86% of Americans now approve of interracial marriages (statistics, kid, call)

[Mikala43]

Originally Posted by 90sman

She's from Alabama.

Never been there myself, so I have no knowledge of the area.

I have no problem with a religious group wanting to stay with their own, or even races wanting to stay with their own. As long as they don't believe their beliefs should extend to others.

[Chicagoland60426]

Originally Posted by 2mares

I live in the south also and contrary to popular belief racism is not a problem. I see tons of interracial couples and I live in redneck central, population 2500.

The only draw back I can think of that was a concern for an Indian friend of mine (feather, not dot) when her daughter was engaged to a white man is that it will eventually dilute the "races". Some see that as a good thing, but it would be a shame to lose the diversity and the distinct beauty each individual race has.

That is invalid reasoning because 1.) Everyone in a IRR is not with the same race 2.) Not every offspring will look the same. Two East Asian/white mixed people can look different from each other, despite generally being of the same mixed. One can look more Asian and the other can look more white. And finally 3.) Not everyone is going to be in an interracial relationship.

Even if somehow in the future everyone is multiracial, then someone will make up new races(by dividing multiracials to what they are predominately mixed with) or multiracial people will continue to gravitate towards traditional labels. A lot of mixed people socially gravitate more to one part of themselves than the other, this is especially true for those of black mixed.

[TreasuredJewel]

Originally Posted by Mikala43

I'm just curious where you live? I'm from NorCal and Hawaii, and both places have so many different races.... I've never actually considered any "exotic". I find that so interesting.

You do understand that probably more people are mixed marriages than not?

Oh heck, I get confused on race and ethnicity. I'm Swedish, Mexican and English, which I believe technically is all caucasian.

What to you is mixed race?

A mixed race to me is like asian and black. They can marry whoever they want, but I prefer to stay in my own race. Your future family and parents will thank you in the long run. There are no asian people where I live not that I find asian men to be attractive in the slightest.

[Northside904]

I'm open to love, be it with a white, black, Haitian/Jamaican woman, it doesn't matter to me. It's not for my parents/grandparents to approve because as long as I'm in love with her, that's what counts. Besides, they don't have to live with her for the rest of their lives, but I do

Your future family and parents will thank you in the long run

I thought when we get older, we live our lives for us and not our parents. Are you sure you're not a member of Stormfront?

[PurePugx3]

A mixed race to me is like asian and black. They can marry whoever they want, but I prefer to stay in my own race. Your future family and parents will thank you in the long run. There are no asian people where I live not that I find asian men to be attractive in the slightest.

^^^^Thank them for what? My kids are of mixed race.....half and halfs as some other poster describes it (now THAT'S an intelligent description). My family thanks me for having beautiful children in the family. Interestingly enough, their race never comes up in a negative way. They were also not picked on in school. Boy I'm glad I live where I do and know exactly why I avoid certain areas of the country. Geezus......

Cross the county line much, Jewel?

And yes please, YOU stay within your own race. In fact, well.....never mind, not worth it.

[TreasuredJewel]

Originally Posted by Lucario

I think you're way off here. Sounds like a Stormfrontian rationale for something irrational. Didn't know you were living your life according to your parents' wishes.

Well yeah it is my wishes along with my parents wishes. Also has to do with personal preference I mainly only find black guys attractive some white guys too. All the rest, not so much. I expect my children to marry in their own race. Please explain to me what is a "stormfrontian"?

Originally Posted by CityLover9

Respectfully, I have to strongly disagree.

I totally understand wanting to get your parents approval, but if two people truly love each other, don't you think that that is more important, no matter what race/ethnicity? I'm a white male and my girlfriend is Chinese (born in Hong Kong), would your parents not approve of my relationship?

If you never date anyone that is not in your racial group this issue would never come up. That is your relationship not any of my business. I just prefer to stay in my race that way we already have common ground. I have an older brother that dated some asian girl and no one liked her. She had no personality whatsoever, and the cultures clashed. The different cuisine, lifestyles, language, etc it was just too different. The relationship would have never worked, glad he dumped her.

Our cultures might be different, but we still get along perfectly, in fact I get along with her more so than with other girls I have dated within my own culture. In the end, aren't we all human beings, all equal among each other? You said you're Baptist, didn't Jesus teach that all people are equal and that you should love everyone regardless? I'm sorry I just don't agree and I definitely don't think that people marrying within their race is a product of human nature. For one thing, a vast majority of countries in the world are pretty much homogeneous anyways so for many people it's not even really an option. We're just fortunate enough to live in a truly multicultural society in the US and I think the reason we didn't have more interracial marriages before is (besides the racism) that until basically the 60's/ 70's we were a 90% white, 10% black country for the most part. It hasn't started to really diversify until fairly recently and now that it has, interracial marriages are on the rise.

Just my $0.02

I do not hate any race, I just choose to be involved romantically within my own race. My town is majority black so my options are very limited anyway. No one that I know of here is in an interracial relationship. Soon enough people will be saying that children who are not bi-racial are not "special" or "unique", we are fine just the way we are thank you.

I believe it is human nature to stay with your own race because look at history the many stories of cultures not getting along and there will always be racism. Some of the older people here are very racist, segregation was not really that long ago, and the some of the tension is still here because of that.

Originally Posted by CityLover9

I understand that you want your kids to be raised Baptist, that's fine with me. Again, respectfully, I have to disagree with the rest of your post. I don't understand how you can dislike an ENTIRE culture with millions of people in it?!? Maybe a particular individual or two, but an entire culture? Again, may I ask why? And regarding the tension between the families comment.....there's tension among a lot of families for the most part, even those from the same culture I think.

I was just saying in particular the Muslim culture, I would NEVER follow sharia law (not trying to make this turn political or controversy)

I know there is tension in families of the same race, but this is my personal problem that in the back of head I will always be thinking that I should have married in my race. I don't think the foreign guy would ever be truly accepted

[PurePugx3]

Originally Posted by SifuPhil;

Your kids will care when they get bullied in school for being "half-and-halfs".

You say other posters are missing your point, therefore you ceased posting on this topic. Any point you may have had, which is questionable, was lost on me when you used the term half and halfs.

Do you realize these are human beings you are referring to? Not just by-products of interracial parents to be referred to using any crass, crude, or offensive term a person can come up with.

I don't care what context you are using the term in, your life experience, none of it. I don't even care about whatever race you happen to be. Making intelligent points, you cannot, by speaking this way. Ever.

[buddy5]

Originally Posted by TreasuredJewel

I still do not approve of it, for various reasons.

Originally Posted by 90sman

She's from Alabama.

Originally Posted by Mikala43

Never been there myself, so I have no knowledge of the area.

I have no problem with a religious group wanting to stay with their own, or even races wanting to stay with their own. As long as they don't believe their beliefs should extend to others.

I totally agree with this. And I like the second sentence even more.
I prefer to stay within my race. That is not a put down on other races.

[Osito]

I would hope so. What year is it??? That this is still a problem to people is beyond me. I thought we were onto gay marriage last I checked. I don't care who marries who. Maybe I'm selfish but I'm so busy focusing on my own life that I just plain don't get people who have the time to focus on others (but should I start focusing I still wouldn't care.)

[Freedom123]

Originally Posted by Boompa

I live outside an Army base. There isn't a marriage on my block that isn't some kind of mixture, and the kids are pure AMERICAN. If you have a problem with race or race mixture, you have a problem

Boompa,

Did you get some indication from my post that I had a problem with race or race mixture?

If so, I don't know how.