"I'm Biracial & That Cheerios Ad Is a Big Fucking Deal," ALSO "10 Reasons It's Best Commercial Ever"

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41. People used to ask me the same thing about my son

"What is he?" My reply was always, he's a little boy. I new what they were really asking and I enjoyed giving them a hard time about it.


Yes, that Cheerio commercial could have been something that could have occurred in our home, except we didn't eat much dry cereal for breakfast.

Now that my son is grown, I don't think he feels a need to choose a racial identity. Maybe it's because he's always been immersed in a very diverse community? His long time circle of friends include 2 African American friends, 3 White friends. One Jewish friend, one Indian friend and two Hispanic friends. His current girlfriend is white and he's known her since he was 11. However he has had African American girlfriends and Indian girlfriends in the past.

Personally, I don't buy into the labeling of human beings culturally or by race. When you get down to the nitty gritty, we are all the same. And in my opinion labeling people serves no purpose other than to divide us all.