Ok as a "colored" guy, thats a crock of shit. Black guys cheat waaaaaaaaay more than any other race. There are some good ones out there, but the majority of them have this ego/god complex thing going on.
bahaha this.Kermi said:I have seen many episodes of Maury Povich and Jerry Springer that would disagree with this assertion.
It is not offensive, it just sounds quite archaic.EHKOS said:I...I thought Coloured was considered a very bad word to use nowadays. Is it just in America?
that picture got me detention back in the day, my friend showed it to me in the middle of class and i died laughing (because he looks like one of the guys in the picture, exactly the same) and the teacher found it absolutely disgusting to laugh at it.Jonluw said:Okay, as the people in the thread have demonstrated, black people are just as likely to cheat as people of any other skin colour.
Fact.
However, I don't think you can convince your sister with logic. Prejudice/racism rarely works that way. What might work, on the other hand, is appealing to a different common racial misconception that she probably already believes in that completely opposes her idea that only "coloured" people make good spouses.[sub]Yeah I know it's bad, but it's in an appropriate context, so please don't hammer me for this, mods.[/sub]![]()
"better"? geez thats harsh...I like to think of it more as (depending on the situation) it could be boredom if a relationship is stagnat...or going with ones impulse shoudl the opertunity present itselfThe Valet said:That is...incredibly biased and idiotic.
Humans naturally want the best they can get; its in our nature to want to bag the best woman/men/aliens, because it not only feeds our ego, but it satisfies the primal urge to mate with the creme de la creme. As a result, it doesn't matter whether you are white, black or green; cultural differences aside, people cheat on each other regardless; its because they think they've found something better than you.
Not saying its right by any margin, but this is just...*shakes head*
Hah, I had the exact same thought. She probably just has a preference but doesn't know for what reason, so she makes one up.Lethos said:I have a feeling your sister is trying to justify a fetish she doesn't understand or something.
I wish I knew, it may be she had some sort of a bad relationship experience when she was younger but I've never pried too deeply into that.Lyri said:What the hell got her to think this?Amplify said:*snip*
People cheat on their partner, color has nothing to do with it.
That's really more my mother's specialty than mine, but is there any good particular clip or episode of it you could recommend on youtube?Kermi said:I have seen many episodes of Maury Povich and Jerry Springer that would disagree with this assertion.
HIV rates is a good point, I'll have to point that out to her when I do talk to her about this. Of course I'll need to check a few facts first but yeah.Zachary Amaranth said:I'd think the increased HIV/AIDS rates in blacks would paint a different picture, honestly.Amplify said:That is a direct quote from my (white English) sister as to the reason why she only dates Arabic, African & similar men. She is adamant that white men are going to cheat on their spouse / partner while coloured men will not.
I mean, there's no one reason HIV gets spread, so you cant attribute it all to sex, but one of the MAJOR causes of the prevalence of HIV in blacks in the States is sex. And if you think they're all getting it from monogamous partnerships, you're damn naive.
"You" being in the general sense, not "you" specifically.
It's hard to say this stuff without risking coming off as racist. Which is ironic, because I get called "PC" all the time on here from people who don't understand what Political Correctness actually is. So apparently I'm both overly defensive of minorities and racist. Or whatever.
Anyway, whatever the evangelicals are telling you, you don't get HIV just for being a sinner. If all black people (or even all black men) were monogamous, it would be a HUGE inhibitor to the spread of HIV. Not a preventative, since it's still possible for the spread through sex, and there's always drug use, etc., but it would cut out one of the MAJOR risk factors.
I don't know about any other racial background. I've never looked into the fidelity of people by colour, and I don't really care to. Blacks are at the highest risk for HIV infections out of any "racial" group in this country, and I'd be curious to see what her rebuttal is to that alone.
I mean, the only response I can think of is that "they all use drugs," and that's racist, stupid, and just plain wrong.
It's a direct quote of her words, not mine. Hence the title.Febel said:...Wow. "Coloured?" Really? You couldn't think of anything better to name this topic?
It could well be, but that's what I have to work with here and I can't really say any differently unless I can prove otherwise.UltraXan said:To be honest, I think it's garbage she's feeding you to mask the fact that she believes that colored people have BBCs and she just wants some. Make sense to me. "I like them big, but I don't want you to know that, so I'll just say that colored people don't cheat! That seems much more appropriate!"
I spent a month where most of the time if I went to my kitchen, I was likely to pass by her on the couch with a huge black guy with dreadlocks, a guy complete with bling who could have told me he was 50 Cent and I'd probably have believed him, an extra straight out of "Don't mess with the Zohan", etc. Sure feels like it.JesterRaiin said:Ask your sister (no offence please please) did she made it with EVERY black male on the Earth ?Amplify said:That is a direct quote from my (white English) sister as to the reason why she only dates Arabic, African & similar men. She is adamant that white men are going to cheat on their spouse / partner while coloured men will not.
Just curious.
Ok yeah, you got a chuckle out of me there.thespyisdead said:its like saying white men will not seal your bike
Which is exactly why I'm looking for evidence to refute her right now. I didn't want to tell her before as it'd just be my opinion rather than a fact and I'm definitely not an expert on the matter.MassiveGeek said:Don't state things as fact unless there is actually a valid reason to believe that is is a fact.
She took / let her daughters be taken to Algeria for over a decade of their childhood so that they could "learn Arabic", I really don't need evidence that she's not the sharpest knife in the drawer. However, she's my sister and I do care about her so if I can talk her out of being an idiot then fantastic. Tiger Woods is a great example though, I'd forgotten about him so thanks for that.Vivi22 said:Honestly, you don't need statistics to prove her wrong. Her argument is basically that all (or even most) white men will cheat while men of other races will never cheat. Or in other words, 100% of white men cheat while 100% of other men never cheat.Amplify said:*snip*
Such a statement of certainty about the whole of diverse populations is complete nonsense on the face of it. If she actually believes this then she is unquestionably an idiot, and frankly, you have no need to even try to prove her wrong. Either challenge her to prove what she says has any validity, or simply wait for her to be (almost inevitably) proven wrong.
But if you really want evidence, then how about something fairly recent that I'm sure she's probably heard about: Tiger Woods. Enough said.
Because she will listen to what I say when she won't even listen to our mother or anybody else, If I can persuade some sense into her life then fantastic but this subject in particular I'm not qualified to talk to anybody about unless I get some of the facts first. I'd rather try and talk her out of it than see her get hurt at some point down the line because of it.Qitz said:Question! The hell do you care? No, really. So she only wants to date colored men, what's the problem? Do you really think showing her a bunch of stats and proof is going to do anything other than get her to respond "Way to be racists, asshole!"
I'll try to if possible, it's just the title was a direct quote. 'half-caste' though is one I've never heard of before, primarily due to having always previously steered clear of the topic of racism and political-correctness like the plague.lisadagz said:Also please... don't use the word coloured. Like the word 'half-caste' a lot of people still use it because they've been brought up using it like it's not a problem, but it gets a lot of people's backs up. After all, you're not pure white and colourless, are you? You're pinky orange.(Unless you're an albino, perhaps, but you get my point.) Some black and Asian people might not mind, or use it themselves, but the ones who do mind REALLY mind.
White consumers make up a larger majority of rap album sales than black consumers.lisadagz said:I got the idea that it's a bit of a culture amongst young black and Asian guys to see women, particularly white women who their parents may not approve of, as meat, especially due to the portrayal of women in hip-hop culture, which is primarily followed by young black people and a lot of young Asian people.
Tell her to expect all men to cheat, cause I have friends of the colured side who was known to cheat and knock girls up and leave. It's a man thingAmplify said:That is a direct quote from my (white English) sister as to the reason why she only dates Arabic, African & similar men. She is adamant that white men are going to cheat on their spouse / partner while coloured men will not.
How true is this statement to you, fellow escapists? If it turns out to be true, fine. If it's untrue, then I'll have evidence I can present to her as a result of this thread.
So I ask you all:
Do you have any surveys or statistics or studies or similar that show how often relationships with coloured men end due to infidelity? Alternately do you have any stories from a friend where a coloured guy was caught cheating or similar?
Alternately escapist girls; do you have any personal stories where a coloured guy was caught cheating on you or similar?
Thanks for any replies, everybody.