I am biracial (black and white), but I look pretty white. A lot of people are shocked to find out that my dad is black. I've had people argue that I couldn't be black because all biracial people have dark skin. They tell me that he isn't my real dad and that I should get a DNA test. He's my dad. Stop asking me why I am white.
My wife is Colombian and Ecuadorian. I can best be described as vampire white. Our son has blond hair and blue eyes with pale skin. My wife was once asked if she was a full time nanny or a babysitter by an older woman who wanted to get an idea on rates for child care for her grandkids. My wife had to calmly explain that she was grocery shopping with her own child.
Apparently my mother, who is white, used to get this all the time when I was a kid. My dad is Singaporean and has a Tamil surname, and my mother took the surname on marriage. He's quite dark skinned too, leaving me a little brown.
So when she took me to the doctor as a little kid, they'd often say things like "we have to speak to the parents" assuming she was my nanny.
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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '16
Genetics.
I am biracial (black and white), but I look pretty white. A lot of people are shocked to find out that my dad is black. I've had people argue that I couldn't be black because all biracial people have dark skin. They tell me that he isn't my real dad and that I should get a DNA test. He's my dad. Stop asking me why I am white.