<p>I know someone who lives in my town whose mom is 100% asian and her father African American (black). The girl looks a lot like her father. She has the very curly black hair and dark brown skin. Her mom and father never married and they were separated a long time ago when she was born. Her mother, alone raising her up, is very embarassed and ashamed of her features. She is afraid of what other people will think when they see that her daughter is black, etc etc. Thus, she keeps her in the house 6 times a week besides going to school and would not let her visit her friends no matter what. Many asian gossips have been going around ever since about them. My family even talks about it. I just found myself sitting back and feeling disguisted with that they and other asians were saying about the mother-daughter. They look down upon them, angry that the mother brings such shame upon the asian culture and so on. </p>
<p>I am both disguisted and infuriated at the reaction of the close minded asians I know and utmostly, my feeling directs at the girl's mother. I mean, what the hell? Doesn't she know the meaning of a mother? She should've known that she must take responsibility for what she did and the girl that comes as a result should not be blamed. She is greedy and inconsiderate and doesn't know how to be a mother. She shouldn't be ashamed that she has a half asian/half black daughter; instead she should be ashamed that she is treating her daughter and facing the world in such a cowardly way.</p>
<p>You see what I mean. People try to hide who they are. This is such a shame. There's nothing wrong with being of African descent. I really hope the daughter doesn't grow up being disgusted with her black side or even her Asian side. </p>
<p>I think that being mix, especially with two cultures, such as black and asian, that are so different from each other, is beautiful. It shows that despite people's differences they were able to come together, love each other, and have children. That daughter represents that unity despite having barriers. I hope she can appreciate that and forget about those like-minded people.</p>
<p>Are you SURE Tyson and Foxy Brown are part Asians. I believe Foxy Brown is Trinidadian and Tyson is Haitian. Both celebrities have both parents that come from those islands.</p>
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<p>My family is Nigerian--so I deal with so much pressure. My mother along with many members of my extended family want me to pursue the sciences and go to medical school. That is all they talk about--everything else is just impractical and stupid. I recently informed my mom that I would not be going to medical school nor would I be pursuing a science major at Duke next year. Instead, I would pursue my interests--I will be double majoring in Political Science (haven't determined the concentration yet) and Public Policy Studies (concentration in US Foreign Policy) and attending law school after I graduate.</p>
<p>Let's just say she was not too happy about.....(thats putting it lightly). Now, she is resigned to the fact that I will not be pursuing medicine; however, she constantly tells me she is shocked and disappointed. I constantly tell her that I will not be miserable so that she can brag about her son being a doctor. My father is completely happy with me wanting to do law. He believes I will be a better lawyer than doctor.</p>
<p>Members of my extended family--the females--will not be happy to hear that I am not pursuing medicine anymore. Hopefully, I will get on Duke's campus before there is a huge discussion about what I want to do. My mother is currently working hard to make my brother--a rising freshman--to pursue medicine.</p>
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<p>Private Joker: Yes, Tyson Beckford is part Asian. I saw it in a special a few weeks ago.</p>
<p>Amerie is part Asian! I didn't know that! I love her, and I love that song "1 Thing". In fact I think I'll listen to it again right now :)
I wanna see that movie now, Hitch. </p>
<p>Anyway I just found a site that shows multiracial celebrities
<a href="http://www.blackflix.com/articles/multiracial.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.blackflix.com/articles/multiracial.html</a>
such beautiful people :)</p>
<p>Oh yeah, Tiger married that Swedish model ..
<a href="http://www.ruggedelegantliving.com/a/images/tiger.elin.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.ruggedelegantliving.com/a/images/tiger.elin.jpg</a>
So his kids will be mixed too, I bet they'll be really pretty</p>
<p>i'm filipino. me and my friend joke ALL THE TIME about only marrying white guys becuase, in our culture, there is NEVER an ugly filipino/white mix. but we're just being silly.</p>
<p>i'm dating a white guy right now. i have no problem with interracial dating. my last (and first) boyfriend was white too. its just embarassing to bring them home to meet my familiy because.... my family is just wayy tooo asian and will make him do embarassing things (like make him sing kareoke!! OMG i almost died). </p>
<p>i can understand people who say they're not attracted to certain races. sometimes it's outside influences -- like parents, society, stereotypes, etc. -- that make them feel that way and had it etched into their brains.</p>
<p>Let's look at this picture and guess. <a href="http://www.violan.de/galerie/themen/2023_models/2023_p_tyson_beckford.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.violan.de/galerie/themen/2023_models/2023_p_tyson_beckford.jpg</a></p>
<p>Foxy Brown: from mixed-folks.com </p>
<p>"Foxy Brown
Foxy says in an interview with MTV, "I'm not Filipino and black ... My family is Trinidadian and Asian." Foxy's... second album Chyna Doll was the fastest album to go platinum for a female rap artist."</p>
<p>Whoa I never knew that. o.o'</p>
<p>Part-Flip (Filipino)</p>
<p>"What do Chris Judd (ex-husband of Jennifer Lopez),** rapper Jay-Z**, singer Enrique Iglesias, actor Lou Diamond Phillips, and MTV Real World star Lori (from the second New York City season) have in common? They are all half-Filipino.
Sources: Spin Magazine, A. Magazine, Filipinas Magazine, MTV.com"</p>
<p>But I'm not sure about those "sources." I've never heard such a thing.</p>
<p>Enrique is definitely half-Flip though. I've seen a pic of his mother, and while she's pretty, she actually doesn't look very Asian at all.</p>
<p>Filipinos don't look stereoptypical Asian. We don't look anything like Chinese or Japanese or Korean. We're technically "Pacific Islanders", so we look more like Hawaiian or Tongan or whatever. But certain Filipinos do look like other races- my friend is full, and she looks chinese, my brother is full, but he looks white. Its pretty cool.</p>
<p>Russell Simmons, creater of Phat Farm clothing, married a Japanese girl.</p>
<p>In response to dragonreborn: thats the reason why my family and I try to stay away from all that. We dont speak of private matters to anyone, because we dont want any of that Asian gossip going around. Not that we're mixed, or do anything to be ashamed of. Nothing like that. But the gossip that so many in the Asian community take part of is just disgusting to us and plainly unnecessary.</p>
<p>You know that girl from Real World: New Orleans.....Mellissa Howard. She's half-black half-filipino....she looked all Filipino to me
<a href="http://www.chopblock.com/images/melissahoward.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.chopblock.com/images/melissahoward.jpg</a></p>
<p>a lot of chinese and indian traditional parents only allow their child to date and marry (typically have arranged marriages to ppl they hardly even know) only ppl from their same region, same language, same beliefs, etc. of their mother country. i think this is really stupid.... i mean, if these ppl want to do that, it's one thing, but forcing them to do it is quite another........</p>
<p>That exists in many cultures where the parents are born their homeland. Typically, parents that immigrate from a country want their children to marry people of the same culture. That's true for Africans, Asians.....</p>
<p>I am Nigerian and our families are constantly pushing so that we can meet and marry other Nigerians. Why the heck do you think its only asians who do this?</p>
<p>Yeah....my friend is Nigerian. From what I can gather.....Nigerians, Africans, Asians....many people like I said earlier..... face families that push them to marry within the culture.</p>
<p>My family hates interracial relationships with a passion although they claim they don't. I'm black and date who I want regardless of race. You have to date to someone who makes YOU happy not your family. Living your life to another person's specifications is crazy to me.</p>
