My opinion on interracial dating is this. As a black female who is dating a mixed (his mom is mixed and his dad is white so hes more white then black) male, I have never in my life seen a problem with it. The fact that blacks use it to better themselves is a false statement. Although there may those few who are, many just do it cause thats who they want to be with. This world is based on interracial relationships. I know I'm not just ALL black, and you might be ALL white, we all have different things in us. America isn't an All anything nation, and to try to separate yourself from it, could cause you to separate yourself from what you may be. Whether that be white, black, asian, or latino.

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Originally posted by bldbuni13:
well tiger woods is hot but its not right to just date someone for the sake of making ur family argue with u

I guess its not right to have different opinions than the people around you to make them argue with you. Wow....

And I also guess according to your mom I want to raise my status because I have a low status and all. Wow...

Hun you need to firmly talk to your mom dont let her guilt trip you...your opinion is your opinion theres not one law in this world that says you have to agree with ur family or the people around you. Personally I wouldnt want to be part of a family with those beliefs but that might be a little harsh Im sure shes a good person. Just dont let her stop you, and also never date someone out of spite thats just as worse.

I don't see what parents, or anyone for that matter, has against interracial dating. People who have something against it are pathetic.

They're like homophobic, except in a racial way. (for lack of creativity)

i think you should tell her that you respect her opinion but you if you love him/her you should be entitled to date them.what does it matter if you are two different races.scrape off are skin and then tell me the difference.

My dad is against interracial dating Ever since i was little he has told me to never date a blake guy, the same went for my sisters. Well by sister went behind his back and dated a black guy it didnt last long though. I know my dad knows about it but he totally deniese it. Well in the 8th grade i meet a great guy he was black but we dated secretly. I didnt tell my boyfriend about my dad cus i thouht it would scare him away. Since me and that boy broke up it seems all i can date now is blake guys. I guess the sayin once ya go black ya wont go back is true. I am tired of living my life scared to death of my dad. PLEASE!!! HELP!!ME!!! email me at boobear_92_4@hotmail.com

respect your mother's point of view... that's just how she sees things but it doesn't mean that you have to see things in that perspective. nothing's wrong with interracial marriages. i'm sorry your mom's giving you such a hard time about it though, stay strong and don't let her views change yours

Don't listen to your mother. What she says is racist. Just ignore her, as race should not a factor in relationships neither should a racist parent be.

well tiger woods is hot but its not right to just date someone for the sake of making ur family argue with u

Why not? I think Tiger Woods is just as hot as, say, Josh Hartnett, if not hotter. I don't have a preference. I've just never known black people. I know one black guy, at my youth group, and sometimes I wonder if he feels weird being the only black guy at youth group. But whatever! If you like a black person, go for it. If you like a white person, go for it. If you like an ASIAN person (lol), go for it. Race doesn't matter.

Lots of love,
Lynne

Interacial dating or friendships are no big deal, people of a different race are no different than us, we are all people, so yeah. I can certatinly see where you are coming from tho, I'm white and one of my best friend sis black and whenever we walk around town together ( hes a a guy, i'm a girl and sometimes we hold hands) we get really weird looks, people actually turn around in their cars to stare at us, i don't get it. I mean, we are both people, what is the big deal, it's not like i'm making out with a tree or something.

i gotta wonder,halosonearth,are u only doing this so u can create a stir in the family?

Thankfully I've never had this problem, well not really. I've suspected from time to time that my dad might not like Arabs or African Americans, but I don't live with him, and even if I did it would just be one more thing for us to disagree on. Come to think of it, of the three major crushes I've had in my life, none of them were Corsasion (yeah I can't spell). The first, was an Arab, the second was African American, and the third, last one (my soulmate) is Hispanic.

I asked my dad when I was in 7th grade if he wanted to see who I liked so I showed him the boy in the year book and then he didn't say anything. I said "what" and he said "i don't believe in interracial dating or relationships." It was a big shock, of course he doesn't support a lot of things such as gay rights but that's a different topic. He's ignorant, my mom even thinks so and I guess u just have to get past it. I'm planning on adopting when I get older and I was thinking about from Africa but now I don't know if I should even bring the kid over b/c if they're black, well I don't want them to face racism from their own parents. But maybe he'll learn something, learn that we're all human and it's what's inside that counts, not the color of u skin but who u are and ur actions.
-Danielle

hey "ILUV JP" GOD didnt' make any races....in fact their are no raceS just one RACE. we are all human....based on our geopgraphic posistion we all evolved accordingly. under neath ours skin we are all virtually identical. you wouldn't look at a tan and black cat any different then a white and brown cat now would u? they are both cats rite? in any even i have dated outside a little. im not really a huge fan, but thats just my preference. not for any stereotypical reason, i mean if i find somone i really like outisde my race then i'll go for it!...but logically it just doesn't make sense for interacial dating to be not allowed. GO FOR IT!...if you like him for him and NOT b/c he is black or b/c your trying to make a point b/c then u turn it into exactly what u hated about ur parents making it a race issue and not an individual issue

dats jus stupid...let me ask u dis....
gurliegurl:is your cusion human?
halos:yea
gurliegurl:is ur cusion's boyfriend human?
halos:yea

ppl u see color is only the skin. why not see what beneth dat

I think you should date someone based on love and everything that comprises a relationship. I don't think race should be the determining factor in whether or not you go out with a guy or not.

Thanks soccerchick for breaking it down. I'm sorry if I confused you Disturbed. I was on my way out the door and trying to type really fast. I'll never do that again...so here's what I meant to say.....

My parents don't like it. They're fine with me having friends from different races, but as far as a love interest, they'll be pissed. They think zebras and tigers shouldn't mixed stripes, you understand?

My parents are kind of indifferent about it and so am I. I am white, just so you know. I have dated a Puerto Rican, and my parents didn't care. I have never dated a black guy but that's just because I haven't been around one that I would like to date yet. I think I probably wouldn't date a black guy until I got in college anyway because I live in a small, Southern town, and most people don't care but some of the old people do. And my daddy's the preacher so we got to keep the congregation happy.

Disturbed when he says "my rents" he means his parents... has you can see rent is at the end of PArents... & when he says "feel me" he means do you understand him... in your case the answer is no... Go figure!

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My rents don't like it. They're fine with me having friends from different races, but as far as a love interest, they'll be pisses. They're They think zebras and tigers shouldn't mixed stripes, feel me?

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I don't really understand what you are saying, so I'm going to break it down.

"My rents don't like it." Your "rents". Your rent? When you pay your rent, you don't like inter-racial dating? Or when you pay your landlord, you landlord doesn't like it? Either way, this cannot be understood.

"They're fine with me having friends from different races, but as far as a love interest, they'll be pisses." Ok, you are referring to the "rents" in the first sentence, but still forcing the reader to guess what you mean by "rents". "...they'll be pisses" They'll cut off your bathroom privildges? They'll urinate on you? I don't get it.

"They're They think zebras and tigers shouldn't mixed stripes, feel me?" I gather that you tried to use a metaphore but messed up badly. But what really boggles the mind are your last two (2) words, "feel me". Are you asking the reader to feel you, to grope you? Why would you do that? Unless you are some weird pedophile or some child who wishes to be molested, this is very weird. It is as if you are implying that you want to meet up with someone to have them touch you. Please, keep your sexual peccadilloes out of this forum.