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post #1 of 26
10/29/06 at 5:34pm
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I've looked around a bit on the web, and I've never found any resources for families like mine. We have a rather non-mainstream approach to life, and we're a blended family in addition to being a multiethnic family.

I'd love to open a dialogue with parents of multiethnic and/or multiracial families to discuss the daily challenges and joys of being a 'different' kind of family, as well as available resources and literature on the subject.

Thanks!
Cami
post #2 of 26
10/29/06 at 5:38pm
I think there is a tribe on the "finding your tribe" forum. I think I used to belong to it.

I am American - of European descent - and dh is Trinidadian - with ancestors at some point from Africa. So ds is biracial and we've got a couple of cultures coexisting in our home.
post #3 of 26
10/29/06 at 10:13pm
A friend of mine heads up a group for inter-racial families, called IPride. You can find them online.
post #4 of 26
10/30/06 at 4:40pm
I am white American and my dh is Ethiopian.

We pretty much don't fit in with anyone.
post #5 of 26
10/30/06 at 6:00pm
Yep, I'm here. My ds is biracial.
post #6 of 26
10/30/06 at 6:36pm
Hello,

I am in a multi-racial relationship and we have a DS.
post #7 of 26
10/30/06 at 7:32pm
Our family is multi-ethinic, and our families of origin are (searching for the best term) a mix of cultures, as well.

This is an interesting conversation piece, the question of where our blood originated, etc. I am VERY lucky to live in the PacNW, where my immediate community has always been a blend of cultures and races, and my upbinging centered around awareness and acceptance. It's always fascinating to discuss where we're from, where our fams came from, how we came to be here, etc...

I'm white-ish. My dh is Cambodian. He grew up here in the NW, one of four adoped children, in a Jewish family. He had an exceptionally difficult time where he grew up (an affluent, almost exclusively white neighborhood) and is quoted as having said, in elementary school "Mom, being brown is tough, but being Jewish and brown sucks."

Part of me wants to about the race discussion, like "Why are we STILL talking about this??" I get serious flack from some when I do... they see my ambiguously white appearance and say I don't have a right to have an opinion about how race should be handled. And part of me is just ashamed of how so many people STILL act re; race-relations.

I am caught in a strange place, myself, with this one. My mother is Irish Canadian, she was artificially inseminated, and all I can say is my olive skin tone definitely did NOT come from her. But I will never know where my blood came from. And as a Baha'i, I sincerely see us as One People, a multitude of flowers in a vast garden.

But someone raised an interesting point in another thread about multi-racial children, that they would not be accorded the same rights and priviledges as their white parent or friends, etc, and that they will have a disconnect from their own races, since they won't fit into either group. DH and I joke sometimes that DD will just fit in with the other super-humans, that's all... But, am I naive for NOT wanting to to start innocculating her against racism? My beliefs teach me that tolerance, awareness, acceptance... these are the ONLY path to peace and unity.

VERY interested to see what others have to say...:
post #8 of 26
10/30/06 at 7:48pm
Check out our website in my siggie. We are a "conspicuous" family.
post #9 of 26
10/30/06 at 9:16pm
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Originally Posted by vermonttaylors View Post
Check out our website in my siggie. We are a "conspicuous" family.
Wow... you have a beautiful family!
post #10 of 26
10/31/06 at 2:24am
We are! Dh is from India. I'm your standard white American. Our kids can be seen in the video montages in my sig.
post #11 of 26
10/31/06 at 11:21am

Us too

Dh is African American and I'm white.

I don't have any pics, sorry.
post #12 of 26
11/3/06 at 1:23pm

We four

I'm scottish, dh is algerian, we met in Italy and spoke Italian, moved to Scotland and speak english, now we live in France and we now all speak french - we call ourselves the dolly mixtures!! - It's ok when we say it!!
post #13 of 26
11/3/06 at 4:55pm
We are too. DH is Chinese and I am white. Pics in siggie...
post #14 of 26
11/3/06 at 5:03pm
I'm AA Dh is of mixed heritage...He was given up for adoption and all we know is that his mom is Irish...his other half could be AA or hispanic.
post #15 of 26
11/3/06 at 5:10pm
Multicultural here, too. I forget about these differences until someone points them out. It is something my children will have to deal with. So sad.
post #16 of 26
11/3/06 at 5:35pm
My husband is Chinese. I have blue eyes and freckles. Our children are somewhere in between (actually, they have his exact skin coloring and brown eyes, but I contributed a bit of red to the hair).
post #17 of 26
11/3/06 at 6:53pm
My dd is bi-racial (daddy is black).. See you at MD
post #18 of 26
11/3/06 at 7:14pm
Welcome to MDC, Bunny.
post #19 of 26
11/4/06 at 3:06pm
Multi-racial family here too, cool to see you here Bunny (though you might not remember me ).
Actually some members have been trying for some time to get a multiracial/multicultural sub-forum added here for quite some time.

Still waiting though.....
post #20 of 26
11/4/06 at 5:40pm
Dh, me, and dd2 are white. Dd1 and ds are Ethiopian. Pics on my homeschool blog and in the "See my kids!" link.

Namaste!
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