A serious Question!!

[jasmine89]

well i was watching the tyra banks show today
an it was called GUESS MY RACE...
an this girl was white i mean 100% WHITE but
she looked somewhat mixed with black she had a
darker skin color then most whites.
but anyways she said she was in a store an her son is
biracial an this older white lady came up to her an said
whats your problem you need to imbrace your race instead of
someone else..becuz her son was mixed
so i was wondering do any one here have a problem with
interracial babies or even interracial marriages.
see im mixed with black,german,rican
an my husband is Italian an irish
an are daughter is biracial..an i was just thinking do anyone have a problem with interracial children or marriages or did anyone experience something negative becuz of it.

[twiceblessed]

Not I, because if you really look at it, we are all "mixed". No one is one straight race, somewhere in their family history there is another race.

[ktejmommy]

Dito twiceblessed.

And for the record, I want to come out and appologize myself for any comments pointing toward my being racist.. to any race or religion. I am not. You will never read ME post anything to that effect. I forgive anyone compelled to make accusations like that against me.. and though I let it roll of my shoulder, I want to be perfectly clear wth all of you that anything to the effect is completely unfounded.

I think that in the story of this girl, it just speaks to ignorance. You love who you love. You "embrace" who you choose. We're all people, we're all the same.

[cay8099]

What's the point of being racist? Underneath we are all the same. Humans are humans regardless of skin color. I think all the different cultures and races that make up the earth are beautiful. If we were all the same this would be one boring planet to live on.

[brandie1127]

did you read my thread about the middle eastern guy asking me if my baby was a "white one or a black one" I think I called it People will say anything - give it a read you'll laugh.

My mother is a mix of Native American and Spanish she is very olive. I look like my dad he is german and dutch. I cant "catch a tan" with a net! But I get offended easily at anti-spanish comments.

anything SPIC related will send me off the charts!

Racism exists in all forms though. My baby will be everything I am plus her daddy is Italian Irish. My german grandmother gives me a load of crap anytime I mention Italian sounding names * which I love * Isabella, Elaina, Daniella, Nicolette etc. Its like shes stuck in this time warp that since his last name doesn't end in a vowel we cant name the baby any Italian sounding names. ( I always remind her that Isabella can also be spanish or french) secretly I don't think she likes the spanish references either.


When I had my blood clot they couldn't find it first and the Dr. thought I might have sickle cell - which usually doesn't affect "white" people so when he asked me about my nationality my mommom practically fell off her chair hollaring "this child is GERMAN" How dare he try to figure out why a 25 year old is getting blood clots for no reason!

[bvas81]

We all bleed the same color! I don't understand how there are still people who are racist or believe that a black man should be with a black woman, a white man should be with a white woman and so on. I believe that you love who you love for the person they are, not by their race.

[lou]

well I am for all intents and purposes "white" and my husband "black". So far no one has said anything deragatory to me, but I get a load of dirty looks from people when we go out. mostly from black women. I mostly ignore people or I will lean over and plant a big ole kiss right smack on his lips or reach over and take his hand and then look right back at the person and smile. I'm not going to say anything to those people and if someone should say something I wouldn't respond as that would imply that I too have a problem with it or am insecure about it when in fact they are the ones with a problem. I'm totally secure in my relationship and don't feel the need to defend myself to others. I'm very proud of my husband and proud to be his wife, I love him very much and that to me is what matters, not someones dirty looks. they can kiss my @$$.

[brandie1127]

Lou did you read my thread about the middle eastern man. To make a long story short I was getting gas and he asked me if my baby was a "white one or black one" I (unfortunatly) dignified him with a response and said "white one" he said "good" and carried on for a while about how he doesn't like to see "so many pretty white girls with the black guys always" as I was patiently waiting for my gas to fill he ended his conversation with ... "I don't know maybe they like the big one"

I just about died!

[cjbarnes2006]

Well, my husband is Mexican, and I am white (with quite a bit of Native American heritage, but I am pasty-pale) so we are inter-racial, and I have received some interesting looks while out with my daughter (who is very obviously mixed with latino descent). I think people assume that my husband is an immigrant and we live off of welfare. Which couldn't be further from the truth. I get the most look from old white people (we live in the south) but occasionally the mexican women give me dirty looks. My husband was adopted (by a white couple from Wisconsin LoL!) as an infant, and spent 5 1/2 years in the Marine Corps.
When we were dating it was always a good time, because we would go to lunch with HIS parents, and people would stare, and I always got the impression they were wondering what my parents were doing letting me date him. Assuming that his parents were mine because they are white also!
We always joke that I fit in to family portraits more than he does lol.

[AOO23]

I'm spanish, my boyfriend is Jamaican. Just like Lou no one has ever said anything offensive to us, but I do get a lot of looks from black women and old spanish people.
If people feel a certain way aobut inter-racial couples that's on them. It doesn't keep us from living my life and enjoying our relationship.