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Interracial Marriage... does your opinion matter?
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Over a month ago - By Letty_Livingston
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Interracial marriages are all over the place, some are much more obvious; a white women and a black man, or vise-versa. I have a few friends who fit this model and when we are out as couples we hear people making comments under their breath quite frequently. Some are rude enough to yell it out to them.
Some interracial marriages are less obvious, take an Anglo/American man and a Venezuelan/Italian woman. The look alike but culturally they are different, and racially different. People don't murmur or mutter their opinions but they face challenges every day. I know, I am in this relationship. Do you believe people should mix races and/or cultures? Do you think we are responsible for keeping our cultures alive through what we teach our children? What does a couple who are mixed do about raising their kids. What about a black and white couple who has kids. It seems no matter the depth of color on the kids, people see them as black, like our president. Is this right? Lumping mixed people into one racial bracket. Don't they deserve to have their own group? The number of mixed race/culture people is growing each day. I think that celebrating the blend of cultures is important and picking sides is so old fashioned and should be put to pasture. Do you guys have blended friends / family members? Do you see the trend in your community? what side of the fence are you on about it? Lotsa Luv LL |
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Over a month ago - Replied by: ricodad
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I agree that lumping people who are mixed into one group which excludes the other part of what they are is old-fashioned. We are becoming more blended by the day and I think that it makes us stronger, as a race, the human race.
My wife and I were out to brunch with another couple. We were their "Anglo friends" and they were our "Latino friends" We really didn't think that their was much difference between their cultures. They were both brown and came from South of the border. But then we learned that He is from Chile and she is from Mexico. In mexico they have customs when it comes to what the men do and what the women do. In chile, not so much. well, he can't take it when his wife theirs to put the Mexican cultural have-tos on him. He wants he to understand his culture more and to Americanize. Since, they are not in either of their homelands. My wife and I were very interested when we heard their points of view. We never discerned a difference and now we know that culturally, they are worlds apart. Who knew. I think besides accepting people as people and not as a race, creed or color; there is another point that should be brought up. I will start a new thread that opens it up... American Values. |
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Over a month ago - Replied by: KevinK
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I think the title of Letty's post is the pertinent point. "Does your opinion matter?" Answer: No. As with inter-faith marriages, May-December marriages, arranged marriages, or same-sex marriages, the final and ultimate answer is that it's no one's business but the two people involved.
At least, that's my opinion... |
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