Poll: Interracial reltionships and racial purity opinions (no race hating please)
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My mum's Chinese. My dad's Anglo. It took ten years for her family to accept that he wasn't just some serial Asian-dater who would divorce her once she started to age. x3
I think it's wonderful when love transcends cultural differences. <3 The gaps weren't so wide in my parents' relationship because they're both born-and-raised in Canada. On the other hand, when someone is dating someone just because that person is of a certain other race, it's a little iffy because then they're dating the culture rather than the person. =\
I think it's wonderful when love transcends cultural differences. <3 The gaps weren't so wide in my parents' relationship because they're both born-and-raised in Canada. On the other hand, when someone is dating someone just because that person is of a certain other race, it's a little iffy because then they're dating the culture rather than the person. =\
Umm... white, male, and 19, since you wanted that.
I guess I'm just echoing some of the previous posts, but I think that you shouldn't have to taboo a relationship over something like skin color. If you prefer to not date outside your race, then no-one's forcing you into anything. The main point is that it's a personal thing above all else, between you and another person.
I will say, however, that if you date someone with different cultural values and such, that you should do your best to respect those values, and vice versa. We can say that differing race doesn't matter, but it does matter, for different reasons. The values that a girl (or guy) carries as a result of her culture or upbringing are part of her, and so that's something you need to pay attention to.
As for your friends, it's probably something they've never really given much thought to, so I don't think you should hold them to what they said unless they keep bringing it up. Some people have surprisingly conservative values in certain areas, but that doesn't make them bad people. It's just one facet, and unless it's deep-seated, they probably don't really care that much.
I guess I'm just echoing some of the previous posts, but I think that you shouldn't have to taboo a relationship over something like skin color. If you prefer to not date outside your race, then no-one's forcing you into anything. The main point is that it's a personal thing above all else, between you and another person.
I will say, however, that if you date someone with different cultural values and such, that you should do your best to respect those values, and vice versa. We can say that differing race doesn't matter, but it does matter, for different reasons. The values that a girl (or guy) carries as a result of her culture or upbringing are part of her, and so that's something you need to pay attention to.
As for your friends, it's probably something they've never really given much thought to, so I don't think you should hold them to what they said unless they keep bringing it up. Some people have surprisingly conservative values in certain areas, but that doesn't make them bad people. It's just one facet, and unless it's deep-seated, they probably don't really care that much.
I am all for interracial relationships, I'm currently 18, male and WHITE AS THE DRIVEN SNOW and I'm dating a half filipino, half black girl and to be perfectly honest, I'm happier with her than any white girl I've ever dated
I'm Australian born with English, Irish, Scottish aaand...Polyesian blood. So no, I have no problems with interracial relationships. Who you're attracted to cannot be helped and your friends just need to pull the monkeys out of their arses. We are all human in the end.
considering that most people who come to this site are gamers, I'm pretty sure you're going to get a lot of everyone should be able to be with anyone else. Not just because it's the right attitude, but that most gamers (guys I'm talking about here). At some point or another, has had a crush on an asian woman in one of the Many games that have been released from that island Nation. + Those who say they're not attracted to people of other races are crazy, because beauty is beauty (it's a mathematical equation) so there are attractive people from all races. If you're not attracted to say Halle Berry and you're white, there's something wrong with you.
Mom black, dad white, I go to a black college. I look or been called white/spanish/italian/irish/chinese(seriously don't know how i was mistaken for a chinese person). But when it all boils down to it, I look like a white guy.
I got no problem at all. I hang with both of my colors almost equally plus more. I really could give a shit about it, and if I did meet a person who feels that race is a problem, I am not afraid to put them in their place.
On the other hand, when someone tries to pull out the race card and say something is racist (when it's just stereotyping...big ass difference) I'll put them in their place as well
I got no problem at all. I hang with both of my colors almost equally plus more. I really could give a shit about it, and if I did meet a person who feels that race is a problem, I am not afraid to put them in their place.
On the other hand, when someone tries to pull out the race card and say something is racist (when it's just stereotyping...big ass difference) I'll put them in their place as well
I couldn't choose the "I don't give a crap about what color someone's junk is" option. I find that green is usually not a good indicator of healthy junk.
Race really doesn't factor in, I find loads of women attractive, except communist women. Just something about them commies.
In all seriousness I think the prejudice against interracial relationships is one the quick slope downhill to non existence.
Race really doesn't factor in, I find loads of women attractive, except communist women. Just something about them commies.
In all seriousness I think the prejudice against interracial relationships is one the quick slope downhill to non existence.
One interesting thing I heard from my Polish-Chinese friend is that when he had his wisdom teeth removed, they were practically growing in sideways. I guess there has been some correlation between issues like his and distantly removed races having kids. It's probably the only fair argument I've heard for "keeping it in the race." I've heard that in the case of dogs, the mutts are the ones that are stronger than the pure breeds, so I'd expect the same to apply to humans. So he's probably going to live longer than me and just have bad teeth for it. Kudos to him.Vault boy Eddie said:
All in all, I think that anyone who is vocally opposed to interracial marrying probably deserves to be shot. I can see it as one of those things that you might not be comfortable with, but just saying your feelings aloud is overstating your position (like the friends in the OP). The English language sometimes isn't subtle enough for delicate issues like this. Somehow, I don't think that is the case for the majority of people who loudly oppose interracial dating.
Heh, I'm a white guy who graduated from a high school (a good one, too, so none of that racial profiling stuff) that is 57% black and 20-something percent white (remainder Asian, Hispanic, Native American, and Others).
I saw plenty of interracial relationships and I can tell you it's nothing to be ashamed of or horrified at. People are people, and I wouldn't mind a relationship with any woman who would have me (which hasn't happened, unless you couldn't tell) regardless of what race she might have been born with.
Have a preference for Hispanic women, though. Don't know why.
I saw plenty of interracial relationships and I can tell you it's nothing to be ashamed of or horrified at. People are people, and I wouldn't mind a relationship with any woman who would have me (which hasn't happened, unless you couldn't tell) regardless of what race she might have been born with.
Have a preference for Hispanic women, though. Don't know why.
I'm 20, male and white.
And I have no problem what so ever with inter-racial anything. Friendship, dating, you name it. Actually. I almost encourage it.
And this is why: I have no problem with other skin colours, or any other general race-indicating apperences. But my instincts and feelings are much more prone to notice a person with a skin color darker then tan white. And why is that? Because when I grew up in my home town, there was barely any other races around. And so when I grew up I have had almost no exposure to people of other races. Therefore people of other races feel uncommon to me. Unless I'm in countries where this is the majority, of course. Then it feels normal.
Bottom line is. I wish there where people from all races everywhere. I'm sure most of the race-related problems would then go away.
And I have no problem what so ever with inter-racial anything. Friendship, dating, you name it. Actually. I almost encourage it.
And this is why: I have no problem with other skin colours, or any other general race-indicating apperences. But my instincts and feelings are much more prone to notice a person with a skin color darker then tan white. And why is that? Because when I grew up in my home town, there was barely any other races around. And so when I grew up I have had almost no exposure to people of other races. Therefore people of other races feel uncommon to me. Unless I'm in countries where this is the majority, of course. Then it feels normal.
Bottom line is. I wish there where people from all races everywhere. I'm sure most of the race-related problems would then go away.
16, Asian, male.
I recall only one time in my life where I had a crush on an Asian girl at school and that was a long time ago. And since I now live in a place where the population of Asians is lower than most, I find I don't really like many of the small group of Asians (I'm excluding Indians mind you).
These years it has been largely white or Hispanic girls I've been attracted to. So yeah, no problem with interracial relationships here.
I recall only one time in my life where I had a crush on an Asian girl at school and that was a long time ago. And since I now live in a place where the population of Asians is lower than most, I find I don't really like many of the small group of Asians (I'm excluding Indians mind you).
These years it has been largely white or Hispanic girls I've been attracted to. So yeah, no problem with interracial relationships here.