INTERRACIAL DATING- THE UNSPOKEN TRUTH
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INTERRACIAL RELATIONSHIPS... I just had to do an illustration on this, being that I have dated white men in the past...or maybe I should say I still do. I couldn't help but notice that while on a date with a white man, the looks I get, the stares or even it safe to say some people actually glare at me. As if I had committed the ultimate sin, the BIG betrayal. You would think that I did something very insulting, or said something insulting. But what crime was I actually committing? What crime was he committing? Is it because maybe I was taking a chance with him being a racist, or was it because he is taking a chance with someone who is black or probably, according to some people, not as smart as him and in that case... maybe he could do better? What exactly is the big deal?
In a country where interracial dating is steady on the rise, where we all finally share the same civil rights, and we seem to be getting on the same page, things are still not exactly as they seem. Statistics show that in 2010, 1 in 12 marriages in the United States were interracial. Despite of this, we still live in a country in which these types of relationships are frowned upon. Partly to blame is the deep seeded racism that was embedded hundreds of years ago, the long hard road to civil rights, broken promises of the government and politics, amongst other damaging situations of the past. Despite the changes that have occurred over the years to nullify our racial tension in the United States, people still feel the same way as they did in the early 50's.
STATISTICS
- Four in 10 Americans say lifting anti-miscegenation laws was good for American society; three in 10 say it made no difference and only one in 10 say it was bad for the country. 63 percent of Americans say it "would be fine" with them if a family member married someone of another race.
- Black men are two times more likely to marry someone of another race or ethnicity than Black women. The opposite is true among Asian men and women.
- Hispanics and Blacks who married whites are more likely to be college-educated than those who married within their same ethnic or racial group
- Interracial daters report receiving less social support, such as positive affirmation or help from friends, family, or just people they interact with in public
- Due to perceived lack of support, interracial couples are less likely to exchange gifts and to report thinking of themselves as a couple.
http://contemporaryfamilies.org/marriage-partnership-divorce/how-color-blind-is-love.html
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