Poll: Any Thoughts on Interracial Relationships?

[datalink7]

<< I'm mixed myself but it goes back a few generations to pre-Castro Cuba. I've got Chinese and African blood mixed in with Eupopean/Spanish and I'm proud of it. I'll tell you this much... I think my siblings and I are geneticially hardier than many because of it. I do have AB+ blood, which could be the result of the blending of races.

I am in an 'interracial' marriage myself if you consider a very white White marrying a Hispanic/latina a mixed marriage. I know his family considers me a different race, lol! There is some culture clash we have to deal with, and I do have to ignore some of my racist in-laws, but other than that, I like being a multicultural family. I do live in a nice suburb but it is a mixed one... I chose it because we have a really neat blend of all kinds here but I know some people would not choose it because it is multicultural.

Variety is the spice of life for me... I adore the interchange of art and ideas. >>



I just have to point this out. Kind of a pet peeve of mine. Multiracial !does not!= Multicultural (as it seems you say in your post). I think that this is actually one of the big problems with racism in society. We too often think of people as of a certain culture because they are of a certain race. WRONG! If you took a white baby and gave him to the bushman tribes, that child would be a bushman. And if you took a bushman child, and gave it to a white family in america, that bushman would be an american. It is not dependent on the color of ones skin.

I am REALLY sorry for crapping on your post Isla. Don't take it personally. You just happened to provide me with and example and I couldn't keep quiet.

And on to the question:

I am fine with interracial marriages, relationships, etc. I don't see how it could ever become a problem for me. I for one would like a sexy asian babe as a gf, like happy kitten

 

[p0tempkin]

I'm in one right now, and the interracial thing is not an issue. We're just a couple of kids having fun while we're still young.

 

[notfred]

<< what happened to the 9 people who answered no to interracial marriage? I guess it's so much easier to hide behind an anonymous poll. >>



I did. And since you seem to have a predisposition against me, I guess I should explain myself.

The question wasn't &quot;do you think Interracial marriage is wrong?&quot; but &quot; would you marry outside your race?&quot; Personally, although I have no disdain for people who do marry outside thier race (it doesnt bother me in the slightest), I wouldn't marry outside my race. This isn't because I'm biased based on skin color, but becuase it would be hard for me to live my entire life (not to mention raise kids) with someone of a different cultural background than me.

You can go back to thinking I'm a racist if you still feel that way.

 

[datalink7]

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<< what happened to the 9 people who answered no to interracial marriage? I guess it's so much easier to hide behind an anonymous poll. >>



I did. And since you seem to have a predisposition against me, I guess I should explain myself.

The question wasn't &quot;do you think Interracial marriage is wrong?&quot; but &quot; would you marry outside your race?&quot; Personally, although I have no disdain for people who do marry outside thier race (it doesnt bother me in the slightest), I wouldn't marry outside my race. This isn't because I'm biased based on skin color, but becuase it would be hard for me to live my entire life (not to mention raise kids) with someone of a different cultural background than me.

You can go back to thinking I'm a racist if you still feel that way. >>



Yet again, different race !does not!= a different culture.

 

[Amused]

The way I see it, the sooner we can all get together and start fscking like bunnies, the sooner we can end all this &quot;race&quot; crap and become one race... The human race

 

Im for em.

One of my recent Gfs was a canadian girl from bangladesh.
She was so beautiful, Ill have to dig up a picture.

 

[Blayze]

being &quot;from the south&quot;
some of my family members, who will go unnamed, are against Interracial Relationships.

I have no problem with it though.

I think it is very stupid and wrong to judge someone by the color of their skin

 

[CoolTech]

good point amused one

 

[alpineranger]

Do I think there anything wrong with interracial relationships?
No.

Am I opposed to interracial couples?
No.

But...

Would I marry outside my race?
Almost certainly not.

In my mind, one of the most important things a person can grow up with is a group they can identify with. I have personally seen way too many sad stories about people who because of their multi-racial background, have a much harder time accepting and being accepted by an ethnically homogenous group of peers. Now, before you jump to any conclusions, realize that I was born and have lived in &quot;racially diverse&quot; California all my life (and know from others that it is a more tolerant place than most other parts of the US). Also, I realize that no matter what you look like or what your background is, it is often difficult to find a group to associate with. However, not having a clear-cut and well established (as in there are many like you who you associate with) ethnicity makes such things much more dificult. Example: although many of my best friends are of completely different races than me, I cannot imagine what it would have been like to have grown up without a network of support from friends, who by virtue of our shared race and culture, can instantly identify with and relate to me.

 

[Lucian]

If race is not in the forefront of your mind then dating someone different than yourself is quite easy. Unfortunately, there will always be people in this world who are bigots that is not exclusive to any race.
As people associate with others of different race than themselves they will see we are not all that different anyway.

 

[b0mbrman]

I don't know. There's always different people who can fit in anywhere but I've seen problems in friends' interethnic relationships.

Two things invariably happen.

One, the different ethnicity person pisses off the parents (or at least vexes them)
ex. 1 A Korean girlfriend putting it down for God at a Buddhist Japanese family's dinner table
ex. 2 A Filipino boyfriend in a Korean household...being Filipino

Two, the different ethnicity person feels uncomfortable
ex. 1 At family gatherings, my Chinese uncle just sits by the wall.
ex. 2 People of different ethnicities have houses that smell differently...trust me

Bah, small things yes, but they can add up. Either that, or you can deal with them day by day and they'll never seem like something you can't overcome.

Oh well, if you can do it, go for it. But don't go for an interracial relationship just to be in fashion or to piss off your parents.

Now that would really be dumb

 

[Looney]

Wow, the vast majority of the poll is YES. That's surprising... seeing as how many republicans we have here.

 

[Looney]

<< Yet again, different race !does not!= a different culture. >>



You are soooo right on this!

 

[Copperman]

My brothers first wife was black.
she had a kid by another man when they met
and her father was black. and then they had two kids together
which look more white...........

it don't bother me none but all the kids are having problems now..
my brother and the woman got a divorce
The woman remarried a black man.

The 2 kids that look more white tell me people at their schools don't understand nothing about them if their black or white. So sometimes kids can be cruel and sometimes they get hurt. They are really smart kids but try to fit in more than do their class work and sometimes don't do their best..... but i guess that is just a part of growing up...

I love em and get to see em every weekend....
weird thing is the little girl that my ex sister in law had when her
and my brother first got married is special to me cause she was my first niece so i guess i favor her more.

enough rambling It don't bother me just remember the kids have it rough sometimes...

Cliff