Ok, bare with me.
1.) Most of the interracial relationships I have been exposed to were not the most healthy relationships in the world. These type of things stay in the back of your mind.
2.) Lets say my daughter goes on to marry this guy and they have kids. You do know that not every biracial child grows up to be Mariah Carey. Alot of the time these kids are the butt of jokes and constantly harassed. I wouldnt want my grandchild to have go through that.
3.) My mindset. I would be shocked and upset because Ive never envisioned that my kids would ever marry someone outside of their race.
If my daugther ever calls me and says dad Im bringing friend Joe over for dinner this saturday. If he walks in the door and he is black or arab or whatever I wouldnt throw him out the front door and tell my daughter to get out of my sight. But Id still be a little shocked and upset (not upset as in crying my eyes out and throwing a fit).
You seem like a nice guy, nickshepDEM, and I have to admit in many ways I agree with you. Especially about the Arab (don't like muslims). I don't see anything wrong with your position as long as you admit that
you are a racist just for the sake of intellectual honesty. We all are.
I mean of course not all blacks or arabs are abusive, and by the same token a huge percentage of white males are. But you and others naturally tend to make assumptions based on race as a sort of convenient shorthand. And you are right more often than not. What we are really looking for is cultural characteristics, which obviously do not come from race, though race is a convenient identifier.
The girls here do it all the time - they are extremely reluctant to go with any Arabs or African Blacks, mostly OK with American Blacks, and quite eager to accompany Whites. Not really 'fair', but the point is people do what works for them and don't care if it inconveniences those who are discriminated against.
However one final note - I think it is ridiculous to claim that mixed race children would be made fun of. Basically nearly all blacks in the US have a few white anscestors. I don't think mixed race children look as unusual as you think. The best hope for ending racism is the day when we're all blended into one nice colour - like that Bulworth said.
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