Hi, Seattle. It’s how they look, not what race they identity with. If you can tell someone is part black, they will always be considered as such. Mariah Carey just married a black man about a month ago, I’m not sure what her behavior was before concerning the extent of her association with black people. I know she attends celebrity functions for and given by blacks, but I’m not sure to what extent.
My sympathies with your ex asian’s boyfriends relatives. My ex-husband and the father of my boys is 1/2 black, 1/2 japanese. I’ve told this story on here before, but in case you missed it, when his japanese mother decided to marry his black father, her parents and family did everything they could to talk her out of it. For awhile after the marriage, they didn’t speak to her. Sad.
Asianautica, 1/2 black, 1/2 asian would be considered black. That was the point I was trying to get across to you when I pointed out that if you had a bi-racial child, it’s highly probably that at least some of your relatives would disapprove.
You keep talking about “why can’t the person be called “American”? Because it doesn’t work that way, that’s why. You can call them whatever you want, and genetically and technically they are biracial. My kids are biracial, they are 1/4 Japanese. However, what they will be considered by society is an entirely different story. I didn’t make the rules, Asianautica, but as a minority in this country I’m well aware of what they are.
