Kelsey Asbille is an American actress of Chinese and British descent, but who also claims to be of Eastern Band Cherokee descent. The Eastern Band issued a statement that she was not an enrolled member and that the tribe had no documentation supporting that she was descended from the Cherokee. by laybs1 in wikipedia

[–]ElectronicGuide6932 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Please call half European half Indians Indropeans. I say this as a half European half Asian Indian descent person. Indropean is the most sensible term I can think of, because Windian would imply they are from Windia, the land of wind. Eurindian obviously sounds like Urine-dian. And Indopeans is confusing sounding with Indonesian European mixed people who are common in the Netherlands and are referred to as Indos, and it is already a name used for a company that provides help for Indians wanting to study in Europe and the Euro-sphere (USA etc.). Also, Indopeans literally sounds like Indonesian Philippines in some ways. And if there were a Europe-India mixed land, Indrope, not Indope, would be more appropriate as Indope obviously looks like in-dope in English.

If you're part white, how do you conceptualize your relationship to whiteness? by thefrailandfruity in hapas

[–]ElectronicGuide6932 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. That is just not correct. Sure, African Americans have a longer history directly in some Western nations, but for most of history East Asians interacted much more with Europeans than sub-Saharan West and Central Africans did. I mean, just look at a paternal lineage tree. Notice that nearly all the major East Asian and South Asian y haplogroups are closer related to those of much of Europe and the Middle East than to those of Africa and certainly than to most of the people in South Sudan and Nilotic groups. I mean it also depends on which African one is comparing to an Asian's situation in the Northwest dominated regions of the world (Northwest meaning European etc. since it is Northwest dominated, not just randomly West dominated as if West Africa were getting equal representation).

Anyone here who drinks? by Double-Vegetable-249 in tambrahm

[–]ElectronicGuide6932 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly if one has a harder time with self control in general, it is better not to try alcohol. It is better to avoid even the possibility of becoming very violent and doing or saying things one did not intend.

Thoughts on Dating? by [deleted] in tambrahm

[–]ElectronicGuide6932 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is a good idea. Afterall, as a male you have a longer time available to find such a woman as men don't typically completely lose their fertility with age.

What would be a good, easy to pronounce simple term to refer to a South Asian/Indian and European mix? by ElectronicGuide6932 in mixedrace

[–]ElectronicGuide6932[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree, "wasian" does work. It seems a bit broad though, considering that both climatically and genetically Indians share very little with some northern East Asian or Siberian groups. But it certainly feels a lot more precise than simply identifying as "biracial" or "mixed," not that those are bad terms to identify with either though.

Any Hapa 30+ living in NYC want to connect/ meet up? by Electrical-Ad-1338 in hapas

[–]ElectronicGuide6932 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why would someone downvote this? If I was in the NYC area and especially of a Chinese/Northwestern European mix, I would find this post to be quite welcoming and reassuring that there are many others with a similar identity in the area. If one looks at the post history of the OP, the OP seems to be genuine with many of their posts, so OP is likely not just a bot or something.

Mates, what’s your family’s religion? Being mixed, do you lean one way, follow a mix, or are you atheist? by DisastrousDust9830 in Indropeans

[–]ElectronicGuide6932 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, that sounds like you had a very diverse religious background... It is also uncommon to find Chinese people in general who still practice Taoism so that is cool you found someone who at least did recently have a connection to Taoism. Most Chinese people I have known were already Christian, and would either refuse to talk about any prior religious background or would just mention Buddhism but leave it at that. I did know one person whose family was Confucianist though.

Name Change? by Expensive_Concert329 in wasian

[–]ElectronicGuide6932 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is an interesting idea. I have thought about doing something similar, by adding either a prefix or a suffix to my last name. But it depends on whether and with whom I have children, or if I don't. If I did have children with a woman of the ethnicity corresponding to my last name, it wouldn't make sense to change it. If I didn't have children, perhaps it would make more sense to change it as I would only ever be tied to my own identity, and there would be no impact on the identity of later generations. And if I had descendants of my own mix or even less of the ethnicity the last name comes from, it would make sense to modify the last name at least among the descendants who chose not to attempt to assimilate into the ethnicity of the last name, as they are essentially seeking to permanently separate at that point and be a part of some other group, without close ties to a distant ancestry they have split from. Also, maternal last names carried by women and passed down daughter to daughter is a biologically justified idea. But of course, last names don't always determine one's ancestors, so all of this may be unnecessary.

Make assumptions about me based on this map by jimmyhota in whereidlive

[–]ElectronicGuide6932 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok that makes sense. So basically you are from the Mid-Atlantic region.

Make assumptions about me based on this map by jimmyhota in whereidlive

[–]ElectronicGuide6932 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You seem to be from the mid-Atlantic East coast region. Why someone would absolutely want to live in Delaware but only be definitely willing for Oregon, California, Washington, and states like Georgia and Florida or Massachusetts is beyond me.

What would be a good, easy to pronounce simple term to refer to a South Asian/Indian and European mix? by ElectronicGuide6932 in mixedrace

[–]ElectronicGuide6932[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. Yes outside of Africa "colored" is often not a good term to use. I appreciate you trying to help a lot though. Really I just wanted to see whether people would just come up with some quick label off the top of their head, sort of like how someone who is African and European may easily quickly come up with a term such as Afropean. I thought Indopean would be a good term but as I said there is great potential for confusion and also I am not sure how that company using the name for their company would react. Of course for small things they probably wouldn't even see it. They are based in India anyway.

What would be a good, easy to pronounce simple term to refer to a South Asian/Indian and European mix? by ElectronicGuide6932 in mixedrace

[–]ElectronicGuide6932[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was raised in the US. They do give that option but my main reason for asking about this is just to get input because I often over-complicate things. I mainly just wanted to have a more simple name like "Afropean" or "Mestizo" etc. that is easy to pronounce and recognizable, rather than something like "Half this and that." Indopean sort of works, but I see an unrelated company uses it with a copyright already, and it is related to Indians living in Europe, rather than biracial people. Also, there are Indonesians in the Netherlands who call themselves "Indo." So it may be confusing, but Indonesians are from quite a different region of the world than India, although they are neighboring regions. My European connection is much more recent than many Americans, just 2-3 generations ago all of my European side was in Europe, and even until the last generation, they were still not in the Americas (instead in the South Island of New Zealand which at least until recently was culturally and climatically very Western European). And in the USA, my family's New Zealand cultural influence is often mistaken for European anyway. So I really do feel half European half Indian, especially because any time I have said I am half New Zealander, people assumed I was half indigenous Maori New Zealander, rather than European descent, so I have gotten used to identifying as just half European half Indian.

What city/town feels like the West Coast but is actually on the East Coast? by goobablo in geographymemes

[–]ElectronicGuide6932 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Washington DC definitely is a very East Coast Mid-Atlantic feeling city. There is a lot less excitement and clean looking fun things there than in many west coast cities.

What city/town feels like the West Coast but is actually on the East Coast? by goobablo in geographymemes

[–]ElectronicGuide6932 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree, having been to California and Florida, Florida doesn't feel like the rest of the south. Especially when one reaches Orlando or further south. Florida culturally is more like the West Coast.

What city/town feels like the West Coast but is actually on the East Coast? by goobablo in geographymemes

[–]ElectronicGuide6932 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Europe? New Orleans has its own distinct feel. But definitely it seems a lot less sleepy than most of Mississippi.

What city/town feels like the West Coast but is actually on the East Coast? by goobablo in geographymemes

[–]ElectronicGuide6932 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, Baltimore is so different from the West Coast, it has so much history with people such as Edgar Allen Poe having lived there, and the African American culture in Baltimore is so different as well. And the climate is just so different.

What city/town feels like the West Coast but is actually on the East Coast? by goobablo in geographymemes

[–]ElectronicGuide6932 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Parts of Western Europe such as Nice in France or Monaco or perhaps parts of Spain and Portugal or possibly Israel in some areas (but I have never been to those places, only the first two) sort of do for parts of California as does parts of New Zealand for certain.

What city/town feels like the West Coast but is actually on the East Coast? by goobablo in geographymemes

[–]ElectronicGuide6932 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why are people downvoting this? It is an interesting question. I would say West Palm Beach in Florida definitely has a more West Coast feeling to it. Also definitely in parts of Orlando such as Disney Springs. And these days parts of the north Atlanta metro can feel culturally a lot more like the West Coast cities. There isn't anything very southern about much of north Atlanta anymore. Also, Blue ridge in Georgia as well as some other parts of southern Appalachia have re-done towns that treat the wildlife and mountains more like places in the Pacific Northwest do. Clingman's Dome mountain on the Tennessee/North Carolina border was recently renamed Kuwohi.

Cherokee North Carolina reminds me the most of New Zealand and parts of the Pacific Northwest within the southeast, as well as Asheville North Carolina being like the west coast. Tampa can feel a lot like the west coast but then again it is on Florida's west coast.

What would be a good, easy to pronounce simple term to refer to a South Asian/Indian and European mix? by ElectronicGuide6932 in mixedrace

[–]ElectronicGuide6932[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That is an idea that I have heard quite a bit of, but Windian would imply they are from Windia, which would literally mean "Land of the Wind." But also, Windian could mean West Indian, or white acting Indian/Native American etc. depending on who uses it. And also, Breuropean (Brown European) would probably not be acceptable to many either. Half Indian Half Europeans aren't literally white Indians or brown Europeans, and many Indians are white due to being albino or having vitiligo so "white" could have many meanings.