Amerasian

mrb — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:43:25 +0000

MissB1 hits her fifth birthday tomorrow, and so far I'd say being mixed hasn't ever been a problem, and if anything gets her more positive attention. With that on my mind, this Ted talk popped up:

I hadn't heard the term Amerasian before, but it's clear that for many of these children (adults now), it has been a burden not a bonus. Wikipedia defines Amerasian as 'a person born in Asia, to a U.S. military father and an Asian mother.'

I assume there must have been a number of mixed Japanese-Chinese children in Hong Kong after the second world war, though I've never heard it talked about. Unlike the Amerasians, they won't look obviously different from the people around them, but I wonder how their lives have been affected.

MrB

Batgung - mixed race

Amerasian