Racial Question for guys?
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14
Mar
Racial Question for guys?
I'm 15 years old, adopted, and asian. (Yes, I know what you're thinking…you're probably imagining fat kid with slanted eyes and glasses and someone who looks like a super nerd) I'm at a really confused stage, cuz growing up, I always thought that I could grow up to be just like my dad, who is Caucasian. He's everything I want to be…cool, fun, funny, atheletic, smart, 'charming' i guess. I mean he's even good with the female teachers at my school! AND he's the perfect dad..he loves me and always cares about me. He doesnt think I'm dealing with these issues…cuz he knows there are lots of asians in my school and even some teachers are asian so he thinks im fine. But truth is I'm struggling with this alot. You know that great feeling you get when you're a kid and you're in daddy's arms and you know everythings alright and you're gunna grow up to be just like him? But now I know that I can never be anything like him cuz I'm asian and my features are different and the color of my skin is different. From what I know, asians aren't everything he is. I've been on Stormfront too…and I dont know why but alot of the stuff they say do make sense!!!! I have never seen an asian I can look up to…all my role models are white. When you turn on TSN nobodys asian-AMERICAN. I can care less about those from asia. When you turn on tv nobody is asian too. I mean all the asians in my school speak their own language at school and even the american born ones only hang with "their own people". And all my brothers are great at sports and everything. It feels like all my dreams of becoming the person I want to be are crushed cuz I'm born with a different colored skin. Why does god have to be so unfair?? I'm feelings extremely depressed…can anybody out there help me?
8 Responses for "Racial Question for guys?"
If you want to change your own skin color, there may be medical bleaching procedures that could make that happen………..but that's NOT a good idea.It's best to accept your body the way it is, providing there's nothing abnormally wrong with it.People each have their own preferences when it comes to skin color.It doesn't make you racist if you don't want to date someone of a certain race.It's ok to discriminate on the basis of race when it comes to romance………but not when it comes to treating people with respect and dignity.and it's also okay to date people of different races.Nothing is wrong with that.
all the things you admire in your father are personality characteristics not how he looks! you have nothing to worry about, skin tone doesn't determine what type of person you can be become. look at Gandhi, dr. king, Lakshmi Mittal, Parag Khanna all Great role models that aren't Caucasian
so basically u wanna turn Caucasian?? well guess what! that's not gonna happen. you are what you are… you can always be like your dad in personality. color and race have NOTHING to do with ANYTHING.
No, that's not what I'm thinking because that's not what a typical asian person looks like. I myself being asian am the complete opposite. Slim/tone, wide eyes, contacts and charming. But that's besides the point.Really, I guess I can relate. I'm pretty much the only asian in my group of white friends and when I'm with my asian friends they think I'm too "Americanized." But none of my friends really care because race doesn't matter when it comes to people. You shouldn't let life stop you just because of what race you are. Having an asian role model is overrated. Does it really matter who you look up to if they set a good example for you? I say no. You may not be able to be like your dad physically but you can be like him personality wise. And even so, your never going to be like your dad exactly. You should at least try and be yourself, don't be something your not, strife for what you want to be. Don't let your ethnicity stop you, because it certainly hasn't stopped me. You should embrace both asian and american culture, there's great stuff in both of them. I hope this has helped. Source(s): Me
Role models don't exactly have to be Asian. I'm Asian myself and I can tell you right now, my role models aren't all Asian people. Look at it this way. You're growing up to be an individual. You can take in parts of everyone out there in the world and fix it to yourself. It's hard for me to say since I'm not adopted, but growing up, I have looked up to teachers, counselors and people of an older age for support and role models, who were by far not Asian. It's not all about being Asian, Caucasian or for a matter of fact, any other race. It's about you being YOU.
Yeah, that mid teen confusion about your identity and being adopted heightens that, too. Take it from an adopted kid. You really do think "where am I from" etc and there's nothing you can do about it and that sucks big time when that happens. Who you look up to is irrelevant as long as they're positive people in your life and if they aren't Asian then they aren't Asian.
When you said Asian, I didn't imagine what you thought I would. I just thought about a of from Asia and that's what people usally think when they hear someone is from Aisa. Not at all how you described. You shouldn't worry. Skin color has nothing to do with the person who you are or will become. Maybe you won't look like your dad but you can still be cool, fun, funny, atheletic, smart, and charming. Honestly, you should talk to your parents. When adopting a child from a different racial backround, people always consider this could happen. And it does happen a lot. It's very common. So your parents have most likely talked about this and can help you out. Good luck.
Sounds like a bit of a self esteem thing going on here, Hey,your doing fine don't get caught up in what your race may be, Oh, you want an Asian on TV, watch the Today show, See Ann Curry, she's Japanese American, Anyway be proud of who you are, and look around you, there are plenty of Asian America Marriages, just like Afro american Caucasion ones, God is not unfair, just think it over, He placed you with a Super Family, A terrific Dad who is a roll model for all. You could have ended up in an abusive household, or worse a child molester, then what ? Count your blessings , And keep that chin up high, your special Go forward.
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