No politicaly correct answers on this Why are some folks distrubed by interracial relationships?

Question

For the life on me, I cant understand this. I'm not just talking about the uneducated folks im tlaking about educated folks mad if a guy or lady from their race marries outside of their race.. I can understand being wary of cultural issues, but racial hatred towards a relationship is silly.
I mena if anyone sees the video the real eve, its been proven were all of the same race . So where is all this hatred coming from?

Answer 1

First of all you need to stop calling it hatred if you are to truly understand the mechanisms at work in people who bristle at the sight of an interracial couple. It is actually fear that is the true culprit here and it will help you to refer to it as such when you discuss the matter with people. It is also not entirely unjustified, at least from an instictual point of view. You must bear in mind that with all our technology, and language, and arts, and world wonders, at the core, we are still just mammalian animals. We are also "tribal" animals which makes the problem evn worse. You see it isnt about race, its about tribe. For example if our society were all the same color, but we banded together and defined ourselves apart from others by wearing a special color shoe. You would see exactly the same response if you with your white shoe tried to date the girl down the block with the black shoe. It is disconcerting to the tribal instict to see aperson that you "view" as part of your tribe consorting with someone who you "view" as either an enemy or even part of an unallied "tribe".
So you see in reality it really doesnt matter what color you are, it is more about what "culture" or "tribe" you represent. I remember when I was a young teenager it would annoy me when I saw pretty girls hanging around all the "short-hairs". I had long hair and all my friends had long hair. They were my "tribe". The "short hairs" were different. They were not one of us. I hope I was able to illustrate this point clearly for you. Obviously some people are not "slaves" to their basic instincts. The ones who arent can cross traditionally instinctual lines without a lot of trouble. I call this thinking outside the instinct. Most people however, cannot do this. The sad thing is that if a person was smart enough to know what this is all about, they would also be smart enough to rise above it. Consequently most of the people that are troubled by inter-racial relationships, are not bright enough to even know why they are disturbed by them. Which actually makes them even more dangerous.

Answer 2

If you just want to know 'why some folks are disturbed by interracial relationships', the answer seems fairly easy: "Some folks" have not grown up to be mature human beings.
Your question however suggests that you are rather looking for a 'politically correct' justification of the ethical legitimacy of interracial relationships, than for the reasons of "some folks' " hang-ups. Well, let me assure you, you do not need one!
What you need is to realize your own human dignity that your Creator has endowed you with, which is neither the prerogative of any race or social class, nor can it be procured from any 'outside'-source! The more you come to realize that, the more you will find that the folks you have to deal with will accept and respect you (in whatever you do, as your actions too will emanate that dignity) and the more you will grow out of the league of the 'immature', and the less their immaturity will bother you.
My prayers are with you!

Answer 3

♥michele♥ ~ oh so ruthless... This is directed at you alot of white women had that same problem. In the past it used to be common for white men to have black mistresses and girlfriends on the side.

When I was growing up I was taught black women should never be trusted to be alone with a white man because they were serial seducers. I am over that now but I still feel so many people are quick to forget how it used to be white men with black women that used to be the most common mixed race relationships.

To the person who asked this question

I think the reason why is fear on the part of white people most mixed race children tend to look like typical black children or more black then they do white which shatters the whole idea of white supremacy.

Answer 4

i'm white. My spouse is from the South East Asia / Asia Pacific section. as quickly as I grew up, it develop into understood that relationship non-whites develop into no longer proper. nicely, no longer precisely all non-whites, because of the fact particular Hispanics have been allowed. The reasoning given develop into the cultural changes, no longer consistent with shade, although. when I left abode, I dated a community American woman, then some Latina females, some Asians, and a few black females, besides as white females. Admittedly, cultural themes did upward push up. yet i found that information and comprehend for different cultures, tremendously while blended with love, can artwork with the aid of those themes. the considerable's to bear in mind that no longer everybody greater healthful into their stereotype mildew, be it non secular, ethnical, shade, or citizenship/nationality, we'd desire to verify to locate the funds for each and each individual the possibility to be themselves and settle for them as such. As for what race might I be maximum possibly to this point different than my own? i think of i might like Hispanics.

Answer 5

To tell you the truth, I don't see it a lot.

I've been married to my wife for 27 years, together for 31.

30 years ago it was a different story, especially here in the south. We used to get a log of people staring. We just stared back. They quit.

Anybody tried to make a snide comment or say something, we made if very public - asking them what they meant. You'd be surprised how quickly it stopped.

Answer 6

I'm going to be honest here... I used to have an issue with Black men dating White women. It seemed the whole world was turning their backs on Black women ~ including our own men. It doesn't bother me anymore. I realized that I'm more attracted to, and I "click" better with the 'other'. So as long as two people are happy, and aren't together for the wrong reasons ~ I'm happy for them.

Answer 7

Yeah but people still react strongly to black / white relationships and marriages , some people more so than others, and that goes for blacks and whites both. It's hardly just whites who don't like it. There are a lot of black people as well who dislike it, who feel their people should be "keepin it real", and so on and so forth. It's probably much stronger in US society , I'm sure, due to this country's long long history of polarized race relations particularly between black and white, which is only now easing up perhaps a bit. (At least I think it is easing up a bit).

Sure it's true that we humans all came out of Africa at some distant point in our collective history, but, I mean, in today's society, at least here in the US, one can't honestly expect all people to sit there and say, 'Gee, you know 50, 60,000, 100,000 years ago, we all looked similar or the same, we all looked something like Africans, therefore' ..... I mean, average people just don't think that way.

Today there are , like it or not, real , significant differences between "races", and particularly between black and white and it's particularly "felt", if you will, in US society. Let's face it. People tend to , even if only subtly , "segregate" themselves. Even kids do this. Look at highly "mixed" public high schools, or colleges; blacks tend to (TEND to, not ALWAYS) hang out together, sit together at lunch tables, etc, and likewise with whites. It seems to be human nature that "like wants like" ... or at least wants similar. How many white people do you see (intentionally) driving through or strolling around in run-down all- black neighborhoods in the big cities all across this country? (Not counting homeless whites, or crackheads, prostitutes, etc). "White flight" out of areas where blacks are moving into, that's a form of self-segregation, and it's going on as we speak, probably will never stop. Blacks' desire for their own (successful) neighborhoods, black businesses, black colleges, black fraternities and sororities, and so on and so forth. That's all a form of self-segregation.

So, it's not "politically correct", no, but the reasons some people don't like interracial relationships are that some people, again both white AND black, feel that there are significant differences, cultural and otherwise, between the two races, and they simply choose not to "mix" , and particularly not to "mix" when it comes to making babies. And furthermore a lot of parents, again, white AND black, are not keen on the idea of their potential grandkids being "biracial"...... half black / half white. Like it or not, that's just how it is. I don't think it necessarily indicates that the people in question are "racists" or are hateful people because of this, however. Most of them (barring "extremists" on either side) would get along just fine with one another in general social situations, etc, but they just might not particularly wish for their sons and daughters to marry and have kids together. Does that make all of them "racists" or hateful ? I don't think it does. If you think it does however, that's your opinion.

Answer 8

Honestly, you still have those racist towns, and when the couple have a child, they will be a mix it will be hard for the child to know where they belong.

Answer 9

I believe it is fear based. They fear things that they cannot control. Due to this lack of control, they act out negatively.