CHEERIOS STANDS BY TV AD SHOWING MIXED-RACE FAMILY

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NEW YORK (AP) - A mom sits at her kitchen table writing something down when her grade schooler saunters up with a big box of Cheerios

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[ms_mmelissa]

The post about this on the mothership was a mess. So many people saying "Mixed-race babies are the most beautiful!" Over and over and over again. Blegh.

[sakuraberries]

I'm probably being ignorant about something here, but why is it bad to call mixed-race babies beautiful?

[luna_shovegood]

I'm guessing it has something to do with stereotyping a wide range of racial combinations into one category, and perhaps also something about that "most" part.

[ms_mmelissa]

It creeps me out when people make generalizations like that, it feels fetishitic and a lot of the discussion sounds eugenics-y.

Also, there is a very specific type of mixed race person that people praise and declare beautiful and that's the type that have a lot of euro features that conform to white beauty standards.

[imnotasquirrel]

It smacks of fetishization and reduces mixed-race people to one homogeneous mass.

[keeni84]

Because it's racist and usually is only reserved for kids who have one white parent and one "other" parent.

[grandmascorner]

yes and "i love mixed couples!!"

[sfrlz]

I'm a white girl dating an Asian guy and I have no idea how many times we've been told that our babies would be OMG SO CUTE!! but it is getting really old, as well as awkward and just weird.

[sobota]

i get this too (i'm biracial and my boyfriend is white).