Interracial relationships, the acid test of racism?

[HotDamnImAPhiMu]

Originally posted by Dionysus
Why do most people ASSume that if you date someone of the same race that you would automatically have a lot of things in common?

First of all, can we PLEASE put the "assume = ASS U ME" thing to rest? Because really folks.

That aside.

If someone is of the same race as I am, and close with his family, and went to college, and likes dogs, and likes church, I assume we have a lot in common.

Why are you turning this into a "She said ALL WHITES ARE THE SAME!" thing? That is quite obviously not what I said.

[HotDamnImAPhiMu]

Originally posted by BobbyTheDon
Fair skinned, fair haired and fair featured, and not programmed to like a certain thing.

Are you Vicki from Small Wonder?

She's a SMMMMAAAAAALL Wonder. DOO DOOO!

VICKI WAS TOTALLY PROGRAMMED. THAT WAS THE WHOLE PROBLEM!



Status: Ended
Premiered September 1, 1985
Show Category: Comedy


Small Wonder was a sci-fi sitcom about a family who has a robot daughter. Ted Lawson, an engineer at a huge robotics firm, brings home a project that he is working on: a robot in the shape of a 10-year-old girl. The robot was a Voice Input Child Indenticant, but was nicknamed Vicki for short. Not only did she brighten up Ted's wife Joan, but also was a great sister to their only child Jamie Lawson. They tried to keep the fact that Vicki was a robot from the entire world, but found it difficult when their neighbors, The Brindles, started snooping around the house. Brandon Brindle, the head of the Brindle family, was Ted's boss and he does his best to lie, cheat and steal to get him further up the ladder. His wife, Bonnie, was no better than he was, and his bratty daughter Harriet had a killer crush on Jamie.


Jamie, however, would rather play with Reggie, his best friend and confidant than to have Harriet chase him everywhere.
Jamie also tried to teach Vicki how to be a normal kid, but all she could do is mimic people and do things literally. Vicki also had an evil side to her named Vanessa, who was smart-mouthed, conniving and treacherous at times. But other than that, the Lawsons enjoyed four years of living with a robot and no one outside the family was ever the wiser, not even the ever-nosy
Brindles.

Small Wonder ran in syndication from 1985 to 1989 and was a ratings hit. There were talks of doing a spin-off series dedicated to Vanessa named Too Good to Be True but it died in the planning stages.



Theme Song:

She's a small wonder
Pretty and bright with soft curls
She's a small wonder
A girl unlike other girls
She's a miracle, and I grant you, she'll enchant you at first sight
She's a small wonder
And she'll make your heart take flight
She's fantastic, made of plastic
Microchips here and there
She's a small wonder,
Brings love and laughter everywhere!

[BobbyTheDon]

Originally posted by HotDamnImAPhiMu



Theme Song:

She's a small wonder
Pretty and bright with soft curls
She's a small wonder
A girl unlike other girls
She's a miracle, and I grant you, she'll enchant you at first sight
She's a small wonder
And she'll make your heart take flight
She's fantastic, made of plastic
Microchips here and there
She's a small wonder,
Brings love and laughter everywhere!

Alright, yeah. Kddani was not Vicki then.

"Bright with soft curls" - Kddani, you're bright but do you have soft curls?

"She's a small wonder"- Nope. She's not a small wonder, shes a big wonder.

"She's fantastic, made of plastic" - Well, her being fantastic is all in ones opinion. Made of plastic? I don't think Dani has any plastic to her.

"Brings love and laughter...EVERYWHERE!" - Dude. Anytime I see Kddanis screenname in a thread the Darth Vador song chimes in. She doesn't bring love and laughter. She brings meanness and bullys people But ever since I confessed my fake love for her, she hasnt been that mean to people lately

[BobbyTheDon]

Originally posted by BobbyTheDon


"She's a small wonder"- Nope. She's not a small wonder, shes a big wonder.

Oh no! That could have came off as the wrong way. I didn't mean Big Wonder as in FAT wonder.

I mean, BIG WONDER, as in she isn't a little girl. She is an adult.

Sowwy

[Dionysus]

Originally posted by HotDamnImAPhiMu
First of all, can we PLEASE put the "assume = ASS U ME" thing to rest? Because really folks.

That aside.

If someone is of the same race as I am, and close with his family, and went to college, and likes dogs, and likes church, I assume we have a lot in common.

Why are you turning this into a "She said ALL WHITES ARE THE SAME!" thing? That is quite obviously not what I said.

This is not an attack on you nor on whites. I said the same thing on the other thread where some blacks said that they would not date anyone white because of the same reason. No, you did not say that all whites are the same, nor did anyone else. But, the way some people phrase themselves, I do interpret it as that to a degree. But, that's just my opinion.

[BobbyTheDon]

Back to subject.

Hotdamn, Dani, Zeta Tau Alpha Ngel, I don't think you are racist.

[HotDamnImAPhiMu]

Originally posted by BobbyTheDon
Back to subject.

Hotdamn, Dani, Zeta Tau Alpha Ngel, I don't think you are racist.

FINALLY I CAN SLEEP!



(don't make me bring Small Wonder into this again.)

[Rudey]

Black, white, yellow, red...it's all pink on the inside.

-Rudey
--I think I saw that on Sesame Street or something.

[mulattogyrl]

Originally posted by Rudey
Black, white, yellow, red...it's all pink on the inside.

-Rudey
--I think I saw that on Sesame Street or something.

damn you

[Rudey]

Originally posted by mulattogyrl
damn you

Elmo said it.

-Rudey
--That disgusting little jerk.

[starang21]

i date who i want. i'm a grown man, bump other's people's opinions. when i get stares, i smile. one of two things are happening...

a. they want my girl
b. they want me.

oh well.

[James]

Good discussion.

I do think some of the posters got a little off topic.

We aren't talking about dating preference in terms of attraction.

Its hard to help who you are attracted to for whatever reason. So if you are only attracted to Pygmys, its all good.

What we are talking about here is a situation where you meet someone that you are highly attracted to, and feel compatible with but basically won't date because they are a member of a specific race.

IF you are never attratced to begin with, its a non-issue.

Also, I think the term racist intimidates a lot of people, I should have used the word prejudiced.

[_Opi_]

Originally Posted by James

What we are talking about here is a situation where you meet someone that you are highly attracted to, and feel compatible with but basically won't date because they are a member of a specific race.

Well then, that's messed up. I would seriously question the basis of their conclusion. I would even go so far as to say that they are subconsciously racist. Assuming that they are compatible, why is their only issue skin colour?

[AEPhiSierra]

To me what makes sense is wanting to date inside your own culture/religion. I personally will only date guys who are Irish/Italian and Catholic because when I have children I want my culture and religion to be a big part of their upbringing and I think a man with the same background will best be able to share that with me. The idea of dating/not dating someone because of their "race" seems silly to me because there are so many cultural differences within races. Having grown up in Brooklyn I will always have much more in common with my black West Indian neighbors who go to the same church and are also first generation Americans than I ever will with have with a white person from another part of the country, who is not first generation and not Catholic.

[mulattogyrl]

Originally posted by James
What we are talking about here is a situation where you meet someone that you are highly attracted to, and feel compatible with but basically won't date because they are a member of a specific race.

In this specific case, I think it's just plain dumb not to date that person and yes, I also think prejudiced to an extent.