8 Things Never to Say to a Mixed-Race Person (see also me and Barack Obama)
1. "What are you?"
2. "What is your nationality?" or "You look foreign"
3. "You're all beautiful" or "You make beautiful babies" (Personally, I don't really mind this one.
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4. "Are you X or Y?" or "Which side are you more on?"
5. "How in the world did your parents meet?"
6. "You're the future" or "You have the best of both worlds"
7. "You don't look …" or "You're not …" or "You sound white"
8. "Aren't we all mixed anyway?"
From DiversityInc.
2. "What is your nationality?" or "You look foreign"
3. "You're all beautiful" or "You make beautiful babies" (Personally, I don't really mind this one.
)4. "Are you X or Y?" or "Which side are you more on?"
5. "How in the world did your parents meet?"
6. "You're the future" or "You have the best of both worlds"
7. "You don't look …" or "You're not …" or "You sound white"
8. "Aren't we all mixed anyway?"
From DiversityInc.
My personal "favorite" is "Where are you from ? No, but where are you REALLY from ?
It frustrates people so much when I say "London. No, really London"
Sigh...
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