cousin are more noticeable but it stands out the most in me though (I always get confused as my sisters bf when I'm out with her, and people say I don't look like my mother). Because I'm like dead white for an Asian, I have Asian eyes and face build but my nose is European like and in the end people mistake me for a Korean or European. It doesn't bother me at all what people think, although it does get me in weird situations when my teachers think I'm feeling sick cause I look 'abnormally white' or when cops ask to frisk me for drugs cause I look too 'pale' >3>. Where do you live? Just curious as to where they frisk people for being pale. Where I live, if the police frisked people that were too pale that is all they would ever do. Well I don't know if it's a common thing but maybe cause I was near a club that was holding a party cops got involved when fight broke out, ended up frisking 'suspicious' looking people. Who would have thought wearing a black hoodie walking slowing behind a group of people would of made you look suspicious ;D. I live in the west Sydney area. ^ I know a lot of really pale Asians. Really? I only know like 2, a few fair skinned but that's mostly it. A lot of people in my area prefer to be tanned, I can't really tan cause I just end up turning red mostly =/.
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