"Saying that you don't find white babies attractive only makes you an equal opportunity racist."

Yes, thank you. Well put!

Um, yeah, my mom is batshit crazypants. This is not news. She and I have a host of conflicts about how life should be lived, especially by women. She is... not delighted that I am an engineer who wears Carhartts all day. She reacted to the fact that I got a tenure-track faculty position at my University with a…

But I didn't tie beauty to worth or merit! I tied it to superior health and genetic vigor!

Story time! Lady sitting next to me on a plane goes, "You're Chinese!" Said I: "Yes!" She: "Oh! I have a Chinese friend! I should introduce you!" I: "I have a TON of white friends! You'd love 'em all!" She: blank look

Well said. Thank you.

"it also consequently diminishes the beauty of the people those biracial kids came from." Well... *sputter*... I actually *do* believe this. I know lots of plain couples who have beautiful children... I don't buy into the fuzzywuzziness of believing that "all people are beautiful". If we were, supermodels wouldn't…

Hmmm.. I hadn't thought of it that way. I actually think it's the nonwhite that is improving the white looks. I am ethnically Chinese and grew up in San Francisco, but now live in a small town that is 90% white. I am as fond of my white friends and community as I am of my nonwhite friends, but I don't find them…

I don't use the word "mixed" in real life; I use the word "hapa". Your children sound clever. :)

Thank you for replying. I guess I don't see how biracial people suffer those three things any more than any other non-white person in a predominantly white society. I'm one of the few ethnic Asians in my small American city, and often feel like all three of those things. I even still get called "oriental" here (where…

I'm probably going to open a can of worms here, but genetic diversity actually *is* in fact superior in health and vigor. And I say this as a 100% ethnically Han Chinese. And I'm sorry if that makes it sound like I am commoditizing people, but when you think about demographics, that's what you have to do. Small…

Thank you, but that article seems to imply that the non-white is beautified by the white. I happen to think that the white is equally beautified by the non-white.

Why, thank you. I try to be respectful as an idiot.

Okay, fair enough. But in my defense, I do have a biracial niece, and I'm familiar with her shit, tears, and boogers, so she's certainly not "exotic" to me.

Okay...? Would you like to explain please? I'm not being sarcastic. I have no idea why my earlier post is apparently so troubling.

If anything should convince racists that they are wrong, it should be that mixed-race kids tend to come out the most beautiful.

I could see that.

As a heterosexual woman who is only just now at 36 being in my first nonabusive relationship, I have to tell you that falling in love peacefully and gently can happen to us, too. Take heart.

Awww...

Well, "smug" was too strong a word, but I think matters of personal grooming are different from person to person. That's the premise behind the article. To state your own needs and preferences as universal with a flippant, "There, answered." is a little... presumptuous? I dunno. I took no actual offense and I'm sure…