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07-31-2011, 04:02 PM

You know... I don`t see anything particularly heart warming in this video at all.
All I see are people parroting the popular media image of mixed-race people as being cool, more attractive, smarter than average, etc etc.

When media image doesn`t match up with reality, people react MUCH differently. A "Half" who isn`t bilingual, isn`t model-like in appearance, isn`t super fashionable does NOT get a positive reaction.

I know someone who has a not-so-attractive half child. They`re not ugly. The little girl looks a lot like her dad, but has gotten the less attractive features. She`s what would be considered "average".

She has a huge complex now (in elementary school) because when people see her their remarks aren`t ones of acceptance or love. They are "What a waste." "What`s the point of having a half kid if they`re going to be this ugly." "I didn`t know halfs could be so ugly. What did her parents do wrong?" etc. Yeah, real heartwarming.

Basically, if you`re a model-looking who is perfectly bilingual and who spent part of your life abroad - you`ll be considered "cool" by the opposite sex, and loathed by the same sex because of it.

"Half" kids are looked at in the same way weeabos look at Japanese babies. Oh they`re so cute, I want to have one all my own and raise it to be cool and bi-cultural!!! Like a little dog to show off.

And before Bobby hops along and says that I don`t know the true love and superiority of the beautiful pure hearted Japanese... I have a "half" kid.

BTW - the girl at 1:26 needs to be slapped. 混合・混血 is pretty darn derogatory. You want to get a parent of a half kid to punch you - call the kid a 混血児.


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