Archive for the ‘Mixed Race Relationships’ Category

Is multiracialism such a hard concept to grasp?

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
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When a person has parents that come from different racial backgrounds, he or she is considered multiracial. This according to Association of Multiethnic Americans and Project RACE . However, with the increase in cases of multi ancestry throughout the world, the categorization of people as multiracial seems quite puzzling these days. Looking at this Nigerian [...]

Do people date interracially to prove a point?

Thursday, July 29th, 2010
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Studies show that in interracial relationships, “racial minorities seek to be respected and seen as competent more than Whites do, whereas Whites seek to be liked and seen as moral more than racial minorities do.” Apparently this is because of representations of whites as racist and racial minorities as “unintelligent” (not my words). This conclusion [...]

Jill Scott’s spirit winces at black-white dating

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
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My new friend is handsome, African-American, intelligent and seemingly wealthy. He is an athlete, loves his momma, and is happily married to a White woman. I admit when I saw his wedding ring, I privately hoped. But something in me just knew he didn’t marry a sister. Although my guess hit the mark, when my [...]

Interracial dating: Can we really shelve race?

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Most of us like to think we are beyond race. We like to see our interracial relationships in a race-free vacuum. This is not the case with Cl; an Asian woman dating a white man. Here is what she says: The question that I’ve been struggling with recently is how much of my attraction to [...]

Interracial relationships: When you see race and your partner don’t

Monday, February 8th, 2010

I was going through this blog that blogs about stuff (some) white people do; and the topic that day was: ‘fail to see their interracial relationships from the other side’. This Asian chick, Cl, dating a white dude points out how race issues are personal to her because they affect her life directly. She says, [...]

Essence reader calls cover model a white supremacist

Monday, January 11th, 2010
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The February issue of Essence Magazine: Black Men, Love & Relationships, has Reggie Bush, the NFL player who is in an interracial relationship with Kim Kardashian. The main focus for this issue is celebrating Black love. Having Reggie on the cover really aroused a flood of seething comments from readers just because he is dating [...]

Essence bashed for having an interracial dater on their cover

Monday, January 11th, 2010

The February cover of Essence Magazine reads: Black Men, Love & Relationships Issue; the cover model: NFL’s Reggie Bush. However, people seem to be having issues with him as the cover model because Essence is a magazine geared towards Black women and Reggie is dating Kim Kardashian – a non-black woman. And the comments on [...]

Does the black community feel alienated by Woods’ preference for white women?

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
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Apparently the mixed race golfer’s preference for white women has ignited discussions within the black community in the US. It has been alleged that his latest sex scandal has sparked off debate among Black Americans on interracial dating. Much as this has been ignored in the media coverage of his infidelities, his marriage to a [...]

Interracial dating and M&Ms

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

When I saw the title of this video “Girls are Like M&Ms” I had to watch it and get the guy’s analogy. Well it’s not just about girls… it speaks for all of us. Don’t you just love the dude’s way of thinking (besides the ‘zapping the dad’ bit )?

Racial diversity in schools and interracial dating

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

Most schools, just like the infamous Bob Jones University never used to admit certain races just to discourage interracial dating in their institutions. Today, they do. But do diverse schools mean more interracial relationships? Most of us would like to believe that racial diversity in schools leads to more interracial dating. Apparently, not necessarily. More [...]