Are you growing up biracial

well i'm half white and half asian

i'm 14

my dad's white and my mom's asian

my dad's more of an ethical guy who is caring, and yes he does want me to get good grades but doesn't push it over the limits like my mom

my mom is just like the stereotypical asian mother (no racism intended) caring too much about grades, and think u deserve to die if u get a B on your report card. I've consistently received a 4.0 gpa, yet she intends for me to go to Kumon (math tutoring center), read SAT test strategy books and the likes of that nature.

Have any of u ever experienced this? I mean I'm going to high school next year, and she keeps saying that it will be really hard and I have to study during the summer... I mean I have a social life you know.

My father encourages me to do well, maybe do some studying here and there over the summer, but also hang out with friends sometimes to maintain sanity. I often lose control when my mother gets mad if I get a B on a test or something.

sometimes my life is just... ughhh

if u get a few B's here and there, it's not like your life is going to end. some of the richest people in the business world haven't always kept a gpa over 3.5 consistently. anyways i grow up in an asian environment with asian kids, and the asian stereotypes i hear over the internet are certainly backed up by the behavior i witness. yea, my asian friends' parents are just like the stereotypes. my asian friends try to act gangster, but they care about school. theey try to be black on the outside but they're really asian on the inside

i'm not a racist. i'm just saying what i experience in my life.

sometimes i wish i could just be fully white like my half brother and live the good life... i mean he has all the fun and stuff... while i live in an overcrowded urban city influenced by the mainstream media which provokes sex, violence, and drugs. he is living in a peaceful neighborhood, having the whole summer to hang out with friends, going to a good university next year, and all that stuff...

but i still thank God for blessing me with what i have, so i guess i'm just as happy for who i am

i guess this really isn't a question but im just laying out my life or w/e

are any of u biracial?

if so explain how u grew up?

Yeah, I'm mixed. My dad's from Spain and my mom's just a regular caramel complexioned Black-American.

Yeah...I get alot of bullshit sometimes... It's usually easy going, but there's all this **** in the media about how mixed kids are beautiful or something. I don't know. People keep asking me if I want Obama to win the election. I mean, it's nice having someone of a similar background win the election, but I can't even vote yet.

I try and hang out with friends, sometimes an awkward situation comes up concerning race and there's a look on everyone's faces saying "Don't bring that up around him, he's mixed." So year.. There will always be moments like that.

I speak Spanish occasionally. I read books in Spanish. I have close ties to Spain. Some of my relatives live over there.
......My parents.....

My dad looks like a typical white American. Turquoise eyes, jet black wavy hair. You wouldn't even think he's Spanish until he starts speaking the language. I'm surprised he doesn't have an accent. My mom grew up in Minnesota and I'm pretty sure she has some Caucasian background. She's not dark. My grandmother is ultra-white. I mean, it's like SHE's mixed or something. I assume some DNA tests are in order.

When people try to say that biracial people are black and that's it, I always object to that. Obviously there are some differences and there are some similarities. My parents said I'm not black, but I am a colored person. I have no objection to that. I turn extra crispy in the summer. Especially in my picture I have there... Jesus. Burrrrnt.

Anyway, I just try to live life and not take any bullshit. I'm glad for the opportunities I'm given. I'm really glad that my friends respect who I am. I couldn't be more blessed from the Almighty God.

Also, don't get yourself down about not being fully white or fully black. I am sometimes ashamed of the behavior of African-Americans. Sometimes I wish I could be whole too. I wish that I wouldn't have to be confined to one race or another. But then again, I already am. I'm breathing, thinking, sentient, I just happen to be composed of two different races that have always been opposed to one another. Kind of weird once you think about it huh?

High School is nothing to fret about. You'll pass. I have a 3.6 GPA, some of my friends have 2.9. They're still alive.

Email me if you have any questions...

Im not biracial, but I have a lot of friends who are part asian-part white, and your description of their lives is pretty accurate. I sort of consider myself biracial sometimes because so many of my friends are asian, even my girlfriend.

i aint biracial but i am from another country. im glad that im from another country though.it feels like a blessing.why would you wanna be fully white or fully anything. noone is fulllly anything.

You are right about asian parents they put alot of emphasis on grades and the 4.0.Dont you think that is a good thing though?

well i'm biracial :D Half japanese half black,13 years old, and i find it funny when Asian guys try to act Black. But no worries because i'm growing up the same way as you. My dad received D's and lower when he was a kid, so he doesn't mind about my grades because i can easily get an A and B on things. My mom on the other hand acts like it's the end of the world with an A- or B+.....so i get grounded and so on...But i'm just learning the hard way and just think to yourself that you will grow up to be a well educated woman, and know how to care for yourself. And if you've had a rough childhood, you know that when you grow up, you will want better for your children. So, don't get mad at your mom for being hard on you, i feel mad all the time, but we just have to get over it...

i'm biracial but didn't grow up like you i have seen my friends go through it though. the older they got the more free they seemed to become. i know it must be frustraiting that you can't do wut u want but once ur 18 you can be and do wut u want so if it pleases you mom just do wut u gotta cus she's only guna be here so long. and maybe u can get ur dad to help ur mom ease up

im not biracial, im fully asian, but suffer the same problem as you do, asian mother stereotype.

Live life the asian way. you are asian aynway.
Well, what asian are you?. i admire chinese/japanese.