re: #353 moderatelyradicalliberal

Ive often wondered being biracial is a different experience if you are of a mix other than black/white. Black/white has been THE racial fault line in this country for so long, but for other mixes I wonder. Especially, if it’s when both parents belong to a minority group. Either way I say let people self identify the way they want and leave them be. Children can embrace all that they are and be prepared for people who won’t like some of or all of what they are.

One of my Jewish bosses married a Brazilian woman of Japanese descent. He used to laugh that “my children will never look like me”. They do favor their Asian mother, but I think it’s more about the fact that they’re good looking kids. Pretty kids (pretty adults, too) tend to fare better in the world.