This is a topic friends & I discuss a lot. As a child AA girls didn't like me because I spoke "white" & had long hair, & the White girls didn't like me because I was "fake," so of course the Hispanic girls were my people! Lol.
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Originally Posted by Don T. Lukbak
Everybody's "mixed". The term is useless.
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The term is used loosely. Useless, ehh I'm not too sure.
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Originally Posted by Htowner
Disclosing the mix of your ethnicity only helps you ladies.
There is always something in there most have not tried. We are not stupid however , when you mix about four in there and overkill. It is possible but nor probable.
If the person is considering any 'mix' , he is not going to say 'oh if she just didn't have that Cuban in her....'. Come on now.
It is not just curiosity. It fuels the variety.
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Well my father is Haitian French & Portuguese, fair skinned with brownish red super curly hair & a few freckles.
My mother is African American/Spanish, dark-skinned with curly dark hair. I have caramel deep skin with my fathers features & mothers hair (even though i usually wear it straight)
So, by definition, im pretty mixed lol. While it might sound like overkill, you must take into consideration everyones perents are not Black or White.
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Originally Posted by g-plumber
Sistas use the "mixed" thing a lot..
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TOTALLY AGREE! Lol. It's predominantly fake ads. Really a way to explain out the mixed video vixen they've found for their fake ads!
I think the term has definitely been watered down, but it's not always a ploy. Do I ALWAYS advertise my ethnicity? No. But when it comes to choice is between African American or Other/Mixed, i prefer the latter b/c at the end of the day, I am very proud of my heritage/background & will not to minimize it because others abuse the term.
Just the POV of a mixed chick