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Hey belle, Im sure you didnt offend any of us with that term... we just commented upon how "not nice" the word is:)
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Masterofall - I think multi-cultural (thank you Majestic, you put it perfectly) is better than both :)
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yeh well i watch bob the builder and i think i need to send him round urs for fixing 
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agreed.
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I guess it matters where the parents are from. My own family is a little multi cultural as well: my grandmother is Persian and my great grandfather was Iraqi.
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Belle, you are such a sweetheart, its making me mad if someone has disrespected you or offended you and called you such a name. I am a full bloodied Pakistani and its offensive to me, listening to this term.
I personally dont know anyone in my immediate family who have had an inter-racial marriage. But I can only imagine what you and others in the same situation m ight go through. Sheesh I even see racism based on whether they are punjabi or non punjabi by some ppl i know. All I can say is that I guess some ppl are comfortable with a certain look associated to Pakistanis maybe. And when they see you look different and I am sure you are gorgeous, they step back. And all because you dont fit into their "comfort zone".
Another reason might be that they actually are racist and snobbish and a bunch of other not-so-nice terms. If they arent nice to you because you are multicultural, gimme their number and i will set them straight for you. :)
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belle dont let it get to you. Some people just need to be whacked by a hammer. 
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Paki mixed with any other ethnicity/race just makes boooooootiful babies :love:
i wanna marry a white muslim 
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Ira: Hugs yup you can always tell when its racism or just plain ignorance.
Muslim_Queen: it used to get to be quiet a bit when I was younger, when my cousins would say mean things but now, I’ve come to embrace my background and am ever so proud of being Pakistani and Burmese.
Sara: theek hai, i'll check up on you in a couple of years. :p
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That the spirit.Anytime you need me to come smack somebody who is giving you trouble -Im available.
Honestly there will always be people who will try to find flaws in you…they will then try in every possible way to make you feel miserable…dont let them do that to you. You know yourself better than anyone else does, be happy with who you are. Doesnt matter if some people dont understand, their loss.
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meray khan-dan nahi manayn gay non-Pakistani 
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I can so understand what you meant by that. My dads family always thought my sister and I will turn out to be very bad character corrupted girls cause we were half goris. The funny thing is almost all the females in our family had love marriages except for my sister, not saying love marriage is bad or anything but do you see my point?
I on the other hand enjoy all the drama ;-) I really pay them no mind NOW. I use to care so mch about who said what about me, but now as I get old I put those comments right back to where they came from.
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half breed sounds horrible, i think mixed sounds slightly better.
and have fun when people diss you for being mixed. ( i dont get it just because your not all one race doesnt make u less of a person, your still muslim arent u??)
and like mahnoor i kinda cared what my relatives thought about me, and now i dont care!!
try havin fun, and make a joke out of it, i love to diss them and then my sister and i laugh and they dont get it!! hahaha .. i havent seen my relatives since i decided not to care about what they think of me, but im probably going to pakistan next summer, and i cant wait!!
good luck.
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belle ur an awesome person… who cares what others say.
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I kind of know what you mean; to me personally culture has never really had much importance, as long as someone is Muslim that’s all that matters. The Ummah should be like a big melting pot of different cultures.
I think ethnic group is down to two things, language and paternal lineage, you are what your dad is provided you speak his language, in my opinion kids should primarily be brought up in the tradition of their fathers, the diverse genetic makeup and cultural habits are a good thing but not your identity.
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Ranjhan - just purely for discussion, not an argument. Native Americans here (and other cultures) believe the only lineage you can claim is the one of your mother. It is the only one anyone can be absolutely sure of.
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Why should culture and ethnicity be totally patrilineal? Most people I know are closer to their mothers and her side of the family rather than their fathers, so it doesnt really make sense that their ethnic background is left totally to the father...
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Minah I respect their opinion, each to their own but in our culture (and I believe religion) lineage is traced through the father.
For us tribal lineages and affiliations are patrilineal, with all due respect to the mother and her background, her tribe is not considered part of the child’s identity.
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I understand, thank you :)
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Do you mean that religion is passed down through the father, or that our religion prescribes that our ethnicity be passed dwn through the father? If it’s the latter, that’s fine, no arguing there. But why is ethnic background purely from the father’s side? Why is the mother, who carried her children and spent more time rearing them, is disregarded and not considered part of the child’s identity? Same can also go for religion, in a way. I wonder why, if men want to raise their children Muslim, why do they marry non-Muslim women and dn’t expect their kids to end up following their mother’s religion? After all, the mother spends more time with her childeren and is primariily responsible for their upbringing,..