tigresacanela24
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Pms And Overt Questions About Race
Posted: 10-28-06 19:04pm
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Since I have been posting pictures of chu
I have received a lot of pms and one or
two overt questions about his race. I
find it somewhat insulting but since it
will probably continue until I answer here
goes (and you can make of this what you
want)...
I .H.A.V.E .N.O .F.R.E.A.K.I.N.G.
I.D.E.A.!!! I'm haitian/dominican so I
don't think about race the same way
everyone else (meaning american) does.
I think what most people here are trying
to ask is if he is white or black. He
is neither. Ethnically speaking we are
spanish (or to be pc about it, latino).
He is latino. I do not truly think of
myself or my husband in terms of white or
black, we are neither. We are spanish.
That's it. Nothing more nothing less.
So chu is haitian/dominican/puerto
rican. If you are going by color of
skin then my husband is white and I am
black and chu is still neither. So you
decide what you think he is and he will be
what he is
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hopefulmjz
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Posted: 10-28-06 19:10pm
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Girl, i'll answer those questions for
you.
He's an adorable little boy with an
attitude just as big as could be!Don't let
the pms get to you....They are just trying
to figure out what it takes to get such a
beautiful baby
.V.I.V.E .L.O.S .L.A.T.I.N.O.S! (did I
say that right?)
i love .Chu no matter what 'race' he is,
and so does .Adriana
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tigresacanela24
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Posted: 10-28-06 19:13pm
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| hopefulmjz
wrote: | girl, i'll answer those
questions for you.
He's an adorable little boy with an
attitude just as big as could be!Don't let
the pms get to you....They are just trying
to figure out what it takes to get such a
beautiful baby
.V.I.V.E .L.O.S .L.A.T.I.N.O.S! (did I
say that right?)
i love .Chu no matter what 'race' he is,
and so does
.Adriana |
we love adriana too! I
guess I just didn't expect it in this day
and age but maybe it's natural to be
curious... Close enough on the spanish.
Vivan los latinos. Sorry if i'm being a
b*tch.
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Posted: 10-28-06 19:14pm
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My girl loves her .Chu no matter what race
he is. She a little melting pot
herself!!
I've gotten the "is she mixed" comment too
many times. And yes she is. But not with
the "traditional" black and white mix.
I'm .Creole and .Baron is .Sicilian. That
should explain it pretty well. Look up
.Sicily and .Creole and you'll see why her
skin and eyes are so dark.
Mah chu will f*ck somebody up!!
Hahahaha...That's mah boy!!!!!
Sorry ladies, he's taken!!!
sarah
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hopefulmjz
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Posted: 10-28-06 19:16pm
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Yeah...Must be curiosity.
I'm like you, I don't think "what is
.Adriana's race?" she's my baby...Period.
My spanish is a bit off. Lol. Probably
why it takes awhile to get my point across
when I speak with my hubby's family. Oh
well....
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oh_mommy
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Posted: 10-28-06 19:24pm
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That sucks about the pms.. But hopefully
that will fix peoples way of thinking..
Im white myself so is shawn so I wont have
that problem with people asking me.. So I
dont think I will ever completly
understand.. But yeah it probably does
suck getting asked all the time.. I know
my grandma hates when people ask where she
is from because of her ackcent..
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hopefulmjz
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Posted: 10-28-06 19:28pm
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We were at a wedding reception a few weeks
ago and this rude young woman came over
and asked me "what is she mixed with, I
mean..What is she called?" and then she
had the nerve to ask if she could hold
her! Yeeeeeeeeeeah right. Not even all
my (extended) family members have held
her, let alone some strange ass rude
person.
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tigresacanela24
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Posted: 10-28-06 19:33pm
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| hopefulmjz
wrote: | | we were at a wedding
reception a few weeks ago and this rude
young woman came over and asked me "what
is she mixed with, I mean..What is she
called?" and then she had the nerve to ask
if she could hold her! Yeeeeeeeeeeah
right. Not even all my (extended) family
members have held her, let alone some
strange ass rude
person. |
hahaha!! I feel you. I just get it all
the time. Like when i'm at the store
people stare at us all the time and come
up and ask me his name like that'll help
them figure it out. I just tell them
chu. Then they get really confused.
Your spanish is fine, I understood you
perfectly. Hell I speak spanish on the
daily and don't always get it right. Too
many rules.
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ThriftyGal
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Posted: 10-28-06 19:37pm
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My sister is really dark and everyone
always assumes she's mixed. A guy
actually came and sat beside her on the
bus and he was like "man, what race are
you? It's so great to see hot girls of
colour. All these white girls are such
b*tches". But since I was little people
didn't think we were sisters because i'm
whiter than sour cream and she definiatly
looks mixed. Though we never got
offended, or seen it as rude. Maybe I
just don't understand, but what about the
question makes you mad? If I see a
person here that's native (i don't ask)
but I wonder what kind of native they are,
and would like to ask. I'm not sure
what's rude about it? Unless their race
bothers them and it's something they don't
want to talk about. I got asked a lot
because of my accent and last name where I
was from and I never thought it was rude,
cause i'm proud to be afrikaans... Maybe
I just don't understand, but why does it
bother you?
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oh_mommy
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Posted: 10-28-06 19:38pm
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I failed spanish when I took it in grade
10... *sigh* I suck with language.. I
always failed french too..
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hopefulmjz
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Posted: 10-28-06 20:02pm
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| oh_mommy
wrote: | | i failed spanish when I took
it in grade 10... *sigh* I suck with
language.. I always failed french
too.. |
well at least you tried! I didn't take
any foreign language in school...Other
than in like 6th or 7th grade it was a
requirement. But i'm still workin' on my
english!
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Posted: 10-28-06 20:06pm
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Hahahaha...You know what sucks. I get the
race card everyday!!
Oh wow, her skin tone is beautiful!! Is
her daddy spanish or black??!!?
I'm like, neither....But thanks!!
Sarah
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oh_mommy
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Posted: 10-28-06 20:08pm
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Here it is manditory to take french from
grade 4 to grade 8, then in grade 9 u can
choose spanish, french (and at some
schools german or japanese) well I
decided to forget french and try
spanish... Nope didnt work lol... I had
to take spanish 9 in grade 10 because in
grade 9 it was too full... But yeah I
stunk horribly.. I had the worst grade in
the class.. And I actually tried.. I
felt like a person
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Nataliachick7
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Posted: 10-28-06 20:15pm
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Oh man people are lame! They actually pm
you about that!? They need to get lives!
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tigresacanela24
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Posted: 10-28-06 21:55pm
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| tanyaface
wrote: | | my sister is really dark and
everyone always assumes she's mixed. A
guy actually came and sat beside her on
the bus and he was like "man, what race
are you? It's so great to see hot
girls of colour. All these white girls
are such b*tches". But since I was
little people didn't think we were sisters
because i'm whiter than sour cream and she
definiatly looks mixed. Though we
never got offended, or seen it as rude.
Maybe I just don't understand, but what
about the question makes you mad? If I
see a person here that's native (i don't
ask) but I wonder what kind of native they
are, and would like to ask. I'm not
sure what's rude about it? Unless
their race bothers them and it's something
they don't want to talk about. I got
asked a lot because of my accent and last
name where I was from and I never thought
it was rude, cause i'm proud to be
afrikaans... Maybe I just don't
understand, but why does it bother
you? |
it has nothing to do with myrace
bothering me. I'm proud of who and what
I am although I think the "who" should be
more important than the "what". In this
day and age why does anyone care what
anyone else is? If someone tells me
what they are it's different. That's
cool. But out of all the things in the
world to ask someone, why start with what
race they are? If everyone didn't act
so sh*tty about it and bring it up so
often then maybe it wouldn't be such a big
issue for me, it honestly never occurred
to me that people would be asking me
everywhere I go what race he is. Why is
it brought up so often? What does it
have to do with anything? Why is it
first on everyone's list? When I see
people I don't wonder what they are. I
wonder who they are, what they do, what
they like. Maybe some people could try
doing that instead of spending their lives
wondering what race my son is...
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amino65
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Posted: 10-29-06 00:11am
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I think people are just curious and some
people don't know how to put it tactfully.
Take me for example... I'm first
generation american, both my parents are
mexican, were in fact born there.
I look nothing like a mexican would be
expected to look. I actually look
somewhat asian. I have gotten "are you:
korean, japanese, chinese, hmong, hawaiin,
filipino, and even punjabi" and most of
them don't even look like each other! I
just shrug it off. But tanya, I can see
why tigresa would get annoyed, I know I
get a little weirded out when people
constantly ask "are you asian" and I say
"waaaaay off, i'm mexican..."
i even had some lady come up to me at work
and ask "what are you? Are you asian, cuz
your eyes do this ::pulls the skin around
her eyes up::"
you just have to get used to it, people
are going to be curious, and most people
now a days can be pretty tactless... Just
let them think what they want, you know
what your cute baby chu is, he's so
freaking adorable, I love his hair.
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Posted: 10-29-06 02:18am
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Wow well I hope you arent pissed at the pm
I sent u, cos yeh everyone I asked what
race he is. But I asked in a nice way, I
wasnt trying to insult you or anything
like that! So I dunno what other people
said in pm's but I hope you werent talking
about mine. Anyway I asked because I
think hes adorable, I think mixed race
babies are the cutest, so I was just
curious about your son. Geez!! Some
people are too sensitive. I mean if
you're proud of your race why are u making
such a big deal out of telling people
about your son? I dont get it.
My sisters son is half english, quarter
indian and quarter eastern european. So
his mom is white, and his dad is dark
tanned, and he himself is light tanned...
He's the cutest little thing ever, and
people often compliment his looks and ask
my sister about his race or his dads race.
Shes not bothered at all, cos they ask
because they think hes really cute, they
dont make nasty remarks about it.
Shouldnt u be flattered not insulted? I
really dont understand you guys'
reaction...Oh well!
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seksiHily
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Posted: 10-29-06 02:34am
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Honestly ive asked what ethnicity/race
people are before not to be rude but to
find out and maybe talk about it some.
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AlliE_18
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Posted: 10-29-06 02:46am
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Yeh exactly, I dont see what the big deal
is....Lots of people ask all the time.
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tigresacanela24
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Posted: 10-29-06 08:53am
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| allie_18
wrote: | | yeh exactly, I dont see what
the big deal is....Lots of people ask all
the time. |
that's exactly my point. It's annoying.
People ask all the time. It's like
if someone walks up to you and the first
question they ask you all the time is what
size shoe you wear. The first couple of
times you don't think anything of it but
if it keeps happening you're going to
start getting pissy and ask yourself why
it's so freaking important. What does it
have to do with who you are? Whatever,
some people will never ever get it and
don't see it as rude or offensive, which
it is.
Allie, this post wasn't even directed
specifically at you even though you did
ask. It is directed at everyone who has
asked because sooooo many people have
asked that it's gotten annoying. Now
this topic is dead to me. I will not
answer again because people refuse to see
how it could be offensive for someone you
don't even know to ask you questions like
that. I mean we're not friends, we're
strangers and none of the people that I am
friends with have even asked me.
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