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View Poll Results: Is this a racist thing to say?
Yes 20 25.64%
No 58 74.36%
Voters: 78. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 08-30-2012, 12:25 AM
 
Location: The western periphery of Terra Australis
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If an Asian or black woman said, 'I want to marry a white man because I think mixed kids look better.'

(this is something my sister actually said).

Do you think this is a racist thing to say?

I think it's at least somewhat racist, since it's suggesting one race, albeit not your own, is superior...but then again, you could say thinking whites look better is just an opinion, or a preference, but it's at least a grey area, would you agree?

I see nothing wrong with intermarrying, but I'm just thinking about the reasoning behind it.
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Old 08-30-2012, 12:32 AM
 
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Biracial people do seem to have a proportionally high number of good looking people.

Not sure if it's racist, but it's certainly shallow and stupid to marry someone based on what your kids might look like.
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Old 08-30-2012, 12:33 AM
 
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This is a matter of aesthetics not race.
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Old 08-30-2012, 12:35 AM
 
Location: The Nanny State of MD
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Biracial people do seem to have a proportionally high number of good looking people.

Not sure if it's racist, but it's certainly shallow and stupid to marry someone based on what your kids might look like.
Agree.
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Old 08-30-2012, 12:37 AM
 
Location: Baltimore
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I voted 'no' because I look at it as a subtle comment about genetics and the more unalike the gene pool of the parents the better the 'mix'. My sister, who is blond and very fair is married to a 1st-generation Mexican American, made the same comment at some point about the kids they would have together. Granted both boys are unnaturally good looking but until they were about 6 months old they were literally the ugliest babies we'd ever seen. Little human troll dolls. We still loved them though.
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Old 08-30-2012, 12:38 AM
 
Location: Chesterfield,Virginia
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Biracial people do seem to have a proportionally high number of good looking people.

Not sure if it's racist, but it's certainly shallow and stupid to marry someone based on what your kids might look like.
You are of course correct!
(The Good Looking Part)
Thank You!
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Old 08-30-2012, 12:41 AM
 
Location: My beloved Bluegrass
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No different than someone saying they want to marry someone tall so they can have tall kids. Or someone smart so they can have smart kids.
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Old 08-30-2012, 12:42 AM
 
Location: Chesterfield,Virginia
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Good Lord .. I just accused SF of being correct!

Under the circumstances it would be hard (If not impossible) to argue with the statement !

Rest assured though that it will never happen again!
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Old 08-30-2012, 12:51 AM
 
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No different than someone saying they want to marry someone tall so they can have tall kids. Or someone smart so they can have smart kids.
What about marrying someone because you love them??? Novel idea right?
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Old 08-30-2012, 02:33 AM
 
Location: Mississippi
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It's a STUPID thing to say, that for sure. And it's not true because I've seen some ugly mixed people!
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