Bi-racial kids are no different than any other kids. However having that western blood in them already, they tend to lean more towards eastern values and thus reflect a greater interest and ability to explore and learn about Islam, Pakistani culture and traditions. Now if some of them do end up on the bottom of the social ladder of society, due to the fact that their parents decided to split up is not exactly their fault. And therefore, it would be very unjust to them if we judged 'em because of something that may not have been in their own control. In my opinion most of them who do come from stable families and from parents who get along, can be quite productive members of society.
I know of a family, where a Pakistani uncle married this Bosnian lady. After having all of his eight kids, he took her back to Karachi, where they lived for another six years. All of the kids as well as their mum can not only speak and comprehend urdu but can also read and write it. Now they have moved back here, and eventhough surprisingly none of the kids took after their mother in looks, yet they are no less patriotic than you or I or any other Pakistani for that matter. They have a very strong grasp of religion and culture as well as Pakistani traditions. I would not like to generalize, maybe these kind of cases ARE rare. But then again as I see it most Pakistani men who do end up tying the knots of a bi-racial marriage, very few of 'em actually take the time to bring awareness of religion, Pakistani culture and traditions to their wives. In a lot of cases they themselves lack adequate knowledge of religion, culture and traditions and therefore, can not really be expected to familiarize anyone else with them.
As to your question Amber, No I do not treat bi-racial friends any differently then my all-the-way Pakistani friends. Simply cuz race, looks, the kind of parents one is born to are all factors not really in one's own control. If that one parent who is Pakistani knows his roots then the kid will turn out okay. If he doesn't it's not really the kid who should get the blame but rather the parent.
[This message has been edited by Rarediamonds & Gold (edited September 21, 2000).]
It is nice to hear bi-racial kids are beautiful. But all races are beautiful and when I was chosen to represent Miss Pakistan all I got was "youre ugly" from many of you on Gushup. You are all talking about bi-racials. I am she and I know how unfairly I am treated. Talking of class you cannot ignore mine. My ancestory is CMO English Navy and High Caste India before Pakistan Partition. My father's relatives speak Urdu and Punjabi. Bi racial is also Asian woman Other. I don't think a Princess in the High Commission can be considered low caste, which my ancestory is not. But of course she was ostracised for marrying an English gentleman. He for marrying a "foreigner"Sorry you cannot ignore us because we are the minority. But truly...go back in generations and how many pure breeds are there? X-tremes comments about Ugly English women is unfair. No one is ugly, just different looks. If a Beauty Queen is called ugly then I think Ugly is the people who called her that. There is no such thing as an ugly person. Just ugly comments. Few people can be deemed as hideous. I thought British were racists (some) against Pakistanis in particular (whatever the trend, jews, blacks etc) but never have I encountered such racism as from Pakistanis. Pot calling kettle black. It is referred to.
Well in my father’s side of my family, we have had a few interacial marriages, my 2 uncles have married white women. No they are not on any welfare or any other government funding, they are very decent and educated women. I have 7 biracial cousins, and although they have never been to pakistan in order to get familiarized with our culture, my white aunts try to enforce that they learn more about our culture. They are muslims, both my aunts converted to Islam before they got married. They speak fluent urdu, better than some of us, and they go to masjid every friday to offer prayers. Among my other cousins, none of us despise them or consider them unworthy because of their half cacasian heritage. They share everything with us, and we never exclude them from any activity of ours, and it has come to a point where we dont even notice that they are biracial.I think in the end it just comes down to your moral values, your appreciation for your heritage, and your overall personality. These issues regarding biracial mumbo jumbo is just hype, we have to learn to see beyond the lines drawn by color and race, to see that beyond all this we are all the same.