Archive for the ‘Mixed Race Relationships’ Category

The negative term “Halfbreed” turned positive!

Sunday, September 30th, 2012
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Halfbreed! Who wants to be called that to their faces even if mixed race? Well, Rudy Tee, founder of the Halfbreed Clothing Co. adopted the name while growing up; a name used by his peers to make fun of him for being mixed (Filipino/African American/Cherokee). “At the time, I felt like I was the only [...]

Why do outsiders have a harder time dealing with mixed race identity than the individuals do?

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
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I never believed such things happened until my sister told me furiously how some Chinese woman at the mall saw her pushing her mixed race baby on the pram (who looks white) and asked her if she was baby sitting. Ok! What made her livid was the suspicious look on that woman’s face. Its like [...]

Schwarzenegger scandal reeks of old interracial sex taboos?

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
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On one hand, we have a former International Monetary Fund leader, Dominique Strauss-Kahn who – according to accusations flying around – sexually assaulted an African-born hotel maid in New York. On the other hand: Arnold Schwarzenegger who recently came clean about having a child with his Latina housekeeper while still married to his wife. These [...]

Berry on interracial romance: I have not abandoned [blacks]

Thursday, February 10th, 2011
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Having been married and divorced to two Black men in the past, many people wonder why in recent years Actress Halle Berry has been dating men outside her race. She has been in interracial relationships with her ex and the father of her child, Gabriel Aubry, and currently she is dating a French/Spanish man, Oliver [...]

Can mixed race individuals end divisive identity politics?

Saturday, September 25th, 2010
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We live in the era of political correctness … an era that came with labels like Asian American, Latin American, African American. When it comes to minorities, ethnic identity seems more important to people than their national identity. This is how we categorize minorities. To me, it seems as if we want the world to [...]

Non-Black women automatically assume Black men want them?

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
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The other day, I was listening to this video of this African American dude going on and on about how every race of women thinks Black men want them… even when a guy is just going about his day and has no interest whatsoever. Ok! Truth be told: the dude is hot. I’d understand why [...]

Is multiracialism such a hard concept to grasp?

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
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When a person has parents that come from different racial backgrounds, he or she is considered multiracial. This according to Association of Multiethnic Americans and Project RACE . However, with the increase in cases of multi ancestry throughout the world, the categorization of people as multiracial seems quite puzzling these days. Looking at this Nigerian [...]

Do people date interracially to prove a point?

Thursday, July 29th, 2010
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Studies show that in interracial relationships, “racial minorities seek to be respected and seen as competent more than Whites do, whereas Whites seek to be liked and seen as moral more than racial minorities do.” Apparently this is because of representations of whites as racist and racial minorities as “unintelligent” (not my words). This conclusion [...]

Jill Scott’s spirit winces at black-white dating

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
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My new friend is handsome, African-American, intelligent and seemingly wealthy. He is an athlete, loves his momma, and is happily married to a White woman. I admit when I saw his wedding ring, I privately hoped. But something in me just knew he didn’t marry a sister. Although my guess hit the mark, when my [...]

Interracial dating: Can we really shelve race?

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Most of us like to think we are beyond race. We like to see our interracial relationships in a race-free vacuum. This is not the case with Cl; an Asian woman dating a white man. Here is what she says: The question that I’ve been struggling with recently is how much of my attraction to [...]