I Don't Date Outside of My Race...

unspokenone25 · #1 03-20-2007, 01:31 PM

Most of my friends are in the H.

starang21 · #2 03-22-2007, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by unspokenone25

Most of my friends are in the H.

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DSTCHAOS · #3 03-22-2007, 04:42 PM

starang21 is gonna make me beat him.

starang21 · #4 04-22-2007, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

starang21 is gonna make me beat him.

LOLOLOL

TotallyWicked · #5 12-10-2007, 10:17 PM

I know this is thread is old...

but we just had a race discussion and of course interracial relationships came up, one thing that people noticed was that the opinion varied on heritage, for example alot of Black Caribbeans said they were okay with interracial relationships whereas African Americans (especially from the South), were against interracial relationships.

Personally, I've only dated Black women (of all heritages), my parents were always okay with it (dunno if it was just to keep the peace or if they really were, they haven't said), being that I am Latino, I can assume that my folks (following a pattern I've seen predominant among Latinos) would strongly prefer (if we marry inside our group), if that person were light skinned with a strong European background as opposed to a Black or Indigenous mixed Latino.

In the discussion, people did discuss how learned of each other's cultures people would have to be in order to become accepted into each other's families, but someone pointed out that it could be considered intrusive if you have someone outside your culture talking to you about your own people.....what do you think?

lovehaiku84 · #6 12-11-2007, 10:48 AM

"...for example alot of Black Caribbeans said they were okay with interracial relationships whereas African Americans (especially from the South), were against interracial relationships"

This is interesting to me, as my boyfriend's family is Jamaican (black) and they weren't too thrilled about him dating me because I am black American. It took a very long time for them (his mom esp.) to get over this. From the way they talk, it's like black Americans and Jamaicans are different species or something, lol. And interracial relationships aren't cool with them either. BUT this may just be an isolated case.

DSTCHAOS · #7 12-11-2007, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by lovehaiku84

"...for example alot of Black Caribbeans said they were okay with interracial relationships whereas African Americans (especially from the South), were against interracial relationships"

This is interesting to me, as my boyfriend's family is Jamaican (black) and they weren't too thrilled about him dating me because I am black American. It took a very long time for them (his mom esp.) to get over this. From the way they talk, it's like black Americans and Jamaicans are different species or something, lol. And interracial relationships aren't cool with them either. BUT this may just be an isolated case.

It isn't just an isolated incident. They are making the "African diasporic fallacy" that I discussed in my post.

So your experience is probably an example of the part of his post that you quoted. If you were nonblack American (which would make the relationship "interracial" among other things) then they may not be opposed to it.