What is your ethnicity?

[Pomai]

Re: What is your ethnicity?

I'm proudly:

Portuguese - 50% (originally from the Azores & Lisbon)
English 15%* (originally from London)
German 15%* (originally from Hanover)
Hawaiian 20%* (originally from Puanahulu & Kohala)

*Approximate.

[jdub]

Re: What is your ethnicity?

Mom's all Irish. Dad's about half-Irish/half-English. Mom's mom came from Ireland. Dad's dad's side goes back to the Mayflower.

[Lorilei]

Re: What is your ethnicity?

My dad is 100% Japanese. My mom is 50% Hawaiian and 50% Portuguese

[U'ilani]

Re: What is your ethnicity?

Hawaiian, Chinese, Portuguese, English, German

LeiKaina's kids and mine look like they could be cousins.

[*pinao*]

Re: What is your ethnicity?

I love how mixed people in hawaii are.. I only know couple people who are 100% something..

[Lei K]

Re: What is your ethnicity?

Hawaiian, Chinese, Portuguese, English, German

LeiKaina's kids and mine look like they could be cousins.

Great genetics. They must be good lookin little buggahs then.

[damontucker]

Re: What is your ethnicity?

Half black... What ethnic background of black... sheesh... probably somewhere in Africa... would I know... nope.
Half White.... What ethnic background.... asked my mom... and she didn't have an immediate answer... Eventually she said something about being a mix of a bunch of stuff I can't remember....

I just normally say "Mulatto"

is a term of Spanish or Portuguese origin usually describing a person with significant amounts of both African and European ancestry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullato

[Hi Tone]

Re: What is your ethnicity?

Mullato comes from the spanish word mula which means mule. I wouldn't use that word anymore to describe yourself.

[damontucker]

Re: What is your ethnicity?

Mullato comes from the spanish word mula which means mule. I wouldn't use that word anymore to describe yourself.

Aloha Hi Tone... I haven't had a HT discussion with you before....

I'm not in the mood to go into things... however, I'm very curious to learn about your knowledge of the word mullato and what that does mean to you.

To me... that's what I am... many of us true Mullato's will never know what our black ancestry is truly from....

so Hi Tone??? once again? your knowledge of the word?

[Hi Tone]

Re: What is your ethnicity?

actually it was on vh1 Race-O-Rama.

[damontucker]

Re: What is your ethnicity?

actually it was on vh1 Race-O-Rama.

so are you justifying an ignorant response to something you heard about with no way to back it up?

I'm just curious?

[Mike_Lowery]

Re: What is your ethnicity?

According to Merriam-Webster, the etymology of mulatto shows that it is derived from Sp. and Lat. words for "mule".

However, I feel that the label of mulatto is entirely up to you if it's self-inflicted and there's a reason why you identify with it.

[damontucker]

Re: What is your ethnicity?

I was trying to hide that latin part out.. but that's ok....

those that know...know...

hatred and people dumping on people is stupid in general.

[amethyst9]

Re: What is your ethnicity?

identify with Chinese and African American (includes Caribbean) but am haole (Czech, Irish, German)... my children are part Chinese, black, Cherokee and look 'local' so that's how we roll --- unless someone asks. Then we tell it like it is and watch attitudes change.

[amethyst9]

Re: What is your ethnicity?

identify with Chinese and African American (includes Caribbean) but am haole (Czech, Irish, German)... my children are part Chinese, Black, Cherokee and look 'local' so that's how we roll --- unless someone asks. Then we tell it like it is and watch attitudes change.
Since we moved to the mainland, when someone asks us where is home, it's Hawaii. It's just in our hearts, home can never be anywhere else.