# Is Being Opposed to Interracial Relations Necessarilly Racist

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 13, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-being-opposed-to-interracial-relations-necessarilly-racist/581735 "2011-05-13T01:09:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-being-opposed-to-interracial-relations-necessarilly-racist/581735/201 "2011-05-20T15:41:16Z")

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> [@Koxinga](#):
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> In the [commentary](http://www.essence.com/relationships/commentary_3/commentary_jill_scott_talks_interracial.php) I linked to earlier, the (again, well-respected) author writes:
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> Sounds to me it’s specifically because the woman’s white, at least in this author’s view.
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> But it is, because the OP’s last two questions are:  
> (2) Disapproving of others’ interracial relationships.  
> (3) Wanting to ban or otherwise block interracial relationships.
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> From what you say, the consensus holds that #3 is indisputably racist, but now #2 becomes more of a “maybe” situation?
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> ETA: I’m not trying to play “gotcha” regarding any double standards, but investigating whether the issue might be more complex than we want to admit, all around. Some posters above seemed to treat this as an open and shut case, but I wonder whether it really is.

As I said on the first page: for example, someone tried to warn me off of marrying my wife because marrying a Chinese citizen ends in tears, is clearly rlacist. Explaining that there will be challenges ahead that can strain a marriage, not least of which is dealing with bigots that disapprove of race mixing, and just making sure I’m up for that may not be necessarily racist. That’s kinda a (2) situation sub set.

Whether pointing out the challenges that can be painful in an interracial relationship is racist depends on the intent (and how it’s taken). In other words, \*why \*someone is pointing this out.

Net net, (2) is likely to be racist but I can see plausible scenarios when it wouldn’t be.

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**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-being-opposed-to-interracial-relations-necessarilly-racist/581735/202 "2011-05-23T02:17:48Z")

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> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#):
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> Yes, I do believe all races and nationalities are equal in potential and should be equally treated by law and society and let to stand or fall by his or her own individual merits. Satisfied?

Yes. I have to admit I was expecting you to weasel-word your way out of it, but good on you for not doing so.

How that attitude sits with being uncertain of the answers to the questions you asked in your OP I can’t understand, but I’ve had enough of this thread.

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