Tygirl RE: Interracial couples

sarack

So FI's family is from Louisiana. His dad loves us and is ok with it but his family that lives there are rude and they don't agree with it and will sit there and talk sh!t about you in front of your face. It's pretty crazy.I can't believe a judge did that and then said that they have PILES of black friends who they allow to use their toilet. The justifications just don't sit well with me.

Tygirljojo

Grr, that kind of sh!t just pisses me off. I am a result of an interracial marriage and therefore technically, no matter what race I marry I will be a part of an interracial marriage. Yes, I don't FULLY identify with either race, but I notice things about both. And honestly, the thing that would make an interracial marriage less likely to fail is due to they way the couple is treated by people like that judge.

uwhuskygirl

This whole article makes me mad. Every quote, every detail, everything about it. How did someone like this get to have such a position?  I really don't know what I would have done if something like this would have happened to me and H. Race has been such a non-issues for both of our families that it just shocks me that this still happens. It's really sad to think that race is still an issue like this in 2009.Ty, both of my parents are Asian and I still can't identify with being Asian because I grew up in a predominantly Caucasian area. I don't agree with a lot of the traditional gender roles and responsibilites of the Asian culture and I feel like that makes it harder to get in touch with my heritage. I feel your pain with not being able to identify, but it doesn't always stem from being an interracial child either.

Tygirljojo

UW - that's actually very true. I do identify myself much better actually with second generation asian americans like you. But like you, I identify myself much better with American because I grew up with parents who's relationships and the family dynamics are not like traditional asian as you mentioned. Honestly, anyone of any race being like that to anyone of another race is a load of crap, from the judge to Sara's FI's family talking smack to her face. It's inexcusable and both ways really, IMO, support a mentality close to the Nazis where they're trying to "stay within the race."

amylbell

For serious I can't even believe this stuff is stil going on today...love is love...

Kaye Smith

Oh my God – I just read the article that you guys are referring to – how ridiculous is that?  I am also a product of an interracial marriage – and my parents have been married for over 40 years!  How can this happen in this day and age?  I think I’ve been very sheltered growing up in Seattle, where a majority of my friends are mixed like me, or in interracial relationships!  I cannot believe this! 

d_smith79

Although my marriage won't be interracial, I have been in interracial relationships in the past. This just makes me so sad (and infuriated). It reminds me that although we have come a long way...we still have so far to go. Like the pp said...love is love. My heat hurts for the couple in this incident and all of you out there that are dealing with the issue on some level. It's so unfair, and hard to believe that in 2009 we are STILL dealing with the hate and ignorance.

sarack

I guess it just goes to show how closeminded people are. My dad for the longest time used to tell me that our kids will have a hard life. But every one has hard times in their life. Almost every one I know is a mix of a few races. That is just how things are these days. I agree with UW. Who put them in this position? I don't think people should tell any one who they should marry. No matter what.

SaraAnnAlvarado2010

We were just discussing prejudice experienced by interracial couples at school the other day. Some people thought that the prejudice is gone...so wrong...my teaching partner and I and the OT are all in interracial marriages (I'll soon be anyway) and it is so wrong! I think it's good for people to know that prejudice is still there, because husing it up doesn't erradicate it. Thanks for sharing Tygirl!