Honestly, the identity issues are a lot more complicated for interracial people who aren't adopted because you can't explain away your defiance of stereotypes or ignorance of your cultural identity by saying "I was adopted by ___ people." Even mixed-race kids I know who are adopted have NEVER been asked where they…

or maybe he's just unimaginative.

YAY in every kind of way...I'll take Beckham in any shape or direction.

WAIT...is Jezebel suggesting that only gay men like butt stuff? or are we only referring to the "queen" statement?

this is one of the many reasons why Twitter freaks me out.."all of my followers and beyond?" umm...inciting violence, much? he's basically using social media to form an angry mob.

1) I like you. 2) I'm biracial (although I don't look it) and my parents divorced when I was a kid, so I spent my life being accused of being adopted or a foster child rather than biologically related to my mother (who is white), but it never mattered! I even joke that I'd love to say I wasn't biologically related to…

I grew up in an area with a VERY high adoption rate...easily 1/3 of the kids in my classes in high school were adopted or had an adopted sibling. This is because the cities feeding into my school were over 85% college educated and conception was more difficult with older parents. I have one friend who is interracial…

I love everything about this commercial. I have to say that I especially love that the same-sex interracial couple chose to have an interracial child, helping her racially/culturally identify with both mothers.

at least the 'your skin stays perfect' comments are only latently racist even though the 'not really black' shit is pretty damn bad. the nature of white supremacy is colorism and the elevation of whiteness as the common conception of beauty. that's why Sweden is considered to be so attractive as a country—because it's…

It can be really weird, I think it's just important to draw a line between sweet and creepy...particularly with men. Guys describe women in physical terms and it can sound like dehumanizing fetishism even when it isn't. I try to just think if the man would talk to/about me that way if I was a redheaded white girl and…

hey there,

that's not a weird or racist hair comment at all. however, most people don't comment on the hair of African American or biracial women in the best ways and it comes off as dehumanizing, stereotyping, or just ignorant. one friend once pat my head and flipped out because it "didn't feel like hair." more commonly, people…

I believe that the fact that the older girl was 17 when the relationship began does make a legal difference. The only real issue (besides the blatant homophobia) is that age of consent in Florida is 18, giving allowances for people under 23 to date 16-17 yr olds. Since the relationship began before Kaitlyn was 18,…

Well, these have the same problem as the minority Disney Princesses in that the women of color are dissociated from Americanism and often depicted primitively. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Pocahontas and the Dear America book, Color Me Dark, but the fact that "princesses" of color are never depicted as speaking proper…

If I see one more bottle blonde today, I may actually become sick.

The students agreed to be subjected to the school's code of ethics by choosing to go there. Unfortunately, the school is completely within its rights to punish students for providing contraceptives because it probably violates the honor code, making it a clear case of insubordination. My school has a no-hard alcohol…

My black father and white mother divorced when I was little so I've spent most of my life as the brownest person in my family (my siblings are much lighter). I never liked playing with the black Barbies I received as gifts as much as I liked my white dolls because I thought the gift-givers were singling me out and…

Could the world STOP TRYING TO MAKE ME WANT CHILDREN?!

Although, she seems to have made it out of her awkward years and is quite pretty now (in my opinion).

I'm with you there. Poor Blue Ivy! It's like Being Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley. Them some powerful genes....