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55. I'm mixed of British and German, but was born in Indonesia...

Fri Jun 19, 2015, 08:56 PM

Jun 2015

... and in fact through most of my school years until a sophomore in high school, I lived in areas where white people were a minority (DC, Hawaii, and overseas).

It gave me a real good appreciation for how odd the white privilege was when I moved back to the states and really felt bad for a black girl who was the only one of her race in my high school classes then in a small town school. It was pretty clear why she was being forced in effect to hang out with the drug crowd then. I think in a different environment, she could have been so much more than what opportunity allowed her to be there then!

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Who among us is not of mixed heritage? I know I am. [View all] panader0 Jun 2015 OP

I am german, french, irish, british... If you count my moms folks and my dads. Dads father peacebird Jun 2015 #1

All ancestors of both my mother and father were from Ireland. n/t RebelOne Jun 2015 #2

Erin go bragh! panader0 Jun 2015 #6

On my mon's side.... pretty much all Irish SouthernLiberal Jun 2015 #44

Even my ex-husband was of Irish descent. RebelOne Jun 2015 #63

"We are all of us mongrels, who must learn not to bite one another" cali Jun 2015 #3

Yes. "more in common than that which separates us". panader0 Jun 2015 #9

I'm not, unless you count the marauding hordes who ravaged central Europe ages ago. femmocrat Jun 2015 #4

I guarantee you are cali Jun 2015 #7

I can trace both sides of my family dumbcat Jun 2015 #59

I come from that part of East Central Europe that was the highway for every invasion hobbit709 Jun 2015 #5

Maybe we are related! LOL femmocrat Jun 2015 #11

I am a low maintenance mutt olddots Jun 2015 #8

My grandmother on my dads side was pure English AgingAmerican Jun 2015 #86

In the canine world and the feline world hifiguy Jun 2015 #93

Alex Jones. KamaAina Jun 2015 #10

LOL. panader0 Jun 2015 #13

On some level NOLALady Jun 2015 #81

Mother from Romania, father from Bulgaria. cloudbase Jun 2015 #12

"all American" Heinz 57. A melting pot. A good thing. panader0 Jun 2015 #14

If you read history, it's clear just about everyone but the Celts and maybe the Vikings hifiguy Jun 2015 #19

The Celts were there too starroute Jun 2015 #26

THAT is diversity! hifiguy Jun 2015 #30

Go far enough back, and we're all mutts. okasha Jun 2015 #15

I hope we will. frogmarch Jun 2015 #16

I am 100% German on mom's side. hifiguy Jun 2015 #17

Exactly. Who will bigots hate in the future when everyone is mixed? panader0 Jun 2015 #18

I was raised in a working class environment where casual racism was common. hifiguy Jun 2015 #20

I agree laundry_queen Jun 2015 #92

I am 100% northwestern European gollygee Jun 2015 #21

Nope shanti Jun 2015 #22

Wait--eight different heritages and you're not mixed? panader0 Jun 2015 #23

Not sarcasm shanti Jun 2015 #29

Okay. 99% Caucasian. But mixed heritage. panader0 Jun 2015 #38

French is considered southern Europe. Drahthaardogs Jun 2015 #62

Race should only matter in a medical need. All else is bullshit seveneyes Jun 2015 #24

At some point in the long ago past, we were all much more the same. logosoco Jun 2015 #25

Yes. "We are connected with love. But too many of us forget this." panader0 Jun 2015 #28

I'm a mixture of Russian Jews, Polish Jews, and Hungarian Jews starroute Jun 2015 #27

This I had not heard. surrealAmerican Jun 2015 #32

I never knew starroute Jun 2015 #35

Your post makes me think about the idea of heritage: panader0 Jun 2015 #36

Hey! I'm 1/4 Lithuanian! MannyGoldstein Jun 2015 #39

Emma Goldman was born in Lithuania starroute Jun 2015 #65

Troublemakers MannyGoldstein Jun 2015 #69

People should start writing in "human" when asked what their "race" is. hifiguy Jun 2015 #31

I've done that for years! Probably drive the census people crazy. :P ladyVet Jun 2015 #66

I have done that for years as well. 3catwoman3 Jun 2015 #80

Proud to be "mongrel" Coventina Jun 2015 #33

Proud American Mongrel here Warpy Jun 2015 #34

Ireland, Scotland, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Denmark LittleBlue Jun 2015 #37

Some Cherokee Indian in my linage. CrispyQ Jun 2015 #40

Thanks for so many relies. This OP is because of the Charleston massacre. panader0 Jun 2015 #41

I'm part Neanderthal. n/t eShirl Jun 2015 #42

Weren't there some recent studies that showed that most of us have Neanderthal genetic ties? panader0 Jun 2015 #43

My mother's family were Jews from Ukraine. JEB Jun 2015 #45

I'm part amoeba. I'm so friggin' sick of race politics and gender politics. nt valerief Jun 2015 #46

Latvian. tavernier Jun 2015 #47

I would love to know more about Latvian culture--about every culture. panader0 Jun 2015 #51

Father is Russian/Ukranian, Mother is French and Spanish. JaneyVee Jun 2015 #48

According to Ancestry.com LiberalElite Jun 2015 #49

I'm all European heritage as far as I know mvd Jun 2015 #50

Haven't the tiniest clue, but I assume I'm mixed. SusanCalvin Jun 2015 #52

The Ancestry. com web site recently had a two week free trial. panader0 Jun 2015 #54

Thanks for the info. SusanCalvin Jun 2015 #58

One quarter Swede, and the rest Northern European mongrel, with joy! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2015 #53

Throw in a little Californian by osmosis. panader0 Jun 2015 #56

Oh, of course! My kids and my husband are all native Californians! Osmosis works. CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2015 #57

I'm mixed of British and German, but was born in Indonesia... cascadiance Jun 2015 #55

I went from seventh to twelve grade in Hawaii. (class of '68) panader0 Jun 2015 #60

Yeah, I did the reverse trek of Obama then... cascadiance Jun 2015 #67

Both set of parents from Piemonte Italy Drahthaardogs Jun 2015 #61

Well I am all German and can prove it but have very seldom talked about it because I was raised to jwirr Jun 2015 #64

Scots-Irish and Dutch on paternal side, German and Cherokee on maternal side... Ghost in the Machine Jun 2015 #68

My ancestors all trace back to Eastern Africa. dawg Jun 2015 #70

My genealogy is old enough to be similar to American diversity... HereSince1628 Jun 2015 #71

Beautiful. And good for you that you know this history. panader0 Jun 2015 #73

I'm pure bread Ardipithecus,....(186,000+or- times removed.) Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2015 #72

I could give a shit less about heritage, really. Jamastiene Jun 2015 #74

So many of us have this stuff in our history. panader0 Jun 2015 #75

I haven't either since learning my white and Cherokee adopted Jamastiene Jun 2015 #79

My grandfather, an esteemed historian, went west from NY during the Alaskan Gold Rush. panader0 Jun 2015 #82

Japanese/Maltese Katashi_itto Jun 2015 #76

Well, that explains it. I always knew there was something about you. panader0 Jun 2015 #77

Possibly clarify? I am not sure what to think :) Katashi_itto Jun 2015 #83

I guess I should have used the sarcasm thing. panader0 Jun 2015 #84

Oh no problem. I just wasn't sure how to take it. Katashi_itto Jun 2015 #85

This thread devolved into a genealogy thing panader0 Jun 2015 #87

Weirdly enough I experienced plenty of racism as not being full Japanese. Katashi_itto Jun 2015 #88

Most of us are a mix of Neanderthal and the nastier sort of human that wiped out the Neanderthals. Vattel Jun 2015 #78

I am 100% kentauros Jun 2015 #89

Black and Latino romanic Jun 2015 #90

English, Irish, Scots, Welsh, French, German, and Dutch. Spider Jerusalem Jun 2015 #91

Polish on both sides as far as we can trace Retrograde Jun 2015 #94

According to my Ancestry DNA test historylovr Jun 2015 #95

150 proof Scotch. bluedigger Jun 2015 #96

I am a multi heritage, multi ethnic hybrid, with ancestors from three continents. Zorra Jun 2015 #97