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Originally Posted by abaya
I guess I've said this before, but I still think there's far more to be gained (for both parents and children) from having multiethnic children than from having homogeneous children. This doesn't mean it will be "easier," whatever that means, but it doesn't HAVE to be a major issue if it is handled properly. Having a multiethnic child is not the equivalent of having a child when the parents knew they were at risk for a genetic disease. That is assuming that ethnicity is always a detriment to an individual; it is not.
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It's the exact same thing. In both cases, a known genetic condition (either some recessive disorder or skin pigmentation) could end up causing their children more hardship than a child born of different parents. Just because one is innate and the other is because of society doesn't make a difference, because that child might have to deal with society.
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Yes, it may depend on where you are raised. But I don't think that in America, the South is full of racists and the North is full of closet-racists. That's an overly pessimistic and generalized view. There is just too much complexity involved in people's opinions and upbringings to lump them into those categories.
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I disagree. In America, almost everyone is a racist in some way. It's all in how you choose to deal with it. My "southern racist" puts it out in the open, usually in an offensive way. The "northern racist" hides it from general public, and will often go overly in the other direction just to show how much they aren't a racist.
When I was younger (in elementary/middle school) I never though much about race (outside of certain specific situations). But as got older, and was increasingly put into more segregated situations ( I think I had exactly 2 other black males in my high school classes from sophmore year on up), and saw more and more the effects of racism, I started thinking more about the issue. And for awhile, I would get quite aggravated over places I thought I saw racism. And I thought of all the things that could be done to change people's opinions, or help eliminate racism and the difficulties between the racists. And then I got older yet, and all I have left is the anger, because I've seen more and more the evidence that nothing will change people's opinions, and that as I was taught in high school (at a school sponsored meeting) that "racism is like the sunrise-every morning you wake up it will be there". So I started learning to accept more and more racism. But recently since I've started exploring the option of living abroad after graduation, I've had to look again at how my skin color will affect how I'm percieved in other countries.
And this is worse for those of mixed heritage if they cannot pass as one of their races. Because you don't know how you will be recieved in situations. For instance, when I'm with one group of my friends (which are pretty much all white), I'm the black guy. But when I'm with another group of friends (which are mainly black or hispanic), when race does come up a point will always be made that I'm only half black. You can fit in on the surface, but you will never be fully accepted as one or the other. And because of my experiences, I know that my decision to have children will definately take into account the race of the potential mother.