Archive for the ‘Interracial Communication’ Category

Interracial Dating – White woman’s perspective

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

If there’s a topic that has stirred so many emotions and discussions, then its interracial dating. This is video talks about the views of a white woman on black men. I found this video quite interesting especially the part about white men being unemotional. Well, I think we white dudes can be emotional too… we [...]

Multicultural dating and assumptions

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

I was once in an intercultural relationship. Me and my lady had so much in common. Never did I ever foresee that one day… tone time… culture will be an issue. Well eventually, it was. In an intercultural relationship, we must acknowledge the fact that different assumptions may surface over time. Opinions and judgments made [...]

Democracy-Were you ever afraid of dating someone of different race?

Friday, April 13th, 2007

Family alienation is one of many challenges facing multicultural couples. Societal discrimination also poses a challenge. Adding on to cultural differences that the couple may experience, such alienations may cause a strain in the couple’s relationship. Society has a history of frowning upon cross-cultural marriage. Stereotypes further complicate matters. However some multicultural couples actually have [...]

Cultural humor

Friday, March 30th, 2007

Cultural humor and ethnic jokes are things that people get a kick out of these days. The culture –skewering comedy… we know them. The biggest problem is when to draw the line between funny and offensive. Comedians have developed the art of satirizing stereotypes, the internet has all these jokes. You know those clever jabs [...]

The bigger picture

Friday, March 9th, 2007

Promoting multiculturalism doesn’t need to be just about dating… There is Music – Dr. Dre and Eminem, Justin Timberlake and Timbaland… There are movies… name it. We have to look at this from all angles. It may be as simple as going to live with a family from a different culture so you can learn [...]

Cross-cultural respect

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

In 1995, a pal of mine was vacationing in Hawaii. She met this African lady… love at first sight they call it. No words exchanged… just smiles across the table. Lucky enough both of them were staying in the same hotel so as fate would have it, they bumped into each other and that is [...]

Watch out now

Saturday, February 24th, 2007

I put up this video today to prove a point. Most online daters always say they are looking for someone with a great sense of humor… This you will see in most of the profiles people post. Question is, can you handle it? How much or to what extent should this humor extend? Are there [...]

Black or White Barbie doll…take your pick

Monday, February 19th, 2007

The other day while doing the usual – having a mental block… thinking hard of what to write about, I received an email from a friend with the above video. So I watched it and it hit me as pretty powerful…that’s when it crossed me… What if this test were to be done on white [...]

Japanese Swahili

Friday, February 16th, 2007

Well I have decided to be a little serious today and give you all some fatherly advice. Well Jesus used to use parables in the Holy Book. Lemme give this a shot. The Japanese are amazing people. They embrace other people’s cultures so well its amazing. A friend of mine in Kenya, told me how [...]