| Jul 3, 2006 @ 12:50 AM |
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whozatladi
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I was just wondering if anyone was interested in interracial dating,and was all your thoughts on that??
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| Jul 3, 2006 @ 1:01 AM |
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whozatladi
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   not a thought on the topic??? HHHHHHHHMMMMMMM wonder why???
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| Jul 3, 2006 @ 2:03 AM |
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chinabull2000
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You wonder why? Perhaps because you posted at around midnight for most people here, and you only waited 11 minutes to start wondering why no-one has any thoughts on this topic.
As for the subject matter of this post, I am of mixed race, therefore every time I date, I am dating interracially. I have no other thoughts on the matter, other than I don't care about colour, creed, race, nationality etc ect, it is about the PERSON, nothing else.
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| Jul 3, 2006 @ 7:06 AM |
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everrett
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Just about every black person in the US that is not VERY dark comes from a consentual or forced mixed heritage. However Chinabull has it right. Dating should be about the person, and those aspects that you find appealing about that person.
If people think they like a someone from a group because of some silly stereotypes (black men being well endowed, asian women being docile, italians being great lovers, or the french being romantic), then they should step back and take a long hard look at the absurdity thier position. They are just as bad as people who hate for reasons just as silly.
All that to say; people are people.
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| Jul 3, 2006 @ 11:21 AM |
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uab_5
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I described my race as "white/caucasian", but my ethinicity is Anglo-Persian.
Mom was a Scotch/Irish/English from NC and my father is Persian from Iran. BTW there is a difference between Perian and Iranian.
I guess the inter-ethnic marriage was a big deal to eastern NC backin the later 60's. My dad got called all sorts of unrepeatable names.
My father explained to me and my brother growing up that we were racially white, vs. Asian, because the Caucases and Arial Mountains are not too far from Iran.
As proof, my father points out a cousin whose parents are both Iranian and is blue eyed and light brown hair like myself.
As far as inter-racial dating...I prefer European and Middle Eastern decendent women to Asian or African. No racism, I just find Europeans and Mid-Easterns more physically attractive, but there's alway exceptions...like Halle Berry and Ming-Na.
My younger brother on the other hand, the planet's most eligible bachelor, typically has the longest term relationships with Asian decendent women.
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| Jul 3, 2006 @ 11:23 AM |
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spongebob777
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It doesn't matter to me. I like any brand of woman.
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| Jul 3, 2006 @ 1:29 PM |
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PrincessHelloKitty
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As long as two people are compatible and they experience chemistry, who cares if it’s a interracial couple. Everyone is struggling with equality, whether it's racial, religious, or sexual orientation. I think the stigma of having to stay within your own race or sex is a crock of Sh*t. I feel what ever and whom ever makes you happy and compliments you is the person you need to be with regardless of race.
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| Jul 3, 2006 @ 2:35 PM |
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whozatladi
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Princess,I agree with you on ecerything,it was just a a question,why does everyone(not you) have to get bent out of shape?? Its all in who you prefer in your life. I am Italian...and it is TRUE what they say about us...lmao...I am happy for you and that you found who you are looking for in your life.
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| Jul 3, 2006 @ 2:49 PM |
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Loreli
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I think alot of the anti-inter racial attitude has disappeared. Even my own parents, who are very old school, seem to have mellowed over the years. And they were pretty strict about their feelings on the matter when I was growing up.
As with so many other things, it is changing with the times. There are so many mixed race individuals now, it's gonna be hard to break it down by race anymore.
The person you love for their whole being, no matter what color, race, etc..., is the key.
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| Jul 3, 2006 @ 3:08 PM |
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redhairNfreckles
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I just watched "Remember The Titans" on TBS last night for the first time. What a thought-provoking movie! I was a youngster, living in the deep South, when intergration came about. I remember well the remarks made by folks here in Dixie and it jaded me. Now that I am grown, and can think for myself, I see how wrong most of these "grown ups" were. If you haven't ever seen this movie, take time to watch it.
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| Jul 3, 2006 @ 3:26 PM |
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PrincessHelloKitty
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I haven't found anyone as of yet to compliment my life, but thanks for the vote of confidence. 
Why do people get bent on inter-racial relationships? I think its because it's veering away from the norm. What is normal? Webster’s describes normal as “Conforming with, adhering to, or constituting a norm” What I want to know is, who made the ruling on what normal is anyway?
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| Jul 3, 2006 @ 4:02 PM |
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observed50
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The most protected fence of intergroup relations is the fence of 'intergroup marriage.' Read any orthodox synagogue newspaper where you will see classes for teens on why you shouldn't marry them shiksas. Any orthodox religious faith will have the same admonitions. Not color based, but ethnicity (in this case, religion) based.
Other groups in the US now are a little more subtle, because the language has been pushed underground, but the rate of intergroup marriage is still exceedingly small. I haven't seen stats on this for some time, but last I taught material on this stuff, intergroup marriage was less than 5% in many groups.
Groups fear the loss of identity. In religion, its the loss of religious values and beliefs (you can imagine if a parent believes 'X' is god and everyone who doesn't believe is going to hell in a handbasket just how threatening it is to be faced with getting your head around your offspring going to hell, willingly and in love!) while in ethnicity of culture its the loss of tradition, language, art, food, identity markers of all kinds.
The highest predictor of who you will marry has for a long time been the proximity of the person to you - i.e., how close do they live. People who live closest to you are likely to be most similar to you, be it language, color, religion or food. Though members of the outgroup are always exotic in some way, the brain loves similar...it feels comfortable with similar.
I use to be a good ol Methodist boy...and I married a good ol German Catholic girl. She had already given up being a Catholic by the time we married. When we broke it to her mom we were going to marry in a field with a campus minister in a cardigan...the mom cried for 6 weeks. You can just imagine the venom for me when I separated from my ex. 
In my home town, Protestant and Catholic parents would disown their kids for marrying one of the other group. It doesn't take race to be whacky in the head...it just takes difference. 
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| Jul 3, 2006 @ 5:59 PM |
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Jankia
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In todays world interracial dating and or marriage is so common its not even an issue anymore,nor should it be.
The same goes for dating between different religions.There is no teaching within the Catholic or the Protestant religions to not date or marry one of another denomination.
It is done so frequently,its unnoticed,as it should be.
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| Jul 3, 2006 @ 6:08 PM |
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spongebob777
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There is no teaching within the Catholic or the Protestant religions to not date or marry one of another denomination.
It is done so frequently,its unnoticed,as it should be.
It's how my family ended up being so mixed. A look around our table at thanksgiving shows Protestants, Catholics, Jews, Agnostics, Atheists, gay and straight. We're all white at this point but I've had hispanic and asian girlfriends and my sister has had black and asian boyfriends and they were all welcomed as part of the family.
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| Jul 3, 2006 @ 7:07 PM |
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sweet5red
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Princess,I agree with you on ecerything,it was just a a question,why does everyone(not you) have to get bent out of shape?? Its all in who you prefer in your life. I am Italian...and it is TRUE what they say about us...lmao...I am happy for you and that you found who you are looking for in your life.
btw nice profile princess, straightforward kinda like mine since i changed it
and whozatladi i didnt see anything that said she found what or who she was looking for.. but as for this question.. its really all about the person.. not race, creed or color.. its the heart, Sweet N Louisiana
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| Jul 4, 2006 @ 12:22 PM |
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AngelLight
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Have always been highly open to interracial dating.....have dated men of just about all "races".....
Exposes one to different ethnic and cultural backgrounds, etc.....
For me, skin color matters not in the least....it's who the person is and if there is mutual attraction and chemistry.
Period.
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| Jul 4, 2006 @ 12:56 PM |
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Aselune
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it is about the PERSON, nothing else
in total agreement China!
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| Jul 4, 2006 @ 6:19 PM |
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holding4u
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Love has no color. We should remember that even God is no discerner of persons.
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| Jul 4, 2006 @ 6:24 PM |
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Firefaerie
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I said it ' once '
and I will say it again..
Love should have no limits.
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| Jul 4, 2006 @ 8:12 PM |
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LipGlossQueen9
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I am also of mixed heritage and just off of physical qualities I prefer men and women who aren't caucasian.
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