Archive for the ‘Interracial Marriages’ Category

The Loving Story film set to air this Valentine’s on HBO

Thursday, January 5th, 2012
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It may have been a long time coming but its finally here… The documentary film about the infamous interracial couple (Richard and Mildred Loving), “The Loving Story”, is set to hit the airwaves on HBO this Valentine’s Day. With a blend of raw archival footage and exclusive interviews with the couple’s family members and Lawyers, [...]

Poll: Is dating another minority easier than dating white?

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
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Most interracial couples have had their fair share of problems just for being in interracial unions. But when looking at the problems, we find that most of the stories of these interracial couples are those of couples that involve a minority/ colored individual and a white spouse. Somehow, the picture one ends up getting is [...]

Is interracial marriage sheer arrogance to what God intended?

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
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When the former pastor of Gulnare Free Will Baptist Church in Kentucky (Melvin Thompson) passed a resolution to ban interracial couples from their church in the name of “promoting greater unity among the church body and the community”, I had to find out what he meant by that. And as much as not all of [...]

Church ban on interracial couples revoked!

Friday, December 9th, 2011
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Sometimes, a public outcry does reverse things. And this time, I am very pleased to report that it has worked to reverse the ban on interracial couples imposed on members of the Gulnare Free Will Baptist Church, Eastern Kentucky. And just as promised, the new Pastor Stacy Stepp looked into the issue and declared the [...]

Banning interracial couple from church aint racist?

Monday, December 5th, 2011
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“I am not racist. I will tell you that… I am not prejudiced against any race of people, have never in my lifetime spoken evil about a race. That’s what this is being portrayed as, but it is not… I do not believe in interracial marriages, and I do not believe this will give our [...]

Why the sudden preference in white women black men relationships once success kicks in?

Friday, November 18th, 2011
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Every woman despite race dreams of finding love. And the dream is to find a man who comes as a package deal: a great career with great income, his own home, attractive, loving and a man who is capable of taking care of his family. Sadly, in the black community, most such men are in [...]

6 years and still hailing white men black women relationships

Monday, November 7th, 2011
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Jennifer tried to find reasons not to be with any white man who had approached her. First off, being born and raised in Africa, there had always been this notion that all black women in white men black women relationships were either in it for the money and lifestyle or were prostitutes at some point. [...]

White men black women dating:Is the choice to cross over an emotional struggle?

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
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When confronted by an irate reader’s closing remark “I can tell; you’re one of those women with a white boyfriend”, Sandy Banks says in a recent article in the LA Times: “I was pleased to be able to rally back: “My boyfriend is black.” Take that. But I was also grateful that her challenge hadn’t [...]

Why do outsiders have a harder time dealing with mixed race identity than the individuals do?

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
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I never believed such things happened until my sister told me furiously how some Chinese woman at the mall saw her pushing her mixed race baby on the pram (who looks white) and asked her if she was baby sitting. Ok! What made her livid was the suspicious look on that woman’s face. Its like [...]

Do white women black men relationships denote acceptance in interracial dating?

Sunday, October 16th, 2011
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It’s all over the internet! Americans are more accepting/tolerant/approving of black white dating. This is because of the recently released Gallop poll this month claiming a whooping 86% of us are cool with black-white marriages. And when we break it down to the young generation (18-37 years), we are talking 97%!!! Yes! You go ahead [...]