What do you think of interracial couples?

I don't think anything anymore when I see interracial couples. It's very common, and as long as it works for the people involved, why should anyone else care?

I do have to admit that I'd probably do a double-take if I saw a white man with a black woman, though, since it's almost always black men with white women. In fact, I'm not sure that I've ever seen it the other way around.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I was just thinking about this, and I've come to the conclusion that society doesn't have a problem with white women dating men of other races, but for some reason people don't expect white men to date outside their race.

My husband told me once that in high school he had *cough* gone out with *cough* this hispanic girl, and when his friends found out about it they called him "Taco Dick" for the rest of the year. I doubt that any girl who had slept with a hispanic guy would have to put up with people calling her "Enchilada Hole."

There's nowhere I can't reach.

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racism

Main Entry: rac·ism
Pronunciation: 'rA-"si-z&m also -"shi-
Function: noun
1 : a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
2 : racial prejudice or discrimination
- rac·ist /-sist also -shist/ noun or adjective

That's not me. I'm just not politically correct. There's a difference between being racist and being politically incorrect.

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You guys, please tell me you're joking. Please? I. am. not. a. racist. I'm just very, very jaded and stubborn and set in my ways and I didn't want to marry someone who doesn't (or is more likely to not) agree with me on stuff.

I was speaking idiomatically.

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You still haven't told me what cultural differences are between black and white people in your neighbourhood.

Here are some differences between black people and white people in my area:

- Black people go to church on Sundays and Wednesdays and stay there for a loooong time. White people stay at church for two hours, and that includes sunday school.

- Black people eat different types of food. They favor fattier, less healthy foods than white people. They even cook their vegetables with a lot more unhealthy stuff like bacon grease. It's tasty as hell, but this would explain the reason why there's a lot more heart disease among blacks.

- Black people place a lot of emphasis on their cars. Around my area, affluent blacks are a rarity. It's also quite rare that a black family will live outside a certain area of town (probably because of financial restrictions). Hence, in my town, there's a community called "Springfield" where most of the black folks live. You can rest assured that outside every shanty of a house there is a Mercedes or a Hummer or a huge Cadillac or a BMW. Also, they keep their cars cleaner.

- Black people (as a general rule) do not tip very well and will run your ass into the ground asking for stuff. I worked as a server for several years and I promise you that no one wanted to wait on them. Black women in particular are extremely demanding and tend to look at you as if you have shit on your face. I used to bend over backward to prove to my co-workers that this was not a cultural difference (because this was when I was younger and not so jaded and cynical about people),and that they tipped differently because they were TREATED differently, but I finally gave up trying. Even the black servers didn't want to wait on black people.

- White people are not as interested in sports as a group as black people...again, in my area. The black people here are ALL ABOUT sports of any kind.

- White people are always in a rush to get somewhere. They're always zipping around from place to place. Black people know how to chill. I drive through that Springfield area I mentioned earlier every day and I always see them sitting outside on their porches at night and walking over to their neighbors' houses. I never see white people doing that...well, except for old white people.

- Black people walk if they don't have far to go. I always see them walking down the road. White people will get in their cars and drive down to the mailbox to avoid having to walk anywhere.

There are more, but I think this is enough to illustrate my point. I already hold the title of Racist Queen around here, so I figured I might as well call it like I see it.

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Since when do I need a personal invitation to speak? I didn't realize this was a private conversation between the two of you. If it is, maybe you should take your conversation into AIM. You asked about cultural differences and I gave you examples.

I can think of many, many more, but I figured that was enough to get my point across. And did I ever say any of the differences were earth-shattering? They don't have to be major differences to be differences. But get enough minor conflicts in your relationship and stand back and watch in amazement at how much havoc they wreak.

My original point in this thread was to say that I don't personally think anything is wrong with interracial couples, and I stand by that. But don't pretend that there aren't cultural differences between people of different races, because that's just silly.

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You probably have more in common with said black people in your area than a white person in Bulgaria, while they have more in common than white people in their area than someone in Tanzania.

That's true, which is why I probably would not marry or seriously date someone from another country. I don't care what color their skin is.

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