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View Poll Results: Should the label "INTERRACIAL" on interracial relationships be abolished?
Yes the term interracial should be abolished. 11 40.74%
No we need the term interracial. 16 59.26%
Voters: 27. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 02-05-2011, 02:34 PM
 
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Should the label "INTERRACIAL" on interracial relationships be abolished?
Very BROAD subject.
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Old 02-05-2011, 02:46 PM
 
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The word reminds me ONLY of porn LMAO
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Old 02-05-2011, 02:47 PM
 
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in a perfect world yes, but its unlikely that people will identifiy others without bringing race identifiers into it.
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Old 02-05-2011, 02:48 PM
 
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I don't think it should be because it's simply describing a couple of mixed race and I don't see it as being derogatory. The Census Bureau also tracks every sort of data you can think of including interracial marriages. I think eventually it will become obsolete though because at least in America individuals who are of mixed race will be such a large percentage of the population that it would seem pointless to keep track of it. Latin America already has far more racially mixed individuals than we do and it just becomes something that people don't even pay attention to because it's so common.
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Old 02-05-2011, 02:49 PM
 
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Abolished how?
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Old 02-05-2011, 02:53 PM
 
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The question makes no sense to me. Not sure what your point is. If someone wants to discuss the interracial aspects of a relationship, then how the hell else are you going to describe it?

If your point is, can everyone just ignore race and have relationships that don't take race into account, that ain't gonna happen either pal. Racial differences exist. Some of us are attracted to certain races. Some find others unappealing. That's just human.
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Old 02-05-2011, 02:55 PM
 
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Abolished how?
A constitutional amendment, don't be silly.
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Old 02-05-2011, 03:02 PM
 
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Abolished how?
There's no such thing as interracial relationships. There's just relationships.
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Old 02-05-2011, 03:05 PM
 
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A constitutional amendment, don't be silly.
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There's no such thing as interracial relationships. There's just relationships.
But how would a person abolish the term? Fine people who say it?
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Old 02-05-2011, 03:11 PM
 
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As long as 'race' itself remains a phenomenon, 'interracial' relationships will continue to be set apart from same-race relationships. Unfortunately, like the terminal illness that it is, once the concept of race has been introduced into the American psyche, it was pretty much destined to be here to stay.
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