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I've been thinking about this for a while, and everytime I bring it up in a discussion with friends- they shut me out and say it isn't justified to be concerned about. That it's "racist".
The thing is, usually when a white person has a kid with someone that's of a different race, say Black or Asian (chinese, korean, japanese...) they can't see themselves in their own child because most East Asian/African features dominate over Caucasian/European ones (in terms of genetics). Your kid could look nothing like you and be an almost exact copy of their other parent! Wouldn't this affect you mentally in at least some ways? I know it would for me. Taking care of them and loving them, I wouldn't have any issues with at all, but taking them out with you, everyone else is going to assume they are adopted, no one is going to recognize us as being related. I'll barely have a physical resemblance with them. That's definitely going to make me wonder if I really could consider them "MINE".
It's totally one-sided and scares me. I think it's 100% acceptable to talk about this and bring it up in these kinds of conversations, there's no "racism" intended but the world is a beautiful place with a lot of diversity, it's a shame that Caucasians get the short end of the stick most of the time when it comes to passing on our physical traits. I just want to know what other people's thoughts about this are, and if you would also worry about it. Would this convince you against having a relationship with someone of another race or is the thought not even in the back of your head?
EDIT: I'm not against Interracial relationships! I don't care who anyone else decides to screw. Please don't start a flame war, I didn't mean to offend anyone with this question. This is what this forum is all about, asking things like this. I don't think there's anything wrong with discussing this or thinking about it.
Dont do it.Race mixing aint all that.I look like neither of my parents,I ended up looking like an alien race from both.How do you think they feel about that?
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Your wrong about that though,I think it may be common,but my parents are phenotypically exact opposites,and going out with either of them I look unrelated.I know how it feels.I always wondered how it felt for them too.
who gives a fuck... as long as you have a connection with them as a parent then it shouldnt matter... it doesnt really effect me at all being mixed and i honestly wouldnt care if i had a kid that doesnt really look like me
I've been thinking about this for a while, and everytime I bring it up in a discussion with friends- they shut me out and say it isn't justified to be concerned about. That it's "racist".
The thing is, usually when a white person has a kid with someone that's of a different race, say Black or Asian (chinese, korean, japanese...) they can't see themselves in their own child because most East Asian/African features dominate over Caucasian/European ones (in terms of genetics). Your kid could look nothing like you and be an almost exact copy of their other parent! Wouldn't this affect you mentally in at least some ways? I know it would for me. Taking care of them and loving them, I wouldn't have any issues with at all, but taking them out with you, everyone else is going to assume they are adopted, no one is going to recognize us as being related. I'll barely have a physical resemblance with them. That's definitely going to make me wonder if I really could consider them "MINE".
You're thinking that that Asian/Black genes dominate because you are coming from a white perspective when mixed children are actually an racial intermediate of both parents. The facial features, skin tone, and hair are always intermediate between mixed black/white/asian children, unless its multigenerationally mixed people like me where one child could be fully white looking , and the other child would look more black or latino.
You're thinking that that Asian/Black genes dominate because you are coming from a white perspective when mixed children are actually an racial intermediate of both parents. The facial features, skin tone, and hair are always intermediate between mixed black/white/asian children, unless its multigenerationally mixed people like me where one child could be fully white looking , and the other child would look more black or latino.
haha, have you seen any bi-racial people? Most look 100% black.
That aside, I have thought about this subject but as I am mostly attracted to my own 'race' (specifically Turkish women), I don't see it as a potential problem. Though if you were to ask me whether I would find it a problem in the context of a thought experiment, assuming that I ended up reaching the stage in my life where I want a child, with someone outside of my 'race', I would certainly like my children to resemble myself and show physical characteristics of mine and my family but if the conditions were right, I don't think I'd have a major problem overlooking such things.
You're thinking that that Asian/Black genes dominate because you are coming from a white perspective when mixed children are actually an racial intermediate of both parents. The facial features, skin tone, and hair are always intermediate between mixed black/white/asian children, unless its multigenerationally mixed people like me where one child could be fully white looking , and the other child would look more black or latino.
But thats coming from the anthro perspective.To the average person and society,the non white genes win out when it comes to appearance.
---------- Post added 2010-12-06 at 20:17 ----------
Originally Posted by Kyte
As far as I know Caucasoid genes are dominant to Mongoloid.
That aside, I have thought about this subject but as I am mostly attracted to my own 'race' (specifically Turkish women), I don't see it as a potential problem. Though if you were to ask me whether I would find it a problem in the context of a thought experiment, assuming that I ended up reaching the stage in my life where I want a child, with someone outside of my 'race', I would certainly like my children to resemble myself and show physical characteristics of mine and my family but if the conditions were right, I don't think I'd have a major problem overlooking such things.
haha, have you seen any bi-racial people? Most look 100% black.
Nope, if I were to have a child with a 100% ssa you couldn't be able to tell it. Why? I am mixed beyond your believe so when I a have child all those dominant genes that have survived in me will do their work.
i understand as a parent you want to see your child as a reflection of yourself but to say that you will have a hard time considering the child to be yours is an extreme and is pretty sick
Why race-mixing can be one-sided
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