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Originally Posted by valkyrie
What I understand him to be saying is that because of how he was raised, it wouldn't even OCCUR to him in normal life (as in not just talking on the internet) to date a woman who isn't white. I think this is different from someone (referred to in an earlier post as "pussy") who would change his behavior based on the disapproval of friends and family. That person would WANT to date someone of a different race and wouldn't, based on the judgment of others (inherently lame, IMHO). Macallan would never even have the idea to date a non-white woman. It's just his preference, based on how he was raised. His phrasing here is somewhat inelegant, but I really don't see the problem.
I have a very hard time getting upset about the dating preferences of others. It's not hurting anyone, and everyone should be free to date whomever he or she wishes, right? I personally wouldn't discount someone because of race, but I'd discount lots of people because of religion, and I don't care if anyone thinks that's offensive.
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Thanks. Yeah, my post was a little off when I came back to read it. I posted during the middle of class....thoughts were kind of all over the place. I included the prejudice/dislike part simply because I know how some people think on here....and I really didn't feel like having my family called racist/prejudice or some other name because of how they felt about relationships/marriage. Just thought I would add that they were neither of the two at all.
PreciousJeni - I'm sorry that the fact that I was raised thinking that marrying within your own race is proper and respectable disgusts you. There are many things that disgust me.......that are far worse than this.