[colloquy]

I'm more likely to identify myself by my nationality - American. I mean, I was born in America and I prefer living here. I'll tell people who ask me, I'll just settle for Japanese-American.

[Flicksityy]

Hate to say this but I am nothing but 100% Chinese, I don't go through the percentage details however, that is what I am. Then how else do you want such people to list it as?

[plegend2007]

I have been explaining my ethnicity all my life because people in general are confused by my race.

I am White/Korean mix and I am proud of my heritage from both sides. I always say that I have best of both worlds.

Either way, who cares what ethnicity we are.....

It is not the ethnicity but the character which makes us who we are as a person.

[damyoungji]

I don't think it matters. As long as you're happy about who you are, that's all that matters.

I guess those who say that they are "(percentage number) of (something)" say it when they aren't sure about whether they are mixed in any way.

I say that quite often.. the reason being that I am not sure if I am mixed or not. I just go, "I think I'm 100% Chinese, but I'm not sure".

[filosophy-]

I don't think it matters. As long as you're happy about who you are, that's all that matters.

i strongly agree to that
both my parents are full filipino, but i couldn't care less about my background because that doesn't define who i am.
so i'd say no, it doesn't matter at all.

[wicked_]

LOLL~ hmmm, never thought about this question. I usually don't tell people what my ethnicity is- I just let them guess and let them assume they're right. Puahaha, it's amazing what kind of guesses I hear XD BUUUUUUUTT no it does not matter. Why should it, it's like asking would you eat an off-brand Trix or the copy-righted name Trix? They're both gonna taste the same and they're gonna end up in the same place LOLL~. In the end we're all the same- living, breathing HUMANS.

[IwishIwasKOREAN]

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.

LOL! I think I understood!

[missaque]

I'm mixed, and I always get people asking for my ethnicity.
Sooooo, I guess it's a conversation starter? lol, that's all I can think of that's a benefit.

and I guess if my parents taught me the languages they know it would benefit me?
I don't really know.

I'm definately proud of my ethnicity, and I wouldn't have it any other way, but I feel out of place when I'm with either side of my family 'cause it feels like I don't belong in either one.

(When I was younger, I used to want to be 100% Chinese, or Asian since I enjoyed that part of my culture more than my Spanish side. I felt that if I was full I would be able to connect with it better).

[idiscolikeathug]

Even when I'm 100% Mexican, I'm still mixed with Spanish and my indigenous Mexica, and I love it because my family is heavily into preserving our Mexica traditions like Mexica dancing, ceremonies, & speaking Nahuatl and not many Mexicans still practice any of it.

But I feel like I have to always proclaim that I'm Mexican because I'm so effing tired of being mistaken for being half white/european and half asian or people assuming I'm part French or part Chinese and start speaking to me in those languages, and I'm like .... o___o que? I'd just like people not to assume just because I don't look like the stereotypical Mexican.

[Aivy]

Well I'm fully Vietnamese... (as far as I would know), and yeah, samesame. The only time its benefited me was back in elementary school where the teacher asked if someone was 100% one ethnicity, I raised my hand, and being the only raised hand wasn't actually a benefit.


& Dear OP, I want to point out that I think your signature thingy contradicts your username... ?

[xstrawberry_bearx]

Shouldn't matter at all.
I think 100% and mixed people are equally beautiful.
I'm a mix though and highly proud of it.

[kor3an__]

Why should it matter? We're all beautiful human beings : )

[IwishIwasKOREAN]

No one is 100% anything.

<nerd>

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

</nerd>

I'm half Chinese, half White.

hahha Malfoys!

[IwishIwasKOREAN]

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. \:

Completely Filipino, like being born and raised in the Philippines?

[RockStar17]

I'm 3/4 Filipino & 1/4 white, doesn't really have anything to do with the way I am. I just say I'm American, it's much easier.
I think it's affected me only when I used to spend countless times contemplating what *exactly* that 1/4 part of me is. I just thought it'd be neat if it were Italian or something.

[Angxizzle]

I'm mixed and to be honest I don't really think about it that much. Doesn't make a difference to me, people are people. Not going to look at you different just because your '100%' or 'mixed'.

[IwishIwasKOREAN]

I'm mixed, and I always get people asking for my ethnicity.
Sooooo, I guess it's a conversation starter? lol, that's all I can think of that's a benefit.

and I guess if my parents taught me the languages they know it would benefit me?
I don't really know.

I'm definately proud of my ethnicity, and I wouldn't have it any other way, but I feel out of place when I'm with either side of my family 'cause it feels like I don't belong in either one.

(When I was younger, I used to want to be 100% Chinese, or Asian since I enjoyed that part of my culture more than my Spanish side. I felt that if I was full I would be able to connect with it better).

oh so do ur family members only speak Chinese or Spanish?

[注册个ID真烦]

Seriously, no one is 100% anything...

I'm 100% in ethnic, not 100% in face-look according to ethnic.
So yea, I agree with mekka. Hah

[livingdeaddoll]

i think this has a lot to do with the whole emphasis on racial purity; it's more common in east asian societies/cultures i believe.
i.e. you have to marry within your own race, etc.
personally, i don't think it matters if you're 100% or mixed.
i'm chinese with peranakan and cambodian ancestry but i just tell everyone i'm pure chinese because i don't think that being 1/8 peranakan and 1/8 cambodian really counts; i'm practically 100% chinese and having to explain is just retarded and annoying. especially since it's so far back in my family tree and i don't identify with those cultures very much, if at all. nonetheless, some people are proud of their heritage and they wanna tell the world about it, so let them. to each his own.

[ayahuasca]

i think this has a lot to do with the whole emphasis on racial purity; it's more common in east asian societies/cultures i believe.
i.e. you have to marry within your own race, etc.
personally, i don't think it matters if you're 100% or mixed.
i'm chinese with peranakan and cambodian ancestry but i just tell everyone i'm pure chinese because i don't think that being 1/8 peranakan and 1/8 cambodian really counts; i'm practically 100% chinese and having to explain is just retarded and annoying. especially since it's so far back in my family tree and i don't identify with those cultures very much, if at all. nonetheless, some people are proud of their heritage and they wanna tell the world about it, so let them. to each his own.

Doll has it right. Many elders from more traditional families will insist on maintaining the racial purity, not out of any malicious prejudice or racism, but thats how they were brought up. My cousin got into a lot of trouble with his mother because he started dating a half filipino half aussie girl that he went to school with. She's really nice, but his mother went on about why he didnt go out with any of the chinese girls. It took her a while to accept his gf. Ironically his sister married a brit. My family is one of those chinese families that go back uncountable generations. My parents aren't picky about who I, or my siblings, marry. Their emphasis is on how we get along and I agree =D