Is this a racist thing to say - (...not by me.....)

[WhatThePuck]

“Generally Mixed race children are the most adorable”

I wouldn’t take that as racist, as it’s not exactly a malicious statement.
I would raise my eyebrows a little, but not in a “omg that’s so racist” way.

I say that as the mother of mixed white/asian kids

Its just an odd thing to say.

Out of interest was it said by someone who has their own mixed raced kids or by someone to someone else who has mixed race kids?

How is it discriminating or exhibiting prejudice against bi-racial persons ?

racist
[ˈreɪsɪst]

NOUN
a person who shows or feels discrimination or prejudice against people of other races, or who believes that a particular race is superior to another.

Sounds to me like something my 90 year old mum would say, meaning no harm

A lot of the interracial couples I know seem to get told ‘you would have beautiful children’ an awful lot. I find it a bit weird and inappropriate but can’t quite articulate why!

Person(no idea if they have kids) to a parents who does

It is a microagression, so yes a form of racism. It is implying that mixed race people are a homogenous group, or indistinguishable from each other. I would not like it.

New Year

I’m not sure if I find it racist maybe inappropriate but like lisa can’t arti why but I’m asking is it discriminatory against the single race

No and it's not true all babies are fucking ugly

I think it is a bit racist. It's like saying a baby with two parents of the same heritage is less adorable than a baby with mixed heritage - e.g. a "fully" black baby is not as adorable as a mixed baby... that's racist!

It's part of the fetishisation of black men in particular that some white women seem to go for, and I think it has elements of racism in it.

At the end of the day, all babies are adorable!

Candyflip

I highly doubt that’s what the person meant or perceived. My opinion is you’re reading a bit too much of n the words chosen and not the statement itself. Oh well

Gingham

My DH likens newborns to baby rats

Not worth being oversensitive about

That is why it is a microagression, the intent may not be to be racist, but it is.

It's stereotyping, so yes.

Cave actually the child was mixed Caucasian and east asian

It's a stupid thing to say. I don't understand how they can assert this. I think they mean mixed coloured skin. I've come across this with regard to black skin mixed with white skin. It must be this because how could you tell if the child was mixed race between two parents with the same colour skin? I know a couple who are Finnish and Belgian, both white. There's no way of telling that their children are mixed race.

Then its like saying a "fully" East Asian baby is less adorable than one "mixed" with white... I think that's racist!!!

Are Finnish and Belgian different races though? Do you mean indigenous Finnish people? Sami People?

Not racist. Just rude. One dies not talk about someone else's race whether in a racist way or otherwise.

I believe these sort of statements generally come from a ‘good place’ rather than being deliberately racist, but they are so misguided and not actually complementary at all. @newyearnewme18 it isn’t as clear cut as that, declaring a preference for mixed race children does have connotations that one or other of the races that have contributed to the mix is superior or lesser and improved by being mixed with another race. It is exoticising them and separating them from ‘normal’ people on the basis their parents aren’t the same colour.

If I had a pound for every person who has made comments about dds appearance I would be a very rich woman, I’ve had a woman come up to me and dd and ask ‘what’s her dad then’ like we are fucking breeding designer dogs. Mixed race people are constantly questioned about their genes, what race their parents are etc. It is intrusive, and it is white privilege that prevents people from understanding how what they are saying comes across negatively. Constant micro aggressions are exhausting and frustrating to deal with and invisible to most people unless they too have been on the receiving end.

It's about exoticism and othering so, yes, racist.

It must be this because how could you tell if the child was mixed race between two parents with the same colour skin? I know a couple who are Finnish and Belgian, both white.

If they are the same race, then their child isn’t mixed race. Finnish and Belgian are their nationalities.

I don't think it's any different to saying 'ginger children are the most adorable' to the parents of a child with ginger hair. It's aimed as a feel-good, not-entirely-truthful-but-who-cares sort of compliment.

And they don't really mean ALL such children, just that particular one.