Comments on: Biracial Children and The Issues They Face http://www.21stcenturydad.com/2007/12/31/biracial-children-and-the-issues-they-face/ One Dad's Thoughts, Ideas, and Feelings. Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:01:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: fraizerbaz http://www.21stcenturydad.com/2007/12/31/biracial-children-and-the-issues-they-face/comment-page-1/#comment-741 fraizerbaz Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:04:01 +0000 http://www.21stcenturydad.com/2007/12/31/biracial-children-and-the-issues-they-face/#comment-741 My six year-old daughter is bi-racial. I am Caucasian, and her father is Mexican-American. (He born near Mexico City, and was adopted by an "Anglo" American family when he was eight.) My daughter is too young to put too much thought into it. And we live in a part of the country where being Mexican-American is just as common as being Anglo-American, so I don't suspect she will face too much discrimination. But what I do wonder is what will she learn about her father's heritage? (He doesn't care too much about his birth heritage. He calls himself a "coconut".) I can do my best to try to educate her about the Mexican culture and traditions, but I'm sure that I don't know everything, and I don't think it's the same thing. If her father is ambivalent to his own heritage, how will SHE feel about it as an adult? My six year-old daughter is bi-racial. I am Caucasian, and her father is Mexican-American. (He born near Mexico City, and was adopted by an “Anglo” American family when he was eight.)

My daughter is too young to put too much thought into it. And we live in a part of the country where being Mexican-American is just as common as being Anglo-American, so I don’t suspect she will face too much discrimination.

But what I do wonder is what will she learn about her father’s heritage? (He doesn’t care too much about his birth heritage. He calls himself a “coconut”.)

I can do my best to try to educate her about the Mexican culture and traditions, but I’m sure that I don’t know everything, and I don’t think it’s the same thing. If her father is ambivalent to his own heritage, how will SHE feel about it as an adult?

]]> By: hdurrow http://www.21stcenturydad.com/2007/12/31/biracial-children-and-the-issues-they-face/comment-page-1/#comment-24 hdurrow Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:23:05 +0000 http://www.21stcenturydad.com/2007/12/31/biracial-children-and-the-issues-they-face/#comment-24 I was so pleased to find your blog. I am the mixed daughter of a black-American and a Dane. It's taken a long time, but people are finally talking about this subject -- too often though the conversation is only among women -- as if discussing the issues of biracial identity are just womanly or female issues. I so glad to hear a male parent to weigh in on this subject. We have a lot to learn from your perspective. I was so pleased to find your blog. I am the mixed daughter of a black-American and a Dane. It’s taken a long time, but people are finally talking about this subject — too often though the conversation is only among women — as if discussing the issues of biracial identity are just womanly or female issues. I so glad to hear a male parent to weigh in on this subject. We have a lot to learn from your perspective.

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