Why do races tend to stick to themselves in dating/marriage?

Question

Why aren't there more interracial couples?

Answer 1

sometimes people are afraid of what their family will think and unfortunately that dictates who they fall in love with.

Answer 2

This is a very complicated question. I come from an interracial couple. I am currently in an interracial relationship. I think a lot of people tend to date within their own race because of culture, social stigma, and parental influence.

If you have the same culture that means that you celebrate the same religious holidays (Christmas/Passover), are familiar with the same history, and you probably like a lot of the same day to day things.

Social stigma is the pressure put on couples to look matched. I don't think people do it intentionally (not all of them at least) but it gets hard when you walk into a public place and people stare at you and whisper to each other (this happened more to my parents than to me tho). It can be overcome, but it takes a stong willed person to not give a crap what other people think about you.

Parental influence is a biggie. Parents want the best out of life for their children. Likewise, they think that the way they live is the best way...that's why they are living the way they do. They figure that they turned out well, so, if you do what they did you will also turn out okay. Some parents are just racist b/c their parents/society unfortunately taught them that. It can be hard. Religion also comes into play. Jewish parents want their Jewish kid to marry another Jewish person. Same with Catholics, Baptists, Muslims. That's the way they were raised. That might not directly affect the race of the person, but it can since the majority of most religions consist of one race with deviations throughout (i know that there are people of every color in every religion, but you get my point)

These barriers prevent people from dating outside of their race unfortunately. But, sometimes true love will help them stay together. These people deserve a lot of respect because I have seen how mean society can be to them.

Answer 3

there are more interracial couples, I guess it depends on where you live as to how many there are. I see a lot of interracial couples where I live, but I dont see it where I work a lot (in a different county). I guess some people think its the right thing to stick with your own race and the whole acceptance thing with parents/friends/ etc. I've had an other race boyfriend who's parents didn't like that he dated outside his race and threaten to cut him out of the will-and we all know how money talks. So thats a reason too. I date outside my race and people do tend to stare depending on where we go, but it doesn't and shouldn't matter as long as there is love there.

Answer 4

By nature, I think people are more inclined to couple with people who look more like themselves. And it's still the case in many parts of the country that the pool of available mates is composed mostly of people from the same race.

Also, many of the ethnic groups tend to self segregate when it comes to social situations. How often have you seen a bar, night club, restaurant, etc. where the majority of the customers are one race or another. This has nothing at all to do with racism, politics, political correctness, or even conscious choice. Most people just tend to feel most comfortable around people of their own race.

I also think cultural barriers are a major factor. People of the same race are much more likely to understand certain things about you without and special effort just by being members of the same race.

That being said, I don't have anything specifically against being with an Asian, Hispanic, or black women (or any other race for that matter). But my day to day life doesn't put me in contact with many of them either.

Answer 5

I am a black female and I date everyone...anyone, but I've found that their is a lot of pressure from other people around you. I live in the south and I have dated white men whose parents loved me but didn't want me to marry their sons. There is also the level of comfort I remember listening to some very classic soul music that as a black person I thought everyone knew and the white guy i was dating was completely in the dark, we experience this with movies too.
I think it is also over thinking I have been in places where someone of a different race was hitting on me and I liked the guy but didn't respond because I didn't think an Asian man would ever take me seriously...

Answer 6

I guess it is because you may be more comfortable. You have the same culture, same food, same language maybe same religion. There are a lot of interracial couples where I live. As a matter of fact, I am in one. My husband is Indian (from India) and I am Mexican American. I have so much fun with him. It is exciting to be in an interacial marriage. There is always something new to find.

Answer 7

I see alot of interracial marriages in Houston.
Who cares what race someone is?? if you marry your own kind and you love each other that's good.'If you love some one outside your race and you marry them that's good too. Interracial children are also very pretty. In fact all children are pretty.
What's your point?

Answer 8

well the more interracial couples we have, the less races there will be. I choose to date within my race because I like my culture, and I do believe it's harder for children who are mixed to find acceptance. Plus that's how my daddy raised me! :0)

Answer 9

We humans are just one race, interracial couples are a dog with a cat and a cow with a horse, you mean intercultural couples. Yes, we need more of those to get our humanity better.

Answer 10

maximum persons improve up in a community this is predominantly their race; consequently, that's what they are mushy with. i'm a Black college pupil that has grown up in a predominantly Black community. once I have been given to college it replaced into greater like a fashion of existence marvel. It wasn't lots that i do in comparison to white human beings, it truly is greater like they gained't and don't understand me as a Black woman in simple terms like i don't understand an Asian, Indian, White individual, and so on.. all of us have diverse struggles. I somewhat have white buddies and my roommate is Asian, yet once I talk over with them approximately slavery, or stereotypes placed on Blacks, or something approximately my way of existence they kinda bend their head to the two part. we don't understand one yet another.

Answer 11

I stuck to my "race" My husband is of the human race. He's just darker :) Love isn't about color etc as god made us all.