Hmmm....
People saying, "oh, right, so you're a bit of a mongrel then, lol" when I tell them I'm half Chinese-Malay and half Irish.

NO. I'M NOT. I'M MIXED RACE. THAT IS THE CORRECT TERM, PLEASE USE IT.

Aaargh.
(YayLady is cold, Wed 7 May 2008, 9:44, closed)

A serious question
Does Chinese-Malay mean you are a quarter chinese, a quarter malay, or is Chinese-Malay a separate, what's the correct phrase, cultural group?
( althegeordie is a bully and a cocksucker, Wed 7 May 2008, 9:47, closed)

well we're all mixed race though arent we
*glides off smugly*
( spimf ™ has jacked it in, Wed 7 May 2008, 9:51, closed)

Mixed race
My family background is a mixture of Irish and German with a sprinkling of French and a slightly more than incidental rumour of a Japanese schoolteacher somewhere.

I love filling in those ethnic origin questionnaires.
(PJM Does not love Liberace, Wed 7 May 2008, 9:52, closed)

@ PJM
I do too.

:D
(YayLady is cold, Wed 7 May 2008, 9:55, closed)

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My ex girlfriend was half Chinese and half Venezuealan. She was PRAWN CARACAS!
( browser, Wed 7 May 2008, 10:56, closed)

My mate's black/white
He happily introduces himself as half-caste.
(Milo Minderbinder, Wed 7 May 2008, 11:29, closed)

I don't
mind half-caste.

But "mongrel" implies I'm somehow of a lower standing than everyone else.
(YayLady is cold, Wed 7 May 2008, 11:44, closed)

Mom once told me I was a Heinz.
Fifty-seven varieties.

I rarely give my ethnic background much thought- German, Irish, English, Welsh, Native American, and god knows what else. As it really has no impact on anything, I just say I'm white.
(The Resident Loon is currently a starving artist, Wed 7 May 2008, 14:53, closed)