Interracial relationships;the bold step in our time

[Willie-T]

i'm hispanic. my husband is white. there is a language barrier between my parents and him, but both sides do their best in communicating. i love seeing them communicate. and of course, i'm there to translate.

Hey, Lita! Missed you.

 

[melita916]

Hey, Lita! Missed you.

hi! life has been busy lol

 

[ArcanePrince]

The truth is the exact opposite. The more a "race" interbreeds the more genetic problems they have.

Same goes for dogs. A mutt is almost always healthier over the course of their lives than a "purebred".

Let's see these "studies" that show what you claim.

Penn Ed what you are saying is true in the dog show world where dogs are bred with direct relatives to cause genetic deterioration. Mutts are healthier in that case. And pure breeds do not exist in a way I understand your point. But... if pure bred dogs didnt mix with their sisters and moms then maybe they wouldnt be so retarded. If they let dogs mix naturally they would be with dogs outside their family circle thus purebreeds would not have problems. Also pure breeds are not pure bred but actually man made, mostly from old germany but all around the world. Thus these so called pure breeds are not pure.

 

[ArcanePrince]

Being a Australian born Chinese myself, I have had qualms about certain interracial relationships, especially when I believe that certain traditions and customs may not end up being respected or understood. This is especially the case when the dominant culture in the society is represented in one of the people in the marriage. This may lead to a marginalisation of the other cultural side.

Now of course if there is enough communications and mutual understanding no fallout based on traditions and culture need happen.

Now as a Christian I believe that ultimately it does not matter, however to me it would seem that many enter interracial relationships without much consideration of the differences in culture. Now of course you might say if they don't care about that it's fine, but if it's the dominant culture that always takes hold, the partner that holds to a more minority culture might be walking unawares into a marriage where they will unwittingly find that their cultural expressions might come at odds.

To clarify , I am talking about this as a second-generation kid living in a "Western" society where many of its norms disagree with me just being Chinese (now I am not saying that Chinese culture is better in any way, there are plenty of bad points about it, but there are also good points to it, like the respect for elders).

Conclusively, I am not saying interracial relationships should not happen - but rather when they do, couples do need to think carefully and prayerfully about how they are to address the differences in cultures.

Though as a restriction to my claim is if they are of the fourth to fifth generation in the same country the individuals might virtually be cultured in the same way .... I am more talking about immigrants, the second-generation, and individuals with a strong cultural tradition (and this of course depends on the family).

Thanks for reading! Hopefully I don't get too much backlash (I know this might come off as cultural supremacy, but if it does come off to be so I had no intention to do so - but you might judge me to be so anyways).

Its not supremacy at all brother. I am a whole nother culture and agree. Its just nationalism and culturalism. And yes its hard for some to understand the difference from 'be proud of what you are, dont throw it away' and 'be racist'.

 

[Galatea]

Its not supremacy at all brother. I am a whole nother culture and agree. Its just nationalism and culturalism. And yes its hard for some to understand the difference from 'be proud of what you are, dont throw it away' and 'be racist'.

Nationalism and culturalism are fine in very tiny amounts. Look at Nazi Germany, Nationalism and cuturalism enabled Hitler to nearly take over the world.