I think this ties back to sexist ideas about (heterosexual) romantic relationships – that the man is the one in charge. So if the man is “one of us” and gets involved with a woman who’s “one of them” then his peers may question his judgment but not really be bothered by it because at least “one of us” is the dominant one in the relationship. But if a “one of us” woman is involved with a “one of them” man, that’s “one of us” submitting to “one of them”! :eek:
I say “us” and “them” because I don’t think this sort of thinking is limited to interracial relationships; it could apply to relationships that are “mixed” in terms of religion, social class, educational level, etc. But since race is both visible and unchangeable, an interracial couple is going to be a lot more obvious than a couple where one person comes from money and the other doesn’t.
Yes, astro, there is racism in America, no surprise.:rolleyes: Much much much less than when I was a kid, but it will always remain. But I just don’t get the OP as anything but shit-stirring.
Most couples aren’t made up of “first-rate” drop-dead gorgeous folks. Most couples are made up of average looking people. So I don’t know why you’d discount inter-racial couples that have exactly the same gorgeous factor makeup as white-white couples. The number of gorgeous people couples (who aren’t celebrities) is so rare that I don’t think you can draw any conclusions from the racial make up of these folks.
So they are otherwise not racists except for the part were they are obviously and blatantly racist, gotcha. I don’t know what is so hard to understand about “this people are simply racists”, they are not some different phenomenon or special case, they are just plain old garden variety racist fucks, period.
You should definitely know better by now. You’ve been toeing the line regarding comments for the last few weeks, but this one crosses it. So here’s a warning for you. Do not accuse others of being trolls in this forum.
Nah. Not the same place. Cracka has an edgy, dirty ring to it. Rolls off the tongue all cool. “mudshark” reeks of trying too hard. I really think racist white people blew their wad with 'nigger". But damn, that was such a jackpot, did they really need anything else?
Wrong. This isn’t just the South we’re talking about at all. Several people have indicated that this attitude has been seen in places other than the South. Although I specifically did not mention a location, my example was not in the South and others have specifically mentioned northern states. So despite how much you seem to want to believe you’ve got this all wrapped up, you just don’t.
Having only read a few replies (and hoping I don’t get ninja’d), I’m gonna have to go with Julie Lipton and Quincy Jones. You may have heard of their daughter Rashida. She’s fairly successful. As are her mother and father.
I swear to Og that I will never understand racist attitudes.
I think there are different degrees of racist. Someone who is virulently racist toward everyone all the time is completely different than someone who is otherwise not racist but the black man/white woman pairing just irks them. Not like I am defending it because I think it’s an ignorant attitude, but there are different degrees of racism.
What counts as first rate? Off the top of my head, Two of the most desirable women who have been involved with black men include Heidi Klum and Kim Kardashian.
But I just don’t get the OP as anything but shit-stirring.