I read the summary of the book on Amazon and it does not appear to single out bi-racial children with a white father and Asian mother as being a loathsome combination. That is what the Eurasian blogger does. If you started a conversation about the challenges of raising bi-racial children in a racist society, no one would have accused the post of being racist or sexist.
No one is saying American society and particular individuals within this society are not racist. I don't think anyone would have argued that racism against bi-racial Asian-white mixed people exist. I doubt anyone would have objected to that discussion. The problem was that you injected a blogger's racist and sexist screeds into your discussion.
The fixation on which parent is white and which is Asian, and if the person is 1/2 or 3/4 of something is veering back to that place.The specific parentage is not going to make a difference in how a child is perceived by society. If the child appears white, s/he will be treated that way. If s/he appears Asian s/he will be treated that way. If the child appears mixed, regardless of which parent is what and regardless of specific percentage. the child will be treated by society as mixed. The only time percentage would matter is if it caused the child to be perceived by society as not-mixed.
Yes.
Your (Eikonabridge) post was not about a problem with racism against biracial children. Your post was about biracial white/ Asian children who had (very specifically) a white father and Asian mother being less successful, more obsessed with relationships, and about how white male/ Asian female couples don't know how to raise their children. You also cited a disturbed blogger who spews racism and sexism as "reasonable." You used his thoughts as a springboard for your whole thread. Plus, a murderer who happens to have a white father/ Asian mother as "evidence."
Do not now pretend that I was calling a problem with racism towards biracial children a "gross generalization." This is grossly inaccurate. Do not pretend the topic of your post, and your insistence that we list only biracial white/ Asian successful people who had a white father was all about a general problem with racism. Do not pretend that the topic I was responding to was about racism toward biracial children. It was not.
Kristi Lu Stout from CNN certainly fits the bill as a famous writer/journalist with a white father and Asian mother.
I can see how your posts can be interpreted as racists but it seems you are just trying to understand your own true self. This seems natural to me but hopefully you are not trying to justify your own personal failures in life.
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28 May 2016, 1:14 am
I didn't notice but has anyone noticed the unsuccessful examples are in split family? Single parent is known to have children that are less successful in majority. Maybe the expectations of a traditional wife (regardless of race) with work ethic makes more half-asian children's "white" father bail?
I suspect the dynamics will find measurable footing in economic and social class also the family cohesiveness rather than race. I base this on couples I knew from military days and the ne'erdowells I remember.
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29 May 2016, 2:06 pm
I know some people of various mixed races such that it is hard to tell what race they are, they don't look much like any race, it is a surprise when they tell me their mother is race X, and their father is race Y.
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05 Jun 2016, 3:13 pm
eikonabridge wrote:
I am not known for being uncontroversial. OK, I am known for being controversial. Controversy is daily bread and butter in science. Take it easy and view it simply as opportunities to collect interesting stories to tell your grandchildren.
Nope, I did not invent the title. I googled with that sentence, and guess what? Found a video with almost identical title. Here it is. (Warning: expletive laden.)
Now, what do half-Asians have anything to do with autism? Well, there is this CNN news that you have already forgotten, or chosen to forget. http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/27/justice/california-elliot-rodger-wealth/ ...The divorce documents also confirmed that Elliot Rodger was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, a form of autism, when he was 7. "Elliot has special needs," his mother said in a sworn statement. "He is a high functioning autistic child."
None of these reading materials are for the faint of heart.
What's my point?
I am international enough that, safe to say, have seen it all. Lived with a temporary roommate briefly in my graduate school. One day a friend asked me: hey, what about your black roommate? I scratched my head: "Black roommate?" Heck, I did not even know my Brazilian roommate was black, by American standard.
Sure, I have tons of friends that marry across cultures. That's not my point here. My point is: the Eurasian male, young adult issue is a real issue, there is no denying about it. But as soon as you dig into it, you see all the parallel with raising autistic children.
Why are these Eurasian male youngsters so consumed with relationship issues, in the first place? Why aren't they talking about the latest robotic technologies, or doing discoveries in genetics, or solving the Poincare conjecture like Grigori Perelman?
Another thing: why is that so many Eurasian youngsters are on the spectrum?
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The desire of parents to make their children to fit into a societal ideal has pushed these children to the brink of insanity. Matter of fact, some even went over the brink.
Think about that. And think about how you want to raise your children.
European society is different than American society. I'm American. If I had a $100 bill for every successful half-asian person that I've worked with, I could easily retire.
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08 Jun 2016, 9:28 pm
I know two families that go to my kids school. Both have an Asian mom and White father. Both of these families have at least one child who is brilliant.
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23 May 2016, 9:22 am
