Its typical of white men to act or feel that way, because they're white and you're not. Don't get it confused immediately with an air of racism or something, but instead look at it from their perspective. Obviously, they probably think about what their family or friends would say or think (negatively or positively). Some of the men may know what their friends and family may think about dating a colored women, while others don't. Although, a person should like someone or be with someone based on how they feel about the person, not because their family may have some mixed feelings of some sort. This, I'm afraid, has many ways of interpreting and aspects to look at. A very broad topic.
Actually, while I'm up on my high horse, saying thst "it's typical of white men" is also a racist stereotype. Congratulations for managing to implicitly insult just about everyone.
I think you're just confused as to what racism in reality is, not in a literary sense my friend. Racism implies that the racist's race is superior to the others' race. You're mixing up a sense of superiority with a sense of understanding. So, if I was to say only Muslims marry inside their religion because their families don't approve of others outside the faith that now makes it implicitly prejudice and xenophobic, right? Wrong, because you don't know whether someone is really racist or prejudice (unless you can read minds); you don't seem to grasp the idea that not all people that don't want interracial or inter-religious relationships are racist/prejudice. They just probably want something familiar to them that can easily adapt and assimilate to and understand the world their way. There is no allegorical meaning trying to be implied, people today always interpret situations like this as racist, but it is not; however, I don't encourage it (as you can see from the ending of my last comment). I wish people cared more about understanding their similarities more than their differences, but that is not the way the world works currently. Conflict always comes before understanding.
That IS implicit racism, though. Not dating a black girl because of what you think others may think is just pandering to racist thought.
People should have the courage to make their own choices and challenge these kind of perceptions. Edmund Burke wrote: all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
So to you people have to deny their own culture, race, religion and families in order to be "open minded'' .... and it seems that you only want to apply that to white people...
My point was that being afraid to date someone of a different race because you live in a racist environment panders to this racism. I didn't say everyone should be forced to find a partner of a different race (which obviously worries you... interesting!) and abandon their own culture, just that if they wanted to date someone of a different race and felt they couldn't, it reinforces the racism that tells them they couldn't. Racism is where someone's race becomes a defining factor. I'm arguing entirely the opposite. That people should be allowed to date whoever they want (regardless of race).
IIN I think white guys aren't too eager to date a colored girl?
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Its typical of white men to act or feel that way, because they're white and you're not. Don't get it confused immediately with an air of racism or something, but instead look at it from their perspective. Obviously, they probably think about what their family or friends would say or think (negatively or positively). Some of the men may know what their friends and family may think about dating a colored women, while others don't. Although, a person should like someone or be with someone based on how they feel about the person, not because their family may have some mixed feelings of some sort. This, I'm afraid, has many ways of interpreting and aspects to look at. A very broad topic.
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Actually, while I'm up on my high horse, saying thst "it's typical of white men" is also a racist stereotype. Congratulations for managing to implicitly insult just about everyone.
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I think you're just confused as to what racism in reality is, not in a literary sense my friend. Racism implies that the racist's race is superior to the others' race. You're mixing up a sense of superiority with a sense of understanding. So, if I was to say only Muslims marry inside their religion because their families don't approve of others outside the faith that now makes it implicitly prejudice and xenophobic, right? Wrong, because you don't know whether someone is really racist or prejudice (unless you can read minds); you don't seem to grasp the idea that not all people that don't want interracial or inter-religious relationships are racist/prejudice. They just probably want something familiar to them that can easily adapt and assimilate to and understand the world their way. There is no allegorical meaning trying to be implied, people today always interpret situations like this as racist, but it is not; however, I don't encourage it (as you can see from the ending of my last comment). I wish people cared more about understanding their similarities more than their differences, but that is not the way the world works currently. Conflict always comes before understanding.
That IS implicit racism, though. Not dating a black girl because of what you think others may think is just pandering to racist thought.
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So to you people have to deny their own culture, race, religion and families in order to be "open minded'' .... and it seems that you only want to apply that to white people...
racist much?
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My point was that being afraid to date someone of a different race because you live in a racist environment panders to this racism. I didn't say everyone should be forced to find a partner of a different race (which obviously worries you... interesting!) and abandon their own culture, just that if they wanted to date someone of a different race and felt they couldn't, it reinforces the racism that tells them they couldn't. Racism is where someone's race becomes a defining factor. I'm arguing entirely the opposite. That people should be allowed to date whoever they want (regardless of race).