Interracial Marriage's Promise
I've often thought racism will only find its rightful place on the funeral pyre of American history when Americans intermarry across racial lines so thoroughly as to erase all genetic differences. Now there's renewed talk that rising rates of interracial dating and marriage could resolve a different cultural dilemma: the black male shortage for black women.
The Associated Press reports that more black women are giving up hope of finding the perfect black mate and marrying outside the race.
"Could Mr. Right Be White?" is the article's subtitle. The concept isn't exactly new. The Free Republic website boasts an article of the same name dating to 2002.
But what is new are updated Census Bureau data showing more African-American women marrying white men and more cultural icons wedding across racial lines.
The article notes that there were some 117,000 black wife-white husband couples in 2006 according to the U.S. Census Bureau, up from 95,000 in 2000. It goes on to say, "Black women around the country also are reconsidering deep-seated reservations toward interracial relationships, reservations rooted in America's history of slavery and segregation. They're taking cues from their favorite stars from actress Shar Jackson to tennis pro Venus Williams as well as support blogs, how-to books, and interracially themed novels telling them it's OK to 'date out.' "
Younger Americans, we're often told, don't even view race in the same ways as their parents' and grandparents' generations did. Some don't even "see" skin color. If more Americans find wedded bliss because they're freed of the cultural restraints that prevented them from marrying across racial lines in the past, this is a good thing. But will it cause an eventual end to racism? I hope so, but the more I learn about world history, the larger my doubts loom.
Look at the Turks and the Greeks, whose people have conquered each other, raped each other's women, and intermarried to a fare-thee-well these past two millenniums. The two ethnic groups still can't get along, despite bearing what must be very similar DNA.
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Earth in Trouble
At a time when the earth's temperature is getting hotter, air is more polluted, water is more contaminated and the seasons seem to be unusual, it is no wonder that humanity is suffering from its normalcy.
The white race has endangered every species it has touched. They capture the lions and bears then disturb the balance in nature where lions and bears are needed predators. They put the black man in jail and prison and feed him drugs then seek after their women. The black women that fall for this are either dumb
unfamiliar with history or both. Imagine, white slavemasters use to have to rape black females for interracial sex. These were with black females not near as educated as they are today. Now after some 400 years, Venus and other misguided black women gives voluntarily.
The planet earth is trouble and its from top down. That is, from the atmosphere right down to the bumble bee which is growing extinct. Fortunately, there is effort to save the mother earth. Interracial dating or interracial marriage is on the same scale as oil spillage onto the Atlantic ocean. Its bad and will destroy a lot of fish. The Halle Berry, Venus Williams, Diane Ross and others have done a grave thing to the American black women that have looked up to these women for example. This is why one must be full of virtue, conviction and self control to survive the war between good and evil. And make no mistake.......interracial marriage is a very evil thing.
black husband, white wife
Although still a taboo subject, it's the norm. I have firsthand experience of the triumphs and struggles of an interracial marriage. On both sides of our families, we've seen relatives embrace our differences, and on the other side being shunned by others. We have also had to deal with our own prejudices, and in turn, learning to love everything about each other. I see the haters and their stares at times, but at that moment I hold my wife closer because god said,"what I have brought together, let no man put asunder."
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