Are there any multiracial and/or multiethnic families here? - Page 2

[PrennaMama]

So, I see some folks worry over how their children will be affected by their position in society as a person of multi-cultural descent.

Stats say that in as little as 15-20 years, much of the glogal population will be "brownish"... DO you think our kids will have such a rough go of it? Or are we still rooted in our past? Projecting our fears onto our little ones...

[cappuccinosmom]

I'm not actually worried about that. Maybe because I'm quite young, and have grown up seeing "biracial" as pretty normal. Looking at my kid's generation, it would be hard to imagine being biracial as causing them problems, because sooooo many of their peers are biracial.

[hhurd]

Originally Posted by PrennaMama

DO you think our kids will have such a rough go of it?

No, I really don't. I may be naive...but it's one of the few things I'm NOT worried about so I'm going with it...

[PrennaMama]

I feel the same way. But I keep encountering this attitude that because our children are mixed, they're gonna have it so rough... and I truly do believe it's just not the same world it was 15 years ago, even... There is SO much cultural blending, now. It's awesome. I see other parents out and about sometimes, and find we get into funny conversations as we try to determine what mix eachother's children are... there's a comraderie I've never felt before... Anyone else experience that?

[dharmamama]

When we were in the process of adopting our son, one of my mom's concerns was that being in a multi-racial family would make our (bio) daughter "weird" in the eyes of her peers. I asked my mom, "Seriously, mom, have you LOOKED at the world recently?" I agree that the world has changed a lot in the past decade or so. We have never run into any issues from outside for being a multi-racial family. In part I credit the China adoptive families because, at least in my area, they really paved the way for transracial adoptive parents by "normalizing," if you will, the transracial adoptive family. I have no illusions that my Ethiopian kids won't have some tough times being black in a white family, but I don't think there will be as much hassle for them from the outside for being members of a transracial family as there would have been 20 years ago.

Namaste!

[PrennaMama]

Proud to say that my DH's fam was part of that pioneering. He was adopted during Vietnamese war from Cambodia, and his brother came from Vietnam 15 mos before him. He has four other siblings from different cultures.