I noticed that some people really like to make a point that they're 100%....100% Chinese, 100% Korean, 100% Filipino, 100% Vietnamese, 100% Whatever.

Then there are people who are very proud to be of mixed ancestry and will list every single one, such as being Korean...Filipino...Japanese...Chinese...Spanish...Italian...White...Black...Lat
ino...whatever.

My question to you, how much of this actually matters in your life? It's been said in some cultures that being 100% is better.

Hines Ward talks about this in his video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T84rXduuzaU

While in other cultures, people of mixed ancestry are viewed as more beautiful i.e. the Philippines.

Has being 100% or mixed benefited you in anyway during your life?

Uh, I'm half filpina and half korean. I consider myself to be of both races, and race does not make up 100% of your character and who you are as a person [socially] -- only your family history and blood really counts for it.

Being a hybrid..... well, I get to eat both delicious filipino food and korean food XD And people think it's unique and cool :)

Seriously, no one is 100% anything, all cultures has a little mixed in them. So when people say they are 100% tisk! tisk! history can tell, they only can tell a few grandparents away....

i like being full viet.

makes me feel like a purebred poodle or something.
._.

I'm part Chinese and part Taiwanese , their pretty much from the same place so I have no problem .
I have a thing with standing out , being different & All ,
so I guess the whole mixed thing wouldn't work for me . Though , I love being a combination .
'Coz , Tai & China both have amazing people . & I have amazing friends there whom I can travel back and forth to .
>__> ;; * Well not really , since I hate going back . But just saying .

;; & I didn't turn out looking too physically horrible .

no it doesn't matter unless people bring it up

and Filipino food has influences from different cultures as well...from Chinese to Spanish, even more food huh?

I think 100% or mixed is just fine.

But if you are mixed, you have the higher chance to know more culture and languages. Right?

If their pretty much from the same place, how are you part Chinese and part Taiwanese...and not just full?

I don't really think it matters, as long as your proud of it it's fine. I'm mixed, 1/2 Italian, 1/2 Jewish and I love both of them, I do sometimes lean more towards one than the other depending when it is.

I do think some people push it with the being mixed thing, it gets a little ridiculous.

You hear some people talking about how they're like 5% this and 3% that, honestly when a percent gets the small, it's time to let it go!
I know a girl who was like 5% African American so she considered herself bi-racial, even though she was the whitest looking girl ever and the rest of her background was of european descent. I think that if your grandparents aren't a somewhat large percent of it, don't even bother.

well I'm 75% vietnamese & 25% black cause my dad is mixed with black & vietnamese while my mom is fully vietnamese...
its pretty cool cause i get to "experience" things & people always say "oh my gosh u're mixed? no wonder u're so pretty.." or something like that..idk..i guess its fine in life to be either way..100% or mixed..
life is suppose to be mixed not 100% of something..otherwise whats fun in life right?
LOL

I'm 100% viet, and I couldn't care less if I was mixed or full
either way, there's nothing wrong with being a mix or a full, as long as you're proud of your own ethic

yah like soemtimes i wish i was full japanese.
but then i wouldnt look the way i do now.
like alot of people complain about being hapa and stuff but its not that big of a deal.
if your happy with yourself you shouldnt complain.
for me im japanese chinese hawaiian and german.
and i dont complain. i just wish i had a lil bit of korean lol

I am Caucasian/Korean mix, first of all. I do speak Korean fluently, along with Spanish, and English is my first language. I was sorta confused when i was growing up as a child b/c at the time, i didn't know where i belonged. But now, i am very confident about both of my heritage and very proud of it. Although people always get confused about my ethnicity and i have to explain what i am, they are more shocked that i am able to speak Korean. Not mention how people now envy mixed people. I still don't get that but who am i to say anything lol. Right now, i feel as though i have best of both worlds. I am learning about my forefathers from both sides of my family. I consider myself from both of British/American and Korean descendant.

But does it really matter when we are all human beings to began with. I am sure if we look back in history, we are descendants from many ethnicity put together. In other words, we are all mixed in a way.

Im Korean and Russian <= a tad... but if i look at my ancestor book which is like 5 inches thick! all in chnse! according to that book im.... Korean. Mongolian. Chinese. and my mom's side is Korean. and i think her distance family is Russian. =T.

My dad's side just say they are Korean. =T and my mom says she is Korean too but sometimes Russian cuz my grandfather looks like a white and asian mix and my aunts look white asian mix as well as my mom.

I dont really think it matters but some people like to be exact! and later in life =T when marriage comes around some parents or distance relatives are strict about this whole race thing....

so by my ancestor book and my mom's side too im RUSSIAN KOREAN MONGOLIAN CHINESE..... to long of a list.. so i just shorten it as Korean. or something i just say Korean and Russian... and if people wanna no my ancestor background i tell them the history.

Noone is 100%..... they should have something in there... I know not many people have an ancestor history book =T but if you do read it... its interesting!

im proud to be KOREAN or Korean russian...

when people say im racist to white people or black or any other race i tell them im white mix lol and that shuts them up so in some case it is important =T

when i talk to adults they ask me wat i am and i say korean and tad of russian and they sai O know wonder you look different! you have white figure .... (and i look at them like wat? ehh? okay? w.e.? thank you???) or some people go o no wonder why you have light color hair like light brown and you have hazel eyes that turn blue and grey. =T

but ya personally i dont really think it matters =T

u make this race thing sound like a carton of orange juice


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look at me!!!

I'm 100% organic!!!!

+

2% Pulp!!!!!!

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I rock yo!

so what constitutes being bi-racial?

i like saying im half chinese and half caucasian.
one reason is cause people always say i look mexican. no offense, but i dont want to look mexican. my friends say this is racist, im not being racist. why would you want to look like a race you arent? i dont.
another reason is, i cant just say im chinese. i dont look chinese at all.
and i cant say im caucasian. cause i dont really look caucasian either.

so i say both.

weird?

Well I'm mixed with Some Viet, chinese, and cambodian. And most people don't think cambodian is asian... So if i were full viet or something i think i would be treated more as a asian person.

lol ^ I don't know why but I find that funny.

I'm not 100% Vietnamese, but I'll just say I'm Vietnamese and if they want details I'll tell them I'm 25% American. It's not a big deal to me though.

Maybe your friend assumed that when you say you don't want to look Mexican, you're implying that Mexicans are ugly? I think if you explained it the way you just did, it makes a lot more sense. Some people are quick to assume when it comes to topics like race, so it helps others understand better if you explain to them like you just did now.

You look Mexican? I don't think you do, but that's just 1 picture.

I don't think it should matter whether you're 100% of a certain race; it doesn't make you better than someone who's just half or one-fourth of that race.

I think the main benefit of being 100% is learning your secondary language better. Usually when youre in a family of 1/2, youll just end up speaking english to your parents. There are a ton of mixed people at my school and really, theyre no different from the non-mixed people.

I'm full chinese. I guess I could be called a "pureblood" ?
But...at the same time, mixed ethnicities are so awesome too. I would have loved to be mixed too.
There really is no difference between them.

no one is 100% one ethnicity.
everyone is mixed in some form or way.

ohh. yeah i see how that might be why..haha. hmm i never thought of that. ill keep that in mind. hah.

yeah idk. pictures and real life look different?
and also, the last four schools ive been too have been like 92.5% hispanic 1% black .5% asian and 5% white
lol. haha weird percentages?
but anyways, so people just assume im hispanic. maybe some think im mexican and white. idk.

True, knowing more than one language is always beneficial.

soompi has a lot of little kids who, for some reason, think that they need to put that they are 1oo% korean...or chinese...or whatever.
honestly, i roll my eyes every time i see people write that.
i mean, what's the point.

i also roll my eyes when people start pulling out farrr distance ancestors so that they can say that they're mixed.
being bi-racial or multiracial is different than having a great-great-great-great-great-great grandmother who was asian or whatever.

for some reason some people feel like they need to make a big deal out of it.

oh, i also have to laugh at the people who are like "i'm half-north korean, but 100% korean". i mean, wtf, korean is korean.

I'm African-American and Filipino. I mean the percents aren't perfect (like 50/50...it's more 60/40 or something like that...anyways.. ), but like the person above me said, it's from my mom's side, so she's mixed with it...lol...it's not like it's my great-great grandma or something lol. I love it, because I get to eat different types of food. Asian food + Soul food= SO GOOD~ xD I've been eating filipino food for my whole life pretty much.
And I think being mixed is awesome . But that's just my opinion. hehe..

im mixed as well
my family has lineage all around the world some that im not even aware of
my dad is black my mom is 50% italian 25% westindian 25% portugese
so as u can see im a pretty tought mix lol
it confuses ppl sometimes....since one of my friends actually wanted to be my friend because she thought i was half korean O.o lolz

i just look different i look black but not black lol i dont know if that makes sence
the hazards of being mixed lol but im proud of it..

being mixed doesnt really do much in terms of getting ahead tho....

It shouldn't matter whether you're 100% ____ or wahtever.
I'm part vietnamese and chinese, but I never tell anyone that I'm chinese. I always tell people that I'm viet.
It's not because I'm ashamed, but I don't feel like I'm chinese when I don't even know how to speak the language-

QUOTE (Dreamss @ Mar 25 2009, 08:10 PM)

no one is 100% one ethnicity.
everyone is mixed in some form or way.

So true.

Oh my god, this remind me of an incident where I met this girl and we asked her what race is she and she said "I'm Japanese with 1/10 White", I'm like... I mean, she was so proud of that mere 10% percent, haha. She went on and on about how she skin is so pure because of that "white" blood in her and how her hair isn't completely black; even though it all looked pitch black to us.

Anyways... it doesn't matter to me whether I'm mix or not, I mean... unless I can speak the language, I see nothing beneficial about being mix? I'm like 25% Chinese and 75% Vietnamese but I just tell people that I'm Vietnamese because it's the language that I speak and the country that I was born in. I hardly ever bring up the Chinese thing because it's just useless info. I've never been to China nor know how to speak the language so that 25% is pretty much nothing.

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Very well said PhuongNguyen! I am proud of my ancestry of Dutch, Irish,Scottish and Black, thou I speak Dutch and English fluently I carry myself as a child of multiracial family, I do not label myself as either or I am a woman if asked I always say human beign.

Ya that's true, people also like to claim 100% on their Myspace.

LOL Half North Korean?

is that like saying "I'm Half-Taiwanese?

Soul food? yummy. What kind exactly do u get to eat?

haha~
well you know...collard greens, mac and cheese, chicken, dressing (it's a different kind...idk how to explain it), uhhh and others aha xD
but i mostly eat them during thanksgiving lol

i agree. i actually find it so annoying when people insist on telling me about their half-this/half-that mix. i mean, i.don't.care. it's not like it's going to be beneficial to my existence.

as far as i'm aware, i'm 100% chinese. if i were like part korean/japanese/viet, i wouldn't mind. =P i'm pretty i'd still look the way i see myself.

I'm totally mixed but I never understood why it's so important to be 100% cause you can never really be 100% something.
You are what you are, regardless of what your parents gave you. I think making the best out of what's given is the best.
My parents often tell me to make the third culture instead of just contemplating on what my race is.

if it was me , i dont think it'll matter that much.
im 100%, so i dont not how it'll feel.

damn gets me hungry! I'm a big bbq fan...ribs, steak, chicken...all that good stuff! oh and fried catfish!

what annoys you about it?

OHHHHH yaaaah i love fish in general LOL.
and yea it gets me hungry too...and it's awesome that my grandma is the best cook when she cooks soul food...despite she's asian xD
which i still find awesome

I'm just African-American with traces of other ethnicities but I am African-American regardless.

And yes it is annoying when people say "I'm 100%"... NO people you are not 100%, please get it into your mind. Sorry it does not exist.

After it has been said in this thread, people are still saying they are 100%.. LOL

hahah I'm jealous.

Does she mix the Asian sauces with the Soul food as well?

When did it matter when you were 100% or mixed?
o_o;

But, I don't know. I wouldn't really care haha. I'm 75 Chinese 25 Vietnamese and it doesn't make who I am. I make who I am. If I'm making any sense. I usually don't.

No one is 100% anything.

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I bet the Malfoys aren't actual purebloods like they say they are

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I'm half Chinese, half White.

lol I agree too.

I don't really think it matters at all. I'm half filipino and half white but I don't think I'd act any different if I was "100%" white or "100%" filipino.
Sometimes I like to point out that I'm only half asian when I do stereotypical asian things and people hassle me for it, haha. I'm pretty proud to be mixed because everyone in my school always goes on an on about how beautiful mixed people are. (:
I wish that I was completely filipino sometimes though because then I would know more about my culture and I'd actually know how to speak my language. \:

no it shouldnt matter

im japanese/egyptian and im proud of both
i think being mixed is a little more interesting than being one thing
but then again either way is cool i guess...