Completely pointless.. but I don't want my baby to be described as "other"

[charima]

I'm Mexican and I live in the UK, so I always have to classify myself as "other" when they ask for ethnic group, I reallly don't like it, it sounds horrible, and my baby is going to be the same... my DS is Welsh, but that means baby is still "other" stupid and pointless rant, sorry!

 

[kittykitty]

But it is how you define yourself so down to your opinion. If you feel your baby is British as it will be born in the UK then choose British

 

[NetsaBaba]

But it is how you define yourself so down to your opinion. If you feel your baby is British as it will be born in the UK then choose British

Completely true, and in my opinion i think where you are born is what you are so if your child is raised and born here then really they should be classed as british with a mexican mother

 

[celestek89]

Im egyptian, so i know how you feel, although i try to embrace and enjoy the fact that i'm not the same as everyone else!

 

[SRTBaby]

Never thought of that, hmmm! My LO will be biracial, i dont know if they have that option.

 

[baajee]

Haha.. in Singapore a lot of forms also ask you for your religion apart from your ethnic group. I usually complete it with "Jedi" since I think its no ones business.

 

[Waiting2bMommy]

I'm Mexican and my hubby is white. I always just mark hispanic. Is that not an option there?

 

[charima]

Nope, no Hispanic option... the only one is other... my midwife said we should put white other since I look Mediterranean! It's even mre difficult for em because we don't have that sort of classification in Mexico, we're all just Mexicans.

 

[kfarb]

One our forms here, sometimes we have an option "prefer not to disclose" under race or ethnicity. I check it when we do because why the f*** does it matter?