What do you think of interracial couples?

Basically I think it like this: If you can make it work, more power to you. There isn't anything wrong with interracial marriage at all. We're all human.

However, many marriages like this just don't work out at all due to cultural differences. Basically, just be careful if you are involved in a relationship like this.

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Originally Posted by PUG1911

So one doesn't need to be careful as to whom they have a relationship with/marry if they are the same race?

Wouldn't the 'cultural' differences be just one of the many, many things that you need to work out just like any other?

That isn't what I said.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by GRUN-3

Do you define culture by what music you listen to? Because, uh, um.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=culture

Are you just TRYING to find ways to bitch at people, because that was pathetically lame.

Why on earth would I have been talking about music? Where on earth did I even HINT at that?

Since when does culture = music? Music is a very small PART of culture.

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My point being, in recap, that while I have no problem whatsoever with interracial marriages (i'm clueless as to why this is even an issue), that in addition to the other problems/conflicts that newly weds often have, you have cultural differences to deal with, which is an added stressor.

I'd actually prefer to see more interracial marriages as I think they spawn more tolerance & less racism, and help blend cultures together, bringing new things.

Wow, that sounded terribly cheesy. =/

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by NaklsonofNakkl

Okay, i see your point, sorry.

And although it may have sounded cheesy it is true, racism has only lasted this long because parents continue to teach it to their children, and with more interracial parents agreeing with integration and all people are equal it will eventually cause the youth of tomorrow to believe that interracial relationships are nothing more than normal, at which they really already are.

Definitely. I can see the racism lessening even in my own family. None of my family is really like...eh, hating racist? if you know what i mean? but its just what they grew up with and what they knew. Now its down to me and while I still do tend to make pre judgements based on race, i dont see it as evident in me as i do in earlier generations of my family. Interracial marriages/relationships do kind of make me turn my head still, because they are still something outside of the norm (at least in my area, and I've noticed this even becoming less so), but i could definitely see that within the next generation it wouldn't even make someone blink an eye.

But yeah, praise the Lord these sorts of things are being worked out of America's society.

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Well, quite frankly, I believe racism, as wrong as it is, falls under the protections of the first amendment. If it is a harassment issue, then sure, that has to be put a stop to, but you really can't stop racism, even if you do try to legally censor it.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by GRUN-3

Well, there's not a whole lot of cultural difference between two folks who live close together.

we are talking about relationships/newly weds. Yes over time this will obviously disappear/spouse will get used to it.

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The only way I can see you thinking that different races have entirely different cultures in the same country, where these races aren't actively at war or segregated, is if you think culture is determined by musical taste and how you dress.

Darky please.

Get out in the real world, open your eyes a bit. There's cultural differences that go with being of a different race, yes, even in this 'melting pot' you call the United States. I beg you to find anybody else that will say otherwise.

And I didn't say entirely different cultures. Maybe your problem is interpreting my words to mean something they never actually said.

But whatever =/

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by GRUN-3

Do you reckon most people date folks who live far away, or close by?

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Oh, so when you say cultural differences, but not entirely different cultures, you mean that they like different music, they wear different brands of shoes and they are on opposite sides of The Great Pepsi / Coke Debate, right?

Can you be any more of a fucktard? Are you just being difficult because you think its funny, or are you really this fucking dumb? I've explained myself well enough that I'm pretty sure most other people in this thread know what I'm talking about, and thats good enough for me.

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Originally Posted by GRUN-3

Since you're illiterate, what I am trying to say is that the cultural differences between two races in the same general area are about as significant as the cultural differences between two classes of people in the same area.

You are not good at thinking.

You aren't good at explaining yourself clearly. What it sounds like is that you are just trying to write off cultural differences as though they don't even exist (at least as a marital problem). Or that I'm just trying to write 'culture' off as what music people listen to or what clothes they wear.

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I seem to recall way back in the thread you putting THESE words in my mouth.

Originally Posted by GRUN-3

Do you define culture by what music you listen to? Because, uh, um.

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Originally Posted by GRUN-3

IT's hardly my fault you have no creativity.

If I have to use creativity to decipher your posts, you need to go take an english course. I don't assume people mean anything beyond what they say. It's stupid to do otherwise.

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Or perhaps when you put THESE words in my mouth:

Originally Posted by GRUN-3

Oh, so when you say cultural differences, but not entirely different cultures, you mean that they like different music, they wear different brands of shoes and they are on opposite sides of The Great Pepsi / Coke Debate, right?

So just stop. If you think this, then fine, but don't just automatically assume its what I'm trying to say.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by GRUN-3

So you're saying it's stupid to assume people use double-meaning or speak vaguely. Wow.

I'm saying I don't have enough faith in fucktards like you to have enough intelligence to mean anything more than what they actually say. Safer than sticking words in people's mouths.

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the cultural differences are negligible to such a degree as they can be ignored. Personality is more impacting at this point.

Wow, you finally figured it out. Do you want a cookie?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Since when does your culture not affect your personality?

See what I mean about being dumb enough to read too far into what people say? You have the worst habit of just assuming people mean more than what they say.

Oh, and by the way, you didn't use sublety. That's just your lame excuse for typing a bunch of bullshit & putting words in my mouth.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

However he wants to define culture is fine by me. That's a non-issue. The original point still stands. There are added stressors with interracial marriages. Then on top of that you have the general public not being very accepting of interracial marriage. All I'm saying is that for people in those sorts of relationships, just realize that conflicts are going to arise as a result of those stressors.

But I don't know, maybe you live in some sort of amazing utopia where everything just works out great.

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Thankyou AlicenWonderland. I didn't realize something like this required explaining to GRUN.

I'll add couple bits about Mexicans, at least in my area.

Mexicans are literally all about their cars. They will pimp out their ride and let their home rot into the ground. These cars aren't necessarily nice cars, they'll pimp out anything, even a Honda Civic.

Mexicans like to pack the entire family (the entire EXTENDED family) into a tiny little vehicle. The same one I mentioned above.

Mexicans in general just have waaaay more respect for their families than white people do. I mean its at a level approaching how much the Japanese respect their families.

Mexicans do NOT use checks, credit cards, or anything other than cash. I think this has something to do with a mistrust of banks, which for quite some time were very untrustworthy in Mexico. I'm not sure if its still like that or not, but I know this actually stems from an understandable source. They carry around wads of $100 bills because they cash their entire paycheck and don't deposit anything into a savings account. Then they pay you with this money @ 8:00am when the store opens for a $15 package of huggies or whatever and completely drain your change drawer .

Mexicans are a lot more loyal with the friends they have. White people will go and backstab their friends, then just write it off as a joke. The other person eventually just gets over it, and they are back to being friends forever. Mexicans on the other hand would rather be caught dead than saying anything bad about their friends, backstabbing, whatever. They are just a lot more respectful people in general - for friends & family. They can be pretty cruel to anyone else .

I was speaking idiomatically.

Wow, you know, since google results are just the final factual basis for everything, I'm totally speechless. I'm not even sure how those could possibly even be considered relevant. You ever heard of the phrase "Correlation does not imply causation?" If you haven't, don't worry about it, because it doesn't really apply here. What applies here I think is "Dumbfuck statisitics mean shit."

In recap:

Originally Posted by GRUN-3

It must be nice where you usually chat, when you can say stupid things and not expect to back them up.

EDIT -> You have a pretty narrow view of personality if all you can see relating to that aspect of culture in what me & alice posted was Mexican loyalty. Maybe what all this just boils down to is your own bigoted racism.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?