If you are of mixed race heritage, what do you identify as?

[Anonymous]

I self-identify as the race people tend to say I most look like

I always self-identify as bi-racial, etc. whenever asked

I self-identify as one race, and only if pressed, acknowledge that I am mixed

I do not self-identify as more than one race, I just identify as the one over the other (s)

I do not self-identify my race to others. It's none of their business.

A total of 129 votes were cast: 77 girls and 52 guys. See detailed results

[Calwri]

Not sure if I belong here, but I'm mostly Swedish Saami, and there's an ongoing discussion on the Saami people in Scandinavia about their genetic origins and whether they fall under "White" or "Asian". Some look White, and some look like they're half Asian like this Google pic of a Saami guy posted here. My grandmother also looks like she's half Asian.

I identify as a white person. I think I have a very European face (and I'm American). However, some people on a forum website have pointed out that I look kind of Asiatic. Also, most of my best friends in life, while growing up, were specifically Chinese. All my friends were white and Chinese or half-white-half-Chinese. I later in life realized that I spent a lot of time around Chinese people, and it's funny to me because it wasn't on purpose that they were specifically Chinese. Lol, not sure if this is relevant info, but even now the Asian girls in my college classes notice me and seem to be open in talking with me. You know how Asians typically cluster together because they culturally relate and feel comfortable with each other? It's like they include me. Also, Asian guys notice me.

I'm basically trying to say that I'm unsure whether or not I should be here because I don't even know if Laplanders are white or not. I'm probably just a white girl who happens to look a little Asiatic.

[Asker]

Or you know, maybe you're just a friendly person who grew up around a certain culture of people you treated in a friendly manner, and they continue to gravitate towards you. You could perhaps obtain a DNA/ancestry test to get a better picture of your exact make-up, but it more matters, who you think you are.

[Calwri]

Possibly so (although I'm really quiet, shy, and reserved, lol). They really do gravitate toward me. And yes, I self-identify as a white person. Cool, I should do a DNA test. ^_^

[Jaye234]

I'd say I'm Caucasian. Family is from England and Ireland with a little Native American mixed in on dad's side and Italy and Hungary on mom's side so... im white. I've got the red hair and green eyes from my dad and mom's side are blonde with blue eyes. I really want to do that ancestors dna test to find out where all my family came from. That'd be really cool to find out if I've any other ethnic background.

[Asker]

I think it's really eye opening to find out what your true mix is. We really are from so many different places, most people anyway, that taking the test really helps illuminate. BTW: if you want to save a little money on the test, wait until the holidays where they tend to give discounts.

[estoydorado1]

First of all, we're all the human race.
Secondly, nobody is 100% anything (ethnicity wise) nowadays. i. e nobody can claim that they can trace everybody in their ancestry back to a single country/region, themselves included.
I understand and agree that society tries to identify us as 1 "race" or another but this obsession with percentages is as productive as a dog chasing it's tail.

[Asker]

All true, however, we catergorize everything about everyone. Everything has it's label. Do you have blonde, black, red, or blonde hair, are you fat or thin, are you tall or short, are you darker or lighter, are you (fill in race). You can be one of those people who holds a banner out and says, I'm human, but that is but another label for something. It matters if you want it to, and it doesn't if you don't.

[estoydorado1]

I already acknowledged that society will try to put a label to everyone I just don't think the percentages are that important lol. Like that whole 1 drop rule. I also can't take people seriously who go around announcing that they're 10% this+ 25% that+ 65% this so they're basically mulatto even though the look really dark or pasty white. Especially when the try to claim that they are full out *insert ethnicity* because their great grandfather's uncle was born born in that region.

[estoydorado1]

Sorry for the typos

[Asker]

I don't care about your percentages. I think you can identify as whatever you want (within reason---sorry you're not a cat), however, if that is what someone feels the need to rattle off, I'm 1/8 this and 2/17th this, then so be it. Their life, their heritage/race/culture, what have you. I'm more interested in the generalized question, because I have a lot of friends who have struggled with this question, and would like to know how the majority handles it.

[estoydorado1]

Between my parents and grandparents they were born and raised on 4 different Caribbean Islands and even though I was born in the states, I was raised learning the culture, eating the food, and even visiting the islands since I was 3 or 4. Although I identify as "Caribbean American" (because they all feel like home so I don't chooses 1). I'm more familiar with 2 out of those immediate 4 so I just tell the truth when asked. I tell them how I feel and it's unfortunate that anybody would be made ashamed or feel forced to pick 1 aspect of their heritage over another.

[Asker]

.. and yet it happens. On a global scale, there are people round the world who decide what you are for you (whether you agree or not), a lot of times based on things like option A, what you look like, which in actuality makes not sense, because we're all combinations of things and just because certain features or skin tone may be more prevalent doesn't mean they are more/less important. As someone once told me, the labels are there so that we may allow ourselves to continue to keep discriminating and keep using race/culture/heritage against certain people, and how true. What other reason is race actually important?

[estoydorado1]

Labels are mere tools. It's the user's intent that determines the outcome. It's like hammers, they can be used to build incredible structures or they can be used to harm people. I for 1 think labels are useful. If I'm going to add some powdered sugar to my food and I walk into a friends pantry that also contains powder form rat poisoning, I'd really rather those 2 substances be labeled for what they are. Yeah people use labels to formulate flimsy arguments against unity but labels (on their own) are just tools to make sense of our world.

[estoydorado1]

And I stand by my initial statement that we are technically the human race. If you want to talk ethnicities or nationalism then yeah, there are drastic variations between what is seen as *fitting the criteria* and the actual reality of the diversity within any nation or "race" as you put it but then again genetics aren't the same thing as pride in your countries government or sports team.
So it makes no sense that you're talking about phenotypes and genetics and trying to draw parallels with culture and nationalism.

[estoydorado1]

Any "race" can be found in literally any nation across the world and the way that each race is treated varies drastically around the globe. So I'm not sure what point you're​ trying to make with such vague statements. Also, if someone's skintone is brown, then their skin is brown (my skin is brown). Why are you so gung ho about denying that fact lol. by the way, brown skinned people can come from all over the world so I'm not denying that they have legit claims to different cultures.

[Asker]

I feel like you're trying to turn this into something it's not. You're all over the place. I don't know if we're agreeing or disagreeing or what. Whatever. You are what you are. I am what I am. Other people are what they are. Other people got the gist of what I was talking about because it isn't 8 paragraphs of complication.

[Hal2002]

I self-identify as mixed-race black, because growing up I was raised in a mostly black community exposed to black culture and values.

In my own country those that were born here, will classify me as a very light skinned mixed-race black or High Yellow.

When I have traveled to and lived in the U. S., I was always assumed to be Hispanic/Latino. Even by others, of Hispanic/Latino decent.

But even as a school aged child, whenever I was asked to put my race on something. I always marked other in the race question box, I still mark other to this day.

[curiousnorway]

I'm not hundred percent sure what my ethnicity is since my biological family are anonymous and I've no knowledge about my heritage. But I'm probably East-Asian, but I guess I'm mixed too. I sees myself as genetically Asian, but nationally Norwegian.

[Anastasiya00]

I am Arab, White and Hispanic. The dominance goes by that order. People I think arab and hispanic is not a race itself but you know, the nationality and characteristics. I don't live my life thinking shit like oh I'm arab I must act like this or oh I'm white I must think like this or but as I am hispanic I must do this. nah, I am myself and if someone asks I simply answer what it is.

[HOAAH]

I am not biracial but my kids are, the boy looks more white and the girl looks more Asian so at the hospitals and schools, I mark the girl as Asian and the boy as Caucasian but they are both mix

[apexalpha]

According to scientitfic taxonomy I am homosapien predominantly with some neanderthal thrown in I go with homosapien easier to explain to people. I have my neanderthal moments though.
(don`t let the cat avatar fool you I am human as they get)

[AdviceTerrier]

are you sure? are you sure you're human?

[lovelyhoneybones]

I let everyone know I'm mixed, but I identify as black even though people think I'm Asian or something different than what I actually am. It's amazing.

[victoriameliegray]

Half Finnish half chinese

Identify as bi racial because I have values from both the Finnish and Chinese culture

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

My father is of European decent white Hispanic and my mother of Indian decent mix with European white Hispanic since my grandma is white Hispanic. Overall I'm a mestizo of both parents that are hispanic.

[IsabelGuimaraes]

i'm considered white in my country, so, officially, this is how i have to classify myself. it's funny because my own sister is not considered white.

[abc3643]

I identify as a Human-American and that is all that is relevant.

[Asylumsfinest]

My mum's white, Irish parents
My dad's an arab
I see myself as English
Identity and ethnicity are 2 very different things

[Asker]

Again..."what do YOU SELF-IDENTIFY" as?

[Jakov]

omg do some option if yoi just want to see the results

[vishna]

I say I'm biracial, and then give them a rough breakdown.

[luvstoned4him]

Have Indian, carib and black in my blood but black is dominant and I identify most with that.

[Nukina]

I'm not sure what's my race heritage, but I identify myself as mestiza (mixed).

[Sloane]

I'm mostly of German ancestry, and some French and Native American. I guess my title is German American, born in the US, has US passport and ID.

[Sloane]

I guess someone hates Germans lol pinky downvoted me.

[Asker]

Are you talking to me, because I didn't down vote you. Every time I'm Anon, someone accuses me of down voting them. You realize there are other people who can up/down vote you right? LOL. Someone else hates Germans.

[Sloane]

I was talking to the downvoter but I wasn't sure if it was you or not I try not to assume.

[goalbuster]

I am 1/4th afro American and 3/4th Caucasian, my sister is blond but I have dark brown hair and a dark-ish skin: That's also my explaination when people ask about my heritage :P

[alice55]

If I was from mixed heritage I would say I'm biracial

[fsu19]

I just tell people I'm black even though my dad isn't.

[suppakappa]

I'm weird...

All my Asian friends think I'm Asian.

All my white friends think I'm white.

All my black friends think I'm black.

[TacosRAwesome]

I am of unknown mixture, as are my parents, and there parents before them. I identify as white because I'm not black or Asian.

[Anonymous]

somtimes ill say biracial, sometimes ill say that i am half white and half ijapanese because thats the 2 races/nationalities that i am (russian and japanese because my mom is japanese and my dad is russian)

[harabi]

I identify as Muslim. Srsly, I'm against racism just like Islam is, so I oppose racial division. This thing needs to stop sometime, we are all human race!

[Phoenix98]

I'm a gypsy and I have some native American Indian in me to as well as a rich European background.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

I self-identify as the race people tend to say I most look like that would be the White race.

[Don-pablo]

you identify yourself as the gene that was more dominant

[Anonymous]

whatever gets me the most points with colleges lol. or if I'm in a racist place, I say white. also, damn those mixeds are ugly up top

[Walrus_au]

I self identify as human. No other imaginary delineations are necessary.

[genericname85]

does slavic and caucasian count as "bi racial" ? xD

[Tron5678]

Why does it matter? Nothing special about being mixed race tho! ( Half White and Half Indian)

[Justinaveragedude]

Scottish, Irish, Italian, native American. But people tell me I am white.

[BeautifulPromisesx]

I just let them guess.. more fun that way.

[Zerojoe13]

Celtic European Jewish Gypsy hobbit.
😒
Now I wait for the anti-Semites

[StiffLeg]

I'm 1% African so that makes me Black according to (white) European American standards.

[cavmanier]

What would being 3% Neanderthal make me then? 😀

[Hal2002]

@cavmanier Human.

[bowanortiz]

I'm part Puerto Rican, Asian, Middle Eastern, and some European like Romanian and Spain but I only identify as only Latina and Asian (so mixed) Brown.

[bowanortiz]

im also part white like 28% thou or like 30%

[Anonymous]

I'm a mix of many things but I identify as a beef burrito

[Jazzy_xox]

I'm 75% and 25% black so I identify more as Asian even though my skin is naturally tanned and not pale and my type of Asian is Filipino

[Anonymous]

I usually don't indentify my race; when I'm required to, though, I say I'm biracial.

[Anonymous]

My kids are bi-racial and identify as black even though they are really light since I'm white

[Anonymous]

Identify with the race that's the minority. It's easier to get a good job that way.

[Pomegranate139]

I just say I'm black. I'm 1/4 Indian

[ken718]

If your black n white your considered black

[curiousnorway]

Depends how "black" passing or "white" passing you're.
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[curiousnorway]

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[ken718]

Legally your still black though

[curiousnorway]

So biracial/mixed people aren't considered mixed, but black if they're mulatto in the US? Then I learned something new.

[ken718]

Yeah I don't know about the rest of the world but in u. s. Yes

[curiousnorway]

I thinks it's weird it's like that. Why can't they just say they're mixed? If someone sees the "white" passing person and it's written black on the papers, it would just be confusing.

[ken718]

I don't know they should

[menina]

@ken718 You're right. But some people don't understand that.

[menina]

I mean, when you say that a mixed race person (black and white) is considered black.

[Jazzy_xox]

I'm 50% Filipino 25% Indian and 25% African American so that makes me 75% Asian and 25% black so what am I? I consider myself Asian because I have more Asian blood

[curiousnorway]

@Jazzy_xox, if you saw this Portuguese/Spanish looking child and it's written in the paper she's black, wouldn't it be confusing? If I saw her, I would guess she had South-European heritage.
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[Hal2002]

@curiousnorway Damn, that could be a cousin. He look is a dead ringer, for a first cousin of mine.

[menina]

@Jazzy_xox That makes sense. If I were you, I would also consider myself Asian. I was talking about people who are black and white. They're considered black only.

[Jazzy_xox]

@curiousnorway yeah that is confusing

[Jazzy_xox]

@menina oh well that's messed up because your basically disrespecting their white side

[Hal2002]

The way the law is written, if you have any black blood in you. You are black, does not matter how far back it was.

I know a family that are blond haired blue eyed and white by all the standards, but because they descended from a mixed black slave that gained freedom over 300 year ago. Even thought there has not been any black blood in that family since, they are still considered black by the law.

[Jazzy_xox]

@Hal2002 but that still doesn't even make sense

[Hal2002]

@Jazzy_xox No it does not, but that is the way the law is written. If you have 1 drop of black blood in your family's past, you are black forever in the eyes of the law.

[ken718]

@Hal2002 not in America no if you have 1% black in you your still Caucasian i have Native American blood doesn't mean shit im still labeled white

[Jazzy_xox]

@Hal2002 still is confusing though why would they even make that a rule? I'm mixed Filipino, Indian, and African American so I'm automatically black? -_-

[Hal2002]

@Jazzy_xox I do not know why, having mixed black blood is such a big deal. But that is the way things are, which is really funny if you think about it. As the human race originated in African, which means that the original race was black and at the core of our DNA ever human on earth is of African descent.

[curiousnorway]

@Hal2002, so technically we're all black since it's in Africa the human population started? Then the law could say we're all black then.

[ken718]

There's no proof of that "Panjaea" was all one continent at one point could have started anywhere scientists don't really know shit its all theories plus if that were true why are black people the only ones that get sickle cell anemia if we were all black every race would get it

[Hal2002]

Science has proven that every human alive today, can trace their DNA back to a single female.

The races came about because of geographic location, humans adapted to survive in the conditions of their environment. Every race has medical conditions, specific to that race.

Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans, Aortic aneurysm, Bladder cancer, Crohn's disease are a couple of medical conditions unique to Caucasian's.

[ken718]

Science also said the t Rex had scaled skin then had feathers... again nobody knows especially some nerds that spent 100k of daddys money for tuition when they could have gotten the same education from reading at their local library

[menina]

@Jazzy_xox It's not about respecting or disrespecting their white side, it's just how thinks work. Society sees black and white people as black. Especially since most of times (NOT always) they look "more black" than "white".

[SnowHearth]

Never state my "race"

[JosyJosy]

I would say the one I behave like the most

[FýrdracaDócincel]

I identify as German because I am 3/4 German.

[razor97]

my skin is the whitest.. probably i am Asian

[CheekyDeville]

mixed...

[CheekyDeville]

I don't really see myself as a race. I just see me as me but when people ask I tend to say I'm mixed because I am.

[douride2]

I'm a Heinz 57.

[MadBoy]

I'm a mutt.

[momo770]

Human

[4465loveyou5577]

A human being.

[SunsetLover]

I voted C.

[MrDada]

Human

[Anonymous]

We are all mixed

[Asker]

Though true, and there are quite a few DNA tests that can easily prove that, for the sake of being less complex in this question, I'm referring to, say your Mom is Asian and your Dad is White.

[qwertykeyboard]

Human.

[Anonymous]

As mongrel.