Could we have an "interracial" talk topic?

just out of sheer nosiness, hercules, what' s the mix in your family? (I am WASP English and DH is Australian from Chinese Malaysian family)

Absolutely!

no, not a case of checking credentials, but I just worry that if some families feel they are multicultural but are not 'strictly' interracial they should still be welcome. I think people shoud set their own qualifying criteria.

I dont trust myself to be a calm person if someone does make nasty comments so probably I'm not the best person either.

I feel that if it does go ahead, there should be a moderator in place straight away. Because let's face it some prat, troll or otherwise, ,is going to be offensive.

I'm afraid I can't volunteer due to the different timezone.

I feel that if it does go ahead, there should be a moderator in place straight away. Because let's face it some prat, troll or otherwise, ,is going to be offensive.

I'm afraid I can't volunteer due to the different timezone.

I see your point but I do think that are differences eg how families and society view it. A mixed race family where parents are different colours faces certain issues which two white parents dont necessarily.
I dont think it should not include mixed nationalites though.
Surely anyone who wants to post should be able to? It's not like we're going to check their crudentials first.

I dont mean you meant not to have it yingers btw.

But that shouldnt be a reason not to have it. PErhaps more of a reason to have it iykwim.

no what `I mean is that it shouldn't necessarily be about colour, I would like to include families that are, and this is just an example, French and German rather than only Asian and African. Am I explaining my concern properly?

I agree with yingers about the outside the box element.

I would very much hope that this does not happen although whenever the topic of mixed race/cultural relationships comes up, there is always the possibility. many people still find it hard to accept that love can transcend race, colour etc etc etc

Or interracial families rather.

But surely that's the purpose of a interracial thread? To be interracial rather than about blond/brunettes.

well not really, I mean I'm not against it but I just don't want any one to get more 'inter-racial' than other posters,.

Oh dear I'm not explaining myself verywell, I just mean I would like it to be open to everyone even if they are a Baptist and a Methodist, or a Blonde and a Brunette, just to give examples. Do you know what I mean?

As most mumnetters seem lovely am sure it won't be an exclusive thread/topic. I know that sometimes the most helpful comments come from those who are outside the box!

Is there a danger of inappropriate comments being made do you think? Thinking of remarks bordering on racism.

yes that's true

Surely it only becomes exclusive if people feel they cant comment or read threads. I often read sn threads and comment if I can. I dont feel excluded in anyway despite not having a child with sns.

I'd go with Multicultural Families too

I can see it is a good idea but I am slightly worried that it may end up being too exclusive IYKWIM.

And, correct me if I'm wrong but I'm not certain issues couldn't be covered elsewhere on the boards, but then I guess there wouldn't have been a request to start the topic in the first place

Ho hum just thinking aloud here

Good idea, but I think it could end up putting some noses out of joint.

Yingers - that's a really good heading

how about "mother is from venus, father is from mars"?

okay just joking I think multiultural families sounds okay.

I think 'mixed families' could sound as if it was refering to confused people (actually, I could well post on a thread like that ), and 'international' is either a bit too specific (dh and I aren't an international family, we're both British, but we're certainly multicultural) or could refer to non-British families.

Sorry, nit-picking.

This sounds a very good idea. Of course the name of the topic would have to be very sensitively chosen. 'Multicultural families' sounds good to me - covers just about all the mixtures I can think of.

How about "International families"