interacial relationships?

Question

what do you think about interracial relationships in terms of everything from cultural difference,to marriage and kids.whatever?

im white and from south africa and my boyfriend of 18 months is black and from congo.but so are most my friends if not from angola.i dont stick to choose with one race just seem attracted to this one. just curious about what people think because there are mixed reviews usually.

the answer irecieved about dating inter raciallt to 'piss of the establishment' is exactly what i meant, why can it not just be that i am in love with my boyfriend and he is with me and that it has nothing to do with proving any points? I dont think its racist but i do think its ignorant and shallow minded to think that grown people date to piss others off or prove a point. But i appreciate the honesty.

Answer 1

Look back in history and you will see that only 100 years ago it was not accepted that even Christian Churches intermarried.
Once it was considered a concern if Engish married a Scot or an Irish person.A Catholic certainly didn't marry a Prodestant.The marriage wasn't even recognised by the Church!
They all were meant to keep to their own back yards.
America and Australia had to change that in the early days.As there were so few "white" women of any race.
Then immigration to these countries began and there were people from all over Europe living and eventually loving together.
Asian and European immigration increased as did South American,and Middle Eastern.
In America the people from African descent gained equal rights and mixed marriages became lawful and accepted.The same with the indiginous people of both Australia and America.Unfortunatly thier freedom and equality was more of a token.
Im now talking about hardly 50 years ago and since then the world has become a lot more of a rainbow.
Maybe its just that some have their heads so far up thier back****s that they don't realise it.
Maybe they just don't want to!
I think interacial marriage is the reason people are getting so goodlooking and better built.
The gene pool is spread more.
As far as discrimination,well we do have laws regarding that.I know that they are not 100% successful,but they are there!
Western countries and most people who live in them, call themselves a multicultural society even if like me they are white.
In another 50 years there will be no such thing as a pure race in countries like America,Australia Canada and the U.K.It will be just one big old melting pot thats ridding us of a lot of unfoundered,hatred and bias against colour and culture.
Guess there will always be someone who trys to cause disharmony in someway.
After religion,colour and culture have gone maybe it will be our eye colour?
Maybe good will be brown,bad will be blue and green,oh my God stay away from that green lot!

Answer 2

I'm also from South Africa. Was. I've left now. Yay for me.

I dislike interracial relationships. I wouldn't get into one except with a Japanese girl but even there I would prefer to be with a girl of my own kind. Not because I think the Japanese are lower than myself (if you knew me, you'd know how much I love them) but because of the cultural differences. Thats just me.

I dislike these relationships because the resulting chidren will not be able to link themselves directly to either culture. I think that must be horrible, like being trapped in between. My parents are both Western Europeans but from different countries and I cannot link myself to either of my parent's cultures directly. It isn't the nicest thing. I also think this interracial things is a fad now, something that people do to show how wonderful and objective they are. Right now everyone is getting labelled as racist. It's a big word nowadays and people think interracial is the way to go. This is a big thing in South Africa because everyone wants to show how intergrated they are there. I know.

I also think it thins down the culture of both parties involved. It's like these relationships will fuse people around the world into one and the world will no longer be diverse.
Culturally the relationship will be divided. The resulting child will be split on this too. He/She will have no right to claim full ownership of either.

Pretty soon, in a couple of generations Europeans will be dying out because of interracial relationships and the immigrants flooding Europe. Europe was the head of the world once. It's people developed technologies at a brilliant rate but now they are being out-bred and most think this is a good thing... why? So we can all be one and the same.

Of course most will call me a racist, fascist, ignorant, Neo-Nazi scumbag because I dare speak my mind.




Also just to clear up a couple statements by curiositycat:

1) We are not all the same inside. It is stupidity to think that the only difference between races is skin colour and thats it. If we were all the same inside then Africa would be on the level of Europe which is plainly not.

2) Drop that "there is only the human race" rubbish because it is so worn out.

Answer 3

A person's race should never dictate who they have relationships with. I am the product of interacial relationships and have a rich cultural heritage of which I am proud of, Caucasian and Asian.

Being in an interacial relationship can be a very enriching experience. Learning about a different culture and values can help make oneself into a more understanding and well-rounded person.

As for interacial marriages, why would it matter what race you were as long as both people loved each other? Love transcends all physical form.

Kids produced from interacial relationships are extremely lucky in the sense that they get to experience not only one, but TWO different cultures, thus making them more worldly and empathetic.

Overall, interacial relationships are perfectly fine! Even better than fine. I hate it when people get so caught up in their race that they forget to see others as they truly are. We are all human and we all have the ability to love and be loved.

Peace and good luck!

Answer 4

Love overcomes all the type of problems that may arise in an interracial relationship. My white gran daughter has a black husband and have the most beautiful child I have ever seen.
They have overcome all problems (mostly from bigoted relatives)

Answer 5

The only thing that bothers me about interracial relationships is seeing a black guy with a white girl. Yes yes yes, I know how racist that sounds, okay? Just hear me out. If I see a black guy with a white girl, I usually can't help but get the feeling that the BOTH of them are doing it just to piss off The Establishment.

"Yeah, that's right!" says the black guy, "I'm tapping this white girl and there's nothing you can do about it! Take that!"
"Yeah, that's right Daddy!" the white girls says, "I'm banging this guy because he's huge, even though it's not obvious that he'll be able to provide for me!"

If a black guy and a white girl are going to be together, I'm just hoping that they are in fact in love with each other. Know what I mean?



IN RESPONSE TO ASKER: Ah, nice to know that I've hit the nail on the head. :) I actually didn't know that South Africans and Congoese (is that the word I want?) suffer from the same kind of prejudice. Here in the U.S., we unfortunately have too many blacks who think that the only way they can be successful in life it to piss off the White Man as often as possible. My position stated above is reinforced by my observations of for about every one white guy/black girl coupling I see, I see about 19 black guy/white girl couplings. And most black women don't like it when their men go after white women either. :P I would much rather like to think that she's with him because he's a great guy, but with stats like these, I'm kind of forced to comply with my previous conclusion.

OTHER sorts of interracial relationships I have absolutely no problem with, but if the black/white relationship ratio is mostly black guy/white girl, that just looks to me like an act of defiance.

But if you and your guy are together truly because you consider yourselves soul mates, the best of luck to you. :) God bless.

Answer 6

It's cool. I been in a couple of them myself. But I mostly date Black and Latin men because that's what I'm used to. But I like everything.

Answer 7

Marriage and relationships should be based on love... not race!!! I think it's great that people of different races can get along while some of us sit there all day telling racist jokes and picking on multiracials.

Answer 8

Some of the most beautiful people born are from inter-racial relationships. There is one race, the human race. It doesn't bother me one bit. We are all the same inside.

Answer 9

It's great! You must understand the other culture to some degree and find it appealing. The children will grow up in both cultures. W

Answer 10

Why worry about race at all? Date whoever you wanna date! Don't let race hold you back on your decision! We are all human beings, and that's what's most important. The only differences between us humans is our culture...