My brother is white and he married a nice african-american gal. They have twin boys. They are so cute and definitely look african-american. My sister-in-law insists that "biologically speaking" they are considered white. Is this true? It seems like she is ashamed of her ethnic background the way she argues this fact when the twins so noticeably look african-american.
What do you all think?
If a mother is african-american and the father is white what would the child be considered from a legal standpoint?
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I didn't know that tra, interesting. BUT does it even matter nowadays?????
9/01/06
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I said this on the other identical poll, too. But "biologically speaking" there is no such thing as race. Race is not like gender. There are no biological bases for race.
Read more here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/0...
9/01/06
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Sorry gang, I accidentally posted two polls of the same question since this was my first poll. Go to the other one to vote and hear more about what happened in the situation with my sister-in-law.
9/01/06
When a child is born, their race is recorded as whatever the mother's race is. So if the mother is African-American, the children are considered African-American as well.