Why won't you date outside your race?

Question

I want to know why people who have friends outside their race, will not date/marry outside their race? Does your friend outside your race know that you would never date/marry outside your race and if they do, how did they respond?

I want to be clear that this question is not for people who hate a certain race and do not have any friends outside their own race.

Answer 1

To be friends with someone is not as initimate as dating someone thus the difference between the term "friend" and "boyfriend/girlfriend".
People are different. People are sometimes made different based on their families. A person's culture is most determined by their race and by their family. These differences in culture could make a significant difference when relating to friends versus boyfriend/girlfriend. I think this difference of culture makes more of a difference in how close you are to someone. For example, I have some friends (and groups of friends) that I'm very close to and I have other friends (and groups of friends) that I can only handle for a couple hours at a time. These differences don't make them bad people, just different enough to be a good match. Preppies or jocks might not hang around gothics, nothing wrong with either, just different cultures.

Answer 2

I would date & marry outside my race people are people
to me. I had dated people outside my race when I was
single , but it just happend that the one I married has
the same nationalities as me.

Answer 3

Hi. Good question. Actually, "race" is an artificial designation. In other words, there really are no "races" since we are all genetically identical. Basically, all human beings are related closely. We are the same family. Our visible differences occured only as external adaptations to climate over generations. Inside, we are like peas in a pod. Therefore, dating someone is just dating someone. They may have cultural differences, but that just makes it more interesting. The key is in helping all of our cultures to stop worrying so much about "race" and to get them to start working toward justice and peace. In my circle of mates we can date who ever we like since we are all a mixture anyway! :)

Answer 4

I won't because I am married.
I did however marry outside of my race and have a child outside of my race, and have a huge extended family outside of my race.By race I mean skin color. We all are from the Human race.
I know that sounds cheesy, but it is true. I hope to one day live in a world where the color of someones skin is not an issue.

Answer 5

I would consider it, but I have never really been attracted to other races. My family is not an issue, because they accept all people for who they are. They prefer me to date Italians because they are very traditional 1st gen. American but they don't care who I date. I just don't think I'm compatible with other races as far as personality. Friendship is one thing but I just don't see myself in a relationship. I am looking for a nice Italian boy because that is who I like.

Answer 6

well, first of all i'm married now so i shouldn't be dating anyone. i've dated people i'm attracted to. it's not that i won't date outside my race. and what do you mean by race? i've dated outside my nationality. my husband is half armenian, does that qualify? i've never dated an african american. is that what you really mean?

Answer 7

I dated outside my race a few times. In fact, proposed marriage to a girl outside my race once. Her father forbade it. So we called it off.

Answer 8

I would of course date outside my race. My parents and grandparents did. I'm a result of that. Unfortunately it seems like most men don't like really dark women.

Answer 9

I have friends outside my race. I am Caucasian. I have friends who are Asian and Black. I also have friends who are gay and lesbian.

I do not date outside of my race and that is my personal preference. And yes, my friends know and are fine with what I choose for my personal life.

Answer 10

Well I'm mostly into white guys and I'm black. My mom has white friends but she said marrying or dating white was never an option because she grew up on a farm and her parents left that land to her and her siblings with specific instructions not to let white people get ahold of it. My grandparents were the children of former slaves and had to deal with Jim Crow and extreme racism. So I guess I get where they're coming from.