True, but not only was the comment racist, he/she could have kept it to themselves.

Edited for peace. LOL

My boy Chuck Norris gave me some advice a while back.


"No Asian Girls"

Seriously man. That was some of the best advice ever.

How in the hell was his comment racist? Some of you morons throw around that term so loosely its ridiculous. You act as if its the same as calling someone an idiot.

Why is it SOOOOO wrong of him to say that he would be ostracized if he dated a black girl? Many social circles look down upon interracial dating....just as i'm sure some Greeks would too.....I know it is that way in many parts of the South. Looking down upon interracial dating doesn't make you a racist. Many people are brought up with the notion that it isn't proper.......and there is nothing wrong with that.

rac-ism  /-rey-siz-uhm/ :

1.) hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.
2.) a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others.

No, ignorance is never an excuse. It may be an explanation, but it's not an excuse.

Explain to me how that is ignorant.....

Where do these people get notions of impropriety? I mean, upon what are these notions based?

I guess the thing I can't figure out is why is it wrong or looked down upon just because of the color of someones skin. We're all people. It just doesn't make any sense. Don't get me wrong, I'm guilty of it too. But it still makes no sense. I would be kind of ashamed to bring a white woman around a big family function and call her my woman. Don't ask me why, I just would. :o

You'd be ashamed? WOW! If you loved her, what's the SHAME in that?

Hey, those are your feelings and we can't take them away from you. We can mock them and wonder what the heck is going on, but we can't take them away.:rolleyes:

If you can't see why he would be ashamed or feel slightly awkward...perhaps you need a swift kick into reality. It has nothing to do with love.....it has to do with the fact that his family has obvioulsy kept it within their own race and not married outside of the black community.
There isn't anything wrong with that. Its their personal choice....why would you mock them?

Why would a family want to impose shame anyway? It doesn't make sense to me. Is this an issue that requires some intervention on their part? If so, why?

It's not just "their personal choice" when they impose it on someone else.

Its obviously hard to post on the thoughts and beliefs of a certain family. I know that my family would not look too highly upon me if I brought home a girl to marry that wasn't white. It has nothing to do with prejudice or dislike.........it has more to do with the fact that I was raised...and they were raised in an environment that tought that it was far more proper and respectable to marry within your own race. I think the highly conservative social setting that we live in plays a part as well.

I'm not saying that they would treat the girl with disdain or disgust....they would definitely tell me though in private that they didn't approve.

Saying that you'd feel shamed or be ostracized by friends or family if you dated someone of a different race doesn't make you racist. It might indicate that your friends or family could be racist, and it makes you a pussy if you'd actually change your behavior based on that.

What's wrong with that? He's being honest. Let's face it, it's one thing to talk about how diversity is such a great thing but it's another to bring someone home for dinner. I dated a black guy for a bit who ended the relationship by saying that if he ever brought home a white girl, his mother would throw both of us out of the house. His twin brother was the only one in his family who knew about me and he was cool with it, but he was surprised as to why his brother was dating a white girl.

What on earth else does it have to do with if not "prejudice or dislike"?? Proper and respectable? I must say that entire line of thinking disgusts me.