Comments on: Saving race

By: sash alexander

sash alexander — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:04:08 +0000

This project may be of interest to you, it features 100 portraits of people all proud to be called Eurasian. They are all 50/50 mixes of Asian and Caucasian parentage...

http://sashalexander.wordpress.com/category/books/

By: Mr Miyagi

Mr Miyagi — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:27:45 +0000

We didn’t have a choice in the matter when Kai was born in April last year. He was Chinese by default (i.e. fault of the father), much to the chagrin of his Japanese-Taiwanese mother who tells me that a Japanese-Taiwanese person is known as a Taipan.

By: fatfingers

fatfingers — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:16:21 +0000

Hi Mr Miyagi,

So what is Kai's race? What did you put on the form?

I think it is ridiculous that "the newborn of a Caucasian-Chinese couple can be either a Caucasian, a Chinese, or a Eurasian."
Why don't they just have the option 'mixed race' for children of mixed parentage? I don't think it is right for me to label my child as Caucasian when his/her mother is Chinese!

I still don't understand the rationale behind the change and how it can be flexible..
hmmm

By: Benjamin Lee

Benjamin Lee — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:31:10 +0000

From miyagi.sg: Saving race http://bit.ly/8qWxo6

By: Benjamin Lee

Benjamin Lee — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:03:19 +0000

From miyagi.sg: Saving race http://bit.ly/628K2T