This morning, someone I know was talking about mixed race children. Now, to be clear, I have no problem with any race at all, no matter if you're black, white, purple, whatever. Anyway, what was said made me stop to think for a minute, and I wanted to know if anyone else agrees with my thoughts here. Basically, this person (identity withheld so as not to offend) said that a white man shouldn't have a child with a black woman, or vice versa, because it's cruel to the child. I can udnerstand this to a certain point, because, despite our best efforts, racism is still prevalent all over the world. But this person went on to say that not only should they not have a child together, they shouldn't get married, or even really see each other in more than a friendly way. Personally, I believe that no matter what color you are, if you love someone, then you should be able to show that you do, no matter what color they are as well. If that means getting married and having children, then that's what it means. I have a serious problem with being raised to "not see color" and then being told that I'm not allowed to, as a caucasian male, be romantically involved with a black female. See, the way I was brought up is that people are people, no matter what color skin they have. That means if you have feelings for someone with darker skin than ou, you don't have to ignore them just because of the color of their skin. Now I'm being told something completely different, and it's confusing as hell. So, what do you guys think? If you really love someone, and they don't have the same color skin as you, should you just leave them alone and never attempt to marry or have children with them, or should you ignore the skin color and get on with it?
Well I believe love is love and should not be seperated by race or gender, however I agree about the implications it has for the child who is born as a result of that. When you bring a "half black-half white" kid into the world, they often will be teased going through school as a result of people's ignorance or lack of knowledge towards the issue. When you have a baby born from two different skin colors or "races" you run the issue of being misunderstood, although that should never keep anybody from falling in love in my opinion. To me, love is love, and nothing can seperate that, not even the color of your skin.
Skin color doesn't mean a damn thing. Mixed Race children happen all the time.. Where do you think Alicia Keys, Tiger Woods, Keanu Reeves, and countless hot asian-white girls come from?
That's what I thought. Still do, actually, but I'm just a little disturbed. Now age is something that might be a problem, but that's another story.
Race shouldn't be a boundary if you truly care for someone. While I'm not mixed race myself, I do have friends and family members who have mixed-race relationships (as well as children) and I don't see a problem with it. One of my cousins was practically disowned by her parents for marrying and having a child with a black man, which is just fucked up beyond reasoning to me. So in short, fuck racism.
Hi. I'm Russian, Black, Dutch, Native American, Syrian, Armenian, and Israeli. I'm incredibly proud of my heritage. I had no problems growing up, except when one black kid in my 2nd grade class asked why my parents were different colors. He didn't know any better, and I would have asked the same thing if I were him. It's not cruel. It's life. We're all eventually going to be my color anyways. No one is "pure" anymore, unless you just popped out of the ground.
hey i am from a mixed-race (chinese/british). yeah it is hard on the kids inevitably, take me for instance, when i was growing up all the kids teased me about it and in the end i was never accepted by any groups between then and middle-school, the locals would not see my as a chinese person and the caucasians wouldnt see me as a brit so i was really in limbo and i struggled to make friends. It only eased up on me in highschool as people became more mature...so yeah i believe in a sense its hard on the child but not indefinetly and also i believe this has taught me alot of important things and also sort of help accelerate my maturity in a way
Irish, Scottish, British, and Native American are my main heritages. So it's suffice to say that I'm part of a mixed race. And on top of that. I'm dating Rachel (OMFG Peter), who's definitely a mix of different races. Love is love. Love can't be held back by color.
Fuck that, My Pa is black as black, my Ma is as white as they conme, therefore my mum is half-half. My dad has Scottish and Dutch. I've come out fairly dark, so it's obvious I'm mixed, and it's never been a problem for me. I wouldn't have it any other way.
It's just the same as the issue of whether homosexual couples should be able to adopt for me. It's not the couple's problem, it's society at large.
As far as I'm concerned, this is an issue of privacy. The only problem is that it's so private that it's become public and it's become such a taboo subject that people can't help but have their opinions on what they think is right or wrong. It shouldn't matter what race you are. If you're in love with someone, that's beautiful. That's what God intended. If he intended for certain races to "stay together," then he wouldn't have made them all so they fit together, right? As far as natural selection goes, it's the same argument: If they weren't meant to be together, they wouldn't fit together. That's all there is to it. Lions and tigers have pieces-parts that fit together, but is anyone telling them not to enjoy themselves? Nope. As a matter of fact, people think ligers are pretty fucking sweet. I think it's bullshit how so many people can be so bigoted and close-minded that they feel the need to shun anyone who they consider inferior or whatever because of their race. There's no such thing as "racial purity," so there's no reason to shun other people simply because of the fact that you don't agree with the fact that they're dating someone who's not "their" race.
I'm mixed race (3 quarters British, Quarter Indian but you'd think I was more Indian because of my skin colour) and proud to be who I am to be honest. I've been a victim of racism in the past but in all honesty once you learn that people who are racist are just ingnorant inferior people then it becomes easier to get past it. I don't think there's any problem with it at all, as a matter of fact I think it's beneficial in creating a more intergrated society full of various cultures and ethnicities.
I think anybody, of any race, should be able to have kids with whoever they want. It's 2007. It's time that Racism ends.
"Some people say "I don't care if people are white, black, purple or green". Ah hold on now... purple or green? You gotta draw the line somwhere. To hell with purple people! Unless they're suffocatin'... then, help 'em!" -Mitch Hedberg
Going by Christianity, He actually purposefully separated the races because if he didn't they would have built a tower so high it reached heaven, and stolen God's omnipotence >_>.
No. That's what the varying LANGUAGES were for. So they could no longer communicate to continue building the tower.
I am of mixed descent myself. I'm half Indonesian and half Dutch. The distant ancestors of 'my Dutch side' are Armenian too. Romantic relationships should be based on love and love alone. It shouldn't matter what part of the world someone(s family) come from. And it shouldn't matter from what family that person comes from (unless it's the same as yours). Yes, life is hard for the lovechilds comming out of these relationships, but isn't life hard for anyone? You get used to the situation you live in. Even if it's hard. When you don't you try to change it. Sometimes with good results. By the way, most of the people who discriminated or made fun of me (in primary school) because of my heritage, now have relationships with people of foreign descent themselves.