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Sorry bud, depends on which ethnicities. I am British Nigerian and my wife is Scandinavian in heritage. She is the better looking one, trust me Caucasian men and weirdly older Caucasian women in both LA and NYC make their dissatisfaction apparent.
I don't really care these days, but please don't make out it isn't a problem as it is. In London less people make an issue of it. Weirdly the problem went up a notch once we had a kid, which we put down to people realising we were not a fling (patronising as that view is) and serious couple.
To be fair I remember being so proud of my father in law. He weathered a fair amount of disapproving looks when he was out with us on one pretty bad day. People looked at him like "how could you let your daughter date THAT man". He handled it like a boss and just ignored it. He massively went up in my estimation that day..
That being said the British are more veiled in showing their disapproval with something they see publicly unlike yanks, so there could be more folks with issues than I appreciate. Hell the Brexit vote unveiled the true amount of bigotry in the UK.
Yep.
Regarding the last bold. I think the Brexit vote showed how similar the UK is the the US in terms of, it seemed most of the major cities (diverse areas) wanted to stay in the EU and most of the countryside wanted out. Very similar politics occur in the US
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If you walk around places like London and Paris, you will see interracial couples EVERYWHERE. Even watch British tv once in a while. The sheer amount of interracial couples/relationships shown on TV (Dr. Who, Luther, etc) versus what you see on US TV show the amount of tolerance. I'd honestly say, I'lll take the rain and cold weather to live where people accept me more.
Also, I strongly agree, when I was there people were more interested in the fact that I was American rather than black, actually, probably made it more interesting that I was black american with my half asian wife. People probably thought we were British until we spoke.
Regarding the last bold. I think the Brexit vote showed how similar the UK is the the US in terms of, it seemed most of the major cities (diverse areas) wanted to stay in the EU and most of the countryside wanted out. Very similar politics occur in the US
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If you walk around places like London and Paris, you will see interracial couples EVERYWHERE. Even watch British tv once in a while. The sheer amount of interracial couples/relationships shown on TV (Dr. Who, Luther, etc) versus what you see on US TV show the amount of tolerance. I'd honestly say, I'lll take the rain and cold weather to live where people accept me more.
Also, I strongly agree, when I was there people were more interested in the fact that I was American rather than black, actually, probably made it more interesting that I was black american with my half asian wife. People probably thought we were British until we spoke.
I haven't lived in the US so can't claim to have any knowledge of interracial couples and how they are perceived/treated.
From what I have observed on a dozen visits to the big US cities (New York, Washington D.C., San Francisco) is that interracial couples do exist in fairly big numbers, however it does seem a little more segregated in the major US cities than say London where I live and have grown up.
In general, most of the major UK Cities seem fairly accepting of interracial couples, it's by no means perfect and their are issues as you rightly stated re: Brexit...but these incidents don't outweigh the general attitude, it's of course just my opinion.
You wont see them here in the borough of Redcar&Cleveland,which is about 98% White British,certainly one of the highest in the country and i live in a small seaside town of 6000 people.Apart from takeaway owners who mostly live elsewhere there arent any non whites really and if there are they are day trippers.I wouldnt say here has a racial problem but you might get the odd stare.
15 miles away lies Middlesbrough with a population that has more than 10% Pakistani origin.Now things are different there.People live very segregated lives,the Pakistanis around the town centre and the white majority on the outside estates,some of which arent places i would recommend anyone Pakistani went to.The women who wear veils get a lot of abuse.Strangely in all this you rarely see a black person but those that are there are well accepted.Its just about Britains most deprived town,and despite a great local pride,there are issues it prefers to ignore.
Originally Posted by onetwothree321 Is London a good place to relocate to for a black-white couple? In terms of things like stares, racist attitudes, racist comments, and general acceptance/quality of life.
Are such relationships common?
I've heard that interracial couples get many stares and comments.
I am not knowledgable on the issue at all so any information would be appreciated!
Thanks!
Happy to tell you as someone who has lived all over London that interracial couples are so normal that no one will even bat an eyelid at you.
There should be a sticky post here saying "it's ok to love anyone you want in London". I still can't get my head around the fact that people still have to begin absurd threads like this. Get a grip people.
Take it from me, YOU WILL BE FINE. In-fact you will be normal as long as you are a black man with a white girlfriend. those types of couples with black men and white women are VERY COMMON in london. So you will be fine. however if you are a white man with a black/Indian women then you might get a few stares because those couples are less common. If you are a white man then try to avoid ghetto areas where you might get beat up for dating a black/indian girl, like avoid Brixton, Hackney and Peckham at night.
As a white guy with a black Mrs and kids I can categorically say that nobody will take a blind bit of notice. We have travelled the UK from Scotland to Cornwall and NOBODY has ever seemed to bat an eyelid, nobody says anything, we don't get 'stared at', this is 21st century Britain not the 1950's. The previous post is nonsense Brixton, Hackney and Peckham are NOT even ,Ghetto's', I don't think the poster really knows what a 'Ghetto' is exactly.
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Get a grip people.
