interracial relationships (Minneapolis: school, to live in, golf)

[WhatMe]

I have no problem with it personally, but I think it's sad that one day, if interracial marriages continue at such a high rate, there will only be a single race. Where's the diversity in that?

[Jaxx99]

Originally Posted by whatever

Sounds like fun, but my wife wouldn't put up with me dating anyone.

Exactly...

I'm the poor bootstrapping kid who married the rich, smart girl. I dare say that was just as much of a cultural gap as if I would have married someone from a different race.

[mel55880]

Originally Posted by WhatMe

I have no problem with it personally, but I think it's sad that one day, if interracial marriages continue at such a high rate, there will only be a single race. Where's the diversity in that?

EXCUSE ME??? To say that you have no problem with interracial marriages in one statement and then to say that you think it's sad... in the next statement is completely contradictory.

Interracial marriages are not at such a "high rate" as to eliminate diversity! Besides diversity comes in things other then race. There is religious diversity, cultural diversity...

Would you say the same thing about people marrying outside their religion? You know, it's so sad, if people keep intermarrying among religions, pretty soon there will be more non-denominational churches then specific religious churches? Do you see that as a problem too?

[Bagira]

Originally Posted by WhatMe

I have no problem with it personally, but I think it's sad that one day, if interracial marriages continue at such a high rate, there will only be a single race. Where's the diversity in that?

It would take a thousand years at least.

[WhatMe]

Originally Posted by mel55880

EXCUSE ME??? To say that you have no problem with interracial marriages in one statement and then to say that you think it's sad... in the next statement is completely contradictory.

Interracial marriages are not at such a "high rate" as to eliminate diversity! Besides diversity comes in things other then race. There is religious diversity, cultural diversity...

Would you say the same thing about people marrying outside their religion? You know, it's so sad, if people keep intermarrying among religions, pretty soon there will be more non-denominational churches then specific religious churches? Do you see that as a problem too?

What I meant was I wouldn't object to my son or daughter dating or marrying someone of a different race. Kindness, empathy, honesty and personal integrity is what counts.

What I think is sad is that scientists estimate there will be no true redheads in 100 and no true blondes in 200 years. With black and hispanic birth rates still on the rise and white birth rates on the decline - a single, blended race is a very likely scenario.

The subject of the thread IS "interracial relationships," so I'm not even going to respond to your religious or cultural diversity comment.

[taysantanamama]

I am white, husband is Mexican. If anyone has had a problem with us(other than my redneck ex-boyfriend whom I dumped for my husband)they haven't shown it. The strangest thing is that people(mostly well meaning old ladies) ask if my kids were adopted. I am white-white, blond, green eyed, kids are dark eyed, brown hair, beautiful cinnamon sugar skin.

[MNNative]

Originally Posted by kuan

My wife and I are an interracial couple. We see plenty. In a coupla decades we'll all be brown and that's fine by me.

When my inlaws got married, Catholics did not marry Lutherans. We've come a long way since then.

There's this comedian, Russell something or other and he's an Asian Indian...absolutely hilarious! Anyhow, I was watching his stuff on YouTube and he said something along the same lines...that one day everyone on the planet will be a mix of Chinese and Asian Indian (referring to how large their populations are). It was really funny, you kinda have to actually hear all his jokes to think it's funny. It might have been a different video clip where he talked about the brown people...but you get my point...maybe...

Anyway...

[MNNative]

My brother-in-law (tall, white, German guy) was once dating and eventually engaged to a Cambodian girl. They dated forever before getting engaged and eventually breaking up over things completely non-related to race...but I do recall their college doing a piece in their newspaper about their interracial relationship. I thought that was a CRAZY topic to have to write about...I hadn't really realized that it was such a problem, probably cause no one ever told me it was.

Here's the article (note, it's almost 10 years old):
MDO - Interracial couple experiences social acceptance at diverse U - 12/15/1999 (broken link)

(FYI: Funnily enough, her older brother has since married a white woman and my bro-in-law had traveled to their wedding and hung with her family on many occasions...so people change.)

If you think about it, race problems wouldn't be so prevalent if people stopped talking about it and quit making a big deal over it. Kids wouldn't hear things, pick up on things and then copy such negative perceptions.

[golfgal]

It used to be in Minnesota if you were Catholic you couldn't hang out with the Lutherans and vice versa . My mom went back to her hometown celebration several years ago with a bunch of people she grew up with that now live in the Metro area and one of the guys, who is a neurosurgeon in the Twin Cities, mom wouldn't let him got to the Mass at the Catholic church with everyone else . Everyone had gone to the Lutheran service and they planned on going to the Catholic Mass after that (good places to see everyone) and his mom made him go home with her instead of going to church. He was 45 years old then.

[Slig]

Honestly it annoys me to see these topics discussed with such a high frequency in today's day and age. It isn't a big deal anymore.