Well, I am in an interracial relationship, and we have three kids together, but I live in the south. Better yet, I live in Mississippi around Neshoba county, so it's like people around here tell us that we are going to hell and stuff like that. I have gotten over the fact that they talk about us as adults, but I'm terrified of what my children will have to go through as they get older.
2006-11-30 18:27:29 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Really, it matters not where you live as to wether your children will suffer any form of racial hatred or abuse, or not. I have lived in seven different counties in the U.K. and each time one of my children have suffered. My eldest daughter (12 y.o) was sexually abused by two classmates, my twin boys were targeted and bullied at two different schools because of their color, and finally my youngest daughter had her left arm and leg broken because she 'is not white' and 'wasn't allowed to play with the same toys as white folks'. I am an American citizen, I was born in West Virginia, but my father (who is Jamaican) married a beautiful white woman and my skin color is is btween the two. My wife is African (Morocco) and so our children are not white.
So, to answer your question, no, interacial couples are NOT wrong, we have every right to be a couple as the Bushes or the Blairs.
2006-11-30 23:09:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it's not wrong. You should also know that all men and women are Gods children. But Mississippi is a tough place with lots of Racial baggage. Most of the rest of America does not have a problem with this anymore. I have been in an interracial marriage for over 20 years with children and the issue just does not come up.
2006-11-30 19:22:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being in an interracial relationship myself, I can very much relate to what you're going through. No matter what people may say or think, it is not wrong. It's not easy to ignore them, but don't yourselves get down to their level. As for what your children may face, there will be some criticism, but from what I'm seeing, I get the impression that it's the adults who are saying these kinds of things. Most children now don't even care much about what color another child is. They just notice someone else to possibly get along with. Keep your heads up, and don't let anyone try and tear you two apart.
2006-11-30 19:04:16 · answer #3 · answered by Pocky_Girl7786 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to me, Love has no eyes. If you'll both are in real love, get the hurting words from one ear and trash it through the other. Its because of the people who go against other races, that the world is no more a safe place to live.
We all are human. If you shoot an American or an Asian, both will die the same way and all are buried into the earth. So, while living, everyone should be treated alike and even in death everyone should be treated the same. This is what our religion says so, there's nothing of going to hell if you are in an interracial relationship.
Next Time someone says that, tell them that you are the one who's going to hell and not them and tell them to mind their own business.
BYE - Imtiyaz G
2006-11-30 20:09:06 · answer #4 · answered by Imtiyaz G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh my God move out of the South the devils courtyard!
Those bible belt people are so evil I just cant stand it!
I am in an interracial relationship and we have no problem what so ever, we are involved in church, my partner and I have straight, gay and lesbian friends and life is good in that respect.
How awful for people to think that people should not love other people!
But down in the south you have all those "good ole boys" who are sneaking out and doing their nasty little deeds with men and women of the other race or of their same gender, are such sick little perverts hiding who they really are what weasels!
I cant believe you are going through this in the year 2006 what a shame! Come to the northeast, prejudice is here but not that strong.
2006-11-30 23:13:27 · answer #5 · answered by Crampy Grampy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amusing, everyone here seems to think interracial couples are perfectly ok, and those who think otherwise are outdated racists. Yet, how many who have answered here would turn around and spit on a gay couple? I guarantee that 50 years from now, the homophobes will be laughed at too. I hope everyone learns from this question. Things that seem so wrong now will be so silly and trivial in the future. Time to catch the wave of progress, before you're left battered on the rocks of reactionary shunning.
2006-11-30 19:15:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow...if interracial couples are wrong, then I am just wrong! I'm a "product" of an interracial marriage btw, and I'm proud of my heritage. I think you should'nt be too worried about your children as the younger generation (of which I'd like to think consists of yours truely) are more open minded. The world is changing and those who don't change along with it get left behind. So I say " Keep it up!" Hold your head up high because you are one of the few (around your area) who can get past the superficial differences in a person.
2006-11-30 18:45:44 · answer #7 · answered by Rachel2312 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is nothing wrong with this. As long as the two of you can work out your differences (which you should have done so since you already have 3 kids), you don't have mind those small minded busy bodies. I agree that this will be a little tough on your kids. You just have to explain to them, worst case scenario, consider shifting. In my country - Singapore, this is quite common. I even know a couple - a Chinese married to a Malay, and they have 2 two lovely daughters. On the road, I see a lot of interracial couples. Just tough it out, ok.
2006-11-30 20:00:32 · answer #8 · answered by Doris T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. It's not wrong. Everyone is the same no matter what color they are, and anyone that doesn't know that is simply uneducated. I think you will (hopefully) find that as your kids grow up it will be o.k. More and more couples are just like you and it will become a more accepted thing. If it's really a problem, honestly consider moving. It's normal in Virginia. My son has 'mixed' cousins. Heck--Everybody is mixed if you go back far enough, whether they are aware of it or not.
2006-11-30 19:53:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Human races living on the earth these times are the sum of previous interracial weddings.
Mankind is changing continuously and getting stronger thanks to interracial couples too. This is the reason why human beings are lasting so long and adapting through the centuries.
I am Italian, in our country we had one of the most ancient "human melting pot" of the world, and eventually I will marry a Thai girl, nowadays the world is bigger.
2006-11-30 18:41:43 · answer #10 · answered by Il Conte Phersen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋