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Not every interracial couple comes from a place of hatred. Some it just happened to land that way for them. If you look at some of my other posts on this thread, I mentioned that I have happened to live in areas that had a smaller black population.
My first duty station when I was in the military was Hawaii. Not a lot of black women there. Most of the ones that were there were there because they came with their husband who was in the military. There were some black women who got stationed there and were single.
Now let's be honest. We all want to date someone we are attracted to. Once you narrow down to just one race that is already a smaller percentage in the area your choice pool is small. Trying to find one that is attractive in that smaller pool is even narrower.
Now if you are absolutely B1 and have the thought that I'd rather date a black woman I don't find attractive than date outside the race you may find a black woman to date in such an area.
Like myself most people don't think like that. When I was dating back then I wasn't looking for a white woman to date, or a Hawaiian woman to date, or a black woman to date (although that was my first choice), I was just looking for an attractive woman that was nice and kind.
Once I came to San Antonio the population dynamics were a little better but not much. I did make more of an effort to date black women in San Antonio than I did in Hawaii. Things just never worked out. Hispanic women just seemed to be more into me than black women.
Like anyone else would, I went for the low hanging fruit. I wasn't coming from a place of that I didn't like black women or that other races were better or anything like that.
I just felt why out myself through the ringer trying to date one specific race. Why be single for longer than necessary just to date one specific race? So again, I wasn't trying to find a specific race. I just wanted to find a nice woman regardless of race that I could be with. It just so happened that the one I met was Hispanic. I just as easily could have ended up with a black woman. It just didn't happen that way.
So I have just always felt that date whoever you choose to. My problem is with a black man that dates out of race and bashes black women or a black woman that becomes a divestor and bashes black men. Date who you want and just be happy. You don't have to date out of race and then bash your own race. That part I have a problem with. Interracial dating in and of itself I don't find issue with.
Just as I have said know what you are doing when you make that choice. It isn't all pretty like they show in the pictures. It comes with a lot of unique issues. Imagine dating someone that you have to teach how to make every single soul food dish and having to wait years for them to get good at it! Imagine dating someone that has completely different cultural values than you. Imagine dating someone that likes completely different music than you. Imagine being in a relationship where you know family members don't necessarily like you because of your race. It takes a lot to make that all work. Me being in that situation myself I know how hard it is and hats off to all those that make these relationships work.
To those bashing these relationships that haven't ever had to be in that situation I say be quiet. Do what makes you happy and let others do what makes them happy!
My first duty station when I was in the military was Hawaii. Not a lot of black women there. Most of the ones that were there were there because they came with their husband who was in the military. There were some black women who got stationed there and were single.
Now let's be honest. We all want to date someone we are attracted to. Once you narrow down to just one race that is already a smaller percentage in the area your choice pool is small. Trying to find one that is attractive in that smaller pool is even narrower.
Now if you are absolutely B1 and have the thought that I'd rather date a black woman I don't find attractive than date outside the race you may find a black woman to date in such an area.
Like myself most people don't think like that. When I was dating back then I wasn't looking for a white woman to date, or a Hawaiian woman to date, or a black woman to date (although that was my first choice), I was just looking for an attractive woman that was nice and kind.
Once I came to San Antonio the population dynamics were a little better but not much. I did make more of an effort to date black women in San Antonio than I did in Hawaii. Things just never worked out. Hispanic women just seemed to be more into me than black women.
Like anyone else would, I went for the low hanging fruit. I wasn't coming from a place of that I didn't like black women or that other races were better or anything like that.
I just felt why out myself through the ringer trying to date one specific race. Why be single for longer than necessary just to date one specific race? So again, I wasn't trying to find a specific race. I just wanted to find a nice woman regardless of race that I could be with. It just so happened that the one I met was Hispanic. I just as easily could have ended up with a black woman. It just didn't happen that way.
So I have just always felt that date whoever you choose to. My problem is with a black man that dates out of race and bashes black women or a black woman that becomes a divestor and bashes black men. Date who you want and just be happy. You don't have to date out of race and then bash your own race. That part I have a problem with. Interracial dating in and of itself I don't find issue with.
Just as I have said know what you are doing when you make that choice. It isn't all pretty like they show in the pictures. It comes with a lot of unique issues. Imagine dating someone that you have to teach how to make every single soul food dish and having to wait years for them to get good at it! Imagine dating someone that has completely different cultural values than you. Imagine dating someone that likes completely different music than you. Imagine being in a relationship where you know family members don't necessarily like you because of your race. It takes a lot to make that all work. Me being in that situation myself I know how hard it is and hats off to all those that make these relationships work.
To those bashing these relationships that haven't ever had to be in that situation I say be quiet. Do what makes you happy and let others do what makes them happy!
Black people are still oppressed.
The vast majority of whites and non-Blacks are complicit in maintaining anti-Black racism.
Yet this is what some of us are out here doing because one of these snow roaches made a "special exception" for y'all low self-esteem having asses? When I become an ancestor and I see my descendants are still doing BS such as this, they better hope God don't let me roam the streets as a ghost.