Mulatto and you

[Syt]

He's a Jewlatto.

That's the Hanukkah special at Starbucks.

[CountDeMoney]

"Try our holiday Blood Libel Latte!"

[merithyn]

I not only never use that term, I cringe when I hear/read it.

"Mixed" is the preferred terminology around here.

[garbon]

"Mixed" is the preferred terminology around here.

While I think that's understandable for forms or what not - I don't think it would satisfy any of my questioners if I just said "I'm mixed."

[Siege]

"Mixed" is the preferred terminology around here.

While I think that's understandable for forms or what not - I don't think it would satisfy any of my questioners if I just said "I'm mixed."

Why not? Everybody is mixed.
Just some people are more visuably mixed than others.
I, for example, am considered 100% Sefaradi because my 4 grandparents are sefaradi, but doesn't mean anything the farther back you go. There is a reason why the sefaradim and the ashkenazim look so different. It is called mixing the genes with the local population.
Otherwise all jews would look as sexy as me.

[Admiral Yi]

Unpossible!

[Siege]

Unpossible!

Are you making fun of my accent?
EO complaint!

[Admiral Yi]

Only thing I would bust your balls about are your chicken legs.

[garbon]

"Mixed" is the preferred terminology around here.

While I think that's understandable for forms or what not - I don't think it would satisfy any of my questioners if I just said "I'm mixed."

Why not? Everybody is mixed.
Just some people are more visuably mixed than others.
I, for example, am considered 100% Sefaradi because my 4 grandparents are sefaradi, but doesn't mean anything the farther back you go. There is a reason why the sefaradim and the ashkenazim look so different. It is called mixing the genes with the local population.
Otherwise all jews would look as sexy as me.

Because it doesn't really answer their question? Mixed really won't give them the special insight they help to glean from knowing my racial background.  As to what they are trying to figure out when they ask these racial questions, I can't say beyond that sort of cultural bit as I don't ask questions like this and find them a bit tedious from someone who has just met me.

[derspiess]

Can't imagine being so rude as to ask the question in the first place.  Unless I really know the person, in which case I'd probably already know the answer.

[garbon]

Can't imagine being so rude as to ask the question in the first place.  Unless I really know the person, in which case I'd probably already know the answer.

Well yeah it seems to me an odd question to ask when first meeting someone. While I guess visually it might stand out, I'd say that it is hardly in the top things that a person should know if they are just meeting me. I've no problems at all if someone asks me after they've known me a while - though usually by then it has inevitable come up.

[CountDeMoney]

Can't imagine being so rude as to ask the question in the first place.  Unless I really know the person, in which case I'd probably already know the answer.

I dunno, people have always seemed comfortable enough to ask me about my "background."   I'm not that dark, goddammit.

[Admiral Yi]

Light does escape, barely.

[Siege]

I really hate it when people ask me where I am from.
"Sergeant, where are you from originally?"

My typical answers, depending on my mood:
"From 2-23 infantry, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division."
"From 3-187 infnatry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101 Airborne Division."
"From a place were polite people don't ask questions like this."
"From the western edge of the sandbox."
"What, you don't like my accent?"
"From hell."
"What, you don't like furriners?"
"From a mediterranean country that is not in Europe."
"From a country were people don't own lawnmowers."
"I don't know man, I got PTSD!"
"Do you have a problem understanding the words coming out of my mouth? I don't!"
"Its classified. Do you have a Top Secret clearance? No?!"
"I could tell you, but then I would have to make you do push ups."
"I forgot. I had a complete memory loss after my last IED."
"Give me 50 push-ups!"

[mongers]

I really hate it when people ask me where I am from.
"Sergeant, where are you from originally?"

My typical answers, depending on my mood:
"From 2-23 infantry, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division."
"From 3-187 infnatry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101 Airborne Division."
"From a place were polite people don't ask questions like this."
"From the western edge of the sandbox."
"What, you don't like my accent?"
"From hell."
"What, you don't like furriners?"
"From a mediterranean country that is not in Europe."
"From a country were people don't own lawnmowers."
"I don't know man, I got PTSD!"
"Do you have a problem understanding the words coming out of my mouth? I don't!"
"Its classified. Do you have a Top Secret clearance? No?!"
"I could tell you, but then I would have to make you do push ups."
"I forgot. I had a complete memory loss after my last IED."
"Give me 50 push-ups!"

There's some good ones in there, I bet the context can makes those =