what can you do if you object to or hate the term 'mixed ' - when you are white?

Just tell them you are not mixed. That all of your ancestry is classified as Caucasian. Tell them all Europeans are Caucasian. If they continue to do so they are just plain stupid and you have a right to tell them that.

There are a lot of ignorant Americans who do not understand that Spanish is Caucasian. They see the people coming to this country from countries south of the U.S. with Spanish names and they speak Spanish and they don't realize that those people have very little Spanish in their ancestry. Their ancestry is mostly what we termed in the past as "American Indian." A Castillian Spaniard walking down the streets of South Carolina would be viewed as another Anglo Saxon American.

Still a lot of people like myself who are considered white caucasian has some Native American ancestry. I was born with the typical skin cancer type pigmentation, red hair and blue eyes. I have the somewhat turned up nose with a little knob on type that is very common among the Irish and the Scottish.

Other than that all people are actually "mixed." There are no pure races, nationalities or ethnicities.

There is nothing wrong with the term mixed. It is just being used incorrectly. Mixed race is having more than one race in your make-up, otherwise known as bi-racial, half white half black for example (one white parent, one black parent) or combination of any other races. Mixed can also mean a mix of ancestral background such as being part French, part Spanish, and part German. But it has nothing to do with race. I don't think that most white people have this problem, so is there something about your physical appearance that seems to be confusing people? If that is the case, then while they are ignorant in questioning your race, you need to be understanding of that and educate them, not judge them and condemn them. If you expect people to know the difference, you have to teach them the difference.

I am white with quite an extensive mix of ancestry, which is true for many Americans, which is why the coined the term "mut" in regards to Americans ancestry.

You need to find a way to deal with this better or take some anger management classes. This is hardly anything to ruin someone's day over because they are ignorant to identifying what your race is.

Well then you are mixed. Granted it's a caucasian mix, but a strawberry-banana smoothie is still a mix even though they're both fruit. If it gets on your nerves just say "I'm an ethnic mix, not a racial mix". Don't get mad, just correct them.

P.S. Spanish, French, and English; cool mix.

mixed can mean anything that is blended....... I am caucasian also (as far back as I can trace) and although no one has referred to me as "mixed", my ethnic background is a "mix" of Eastern European countries. It's just a term. I wouldn't get too hung up one it. If you look at the fact that we are all part of the human race, no one is really mixed at all. We are all just human.

if it is not applicable to you, then it isn't applicable. There are millions of people in the world who do have mixed ethnicity or ancestry.. and who have no issue with the word being properly used.

The use is not a "fraze" (phrase).

Who really cares? Were all biologically the same, hell I a different race each time a survey asks me just to **** with them. But there has to be a reason why people assume you're mixed, try tanning a little less and I'm sure people will stop calling you mixed

I think the term mixed is only really used when you are black/white. I have never heard of someone calling another person mixed who is white. I am german, native american, irish and have never been considered mixed, I am white to everyone.

If they are using it to describe you, politely correct them.

If they are using it to describe someone who is mixed, then your anger is as silly as not wanting people to call a black-and-white horse a "Pinto" or one of those sour cucumbers soaked in vinegar a "dill pickle".

As to how to stop your irrational urges, I have no clue. A professional counselor might be able to help.

Easy - Quit being so hung up on race. It shouldn't matter what race you are, all that should matter is the kind of person you are.

Next time you get upset about this kind of thing, try holding your head underwater for a good 10 - 15 minutes.