I was kind of surprised by how much of a debate we got into over interracial dating.
I think a lot of our views on dating come from how we're raised and the culture that we're exposed to and our parents influences.
I personally believe that if you like a person for who they are, what they look like won't matter. As long as you love them and have some sort of sexual attraction with that person (which is actually kind of important) then it doesn't matter what the color of their skin is.
And then I think about myself and my personal preferences. I find women of other races attractive, but I have never dated and/or had a serious crush on a woman of another race. But then again, when it comes to women I find attractive my first instinct is like "PRETTY" and it doesn't matter what color their skin is. It's just that more often than not, that woman is white. And I don't mean to! Perhaps I'm just conditioned in my preferences? I don't know. But oddly enough, if I was heterosexual I would be dating a black man. That's a fact and I will be honest that I am incredibly attracted to black men. Which is moot considering my homosexuality, but still, I feel like I would be all about dating a black man. But it's not like if there was a man who was white or Hispanic or what have you and he was really awesome, I wouldn't date him because he's not black. I think it just depends on the person you like and how you fit with them.
In conclusion: The validity of a couple's relationship shouldn't be based on skin color, gender or any of that stuff. If you like a person for who they are, then that's what matters.
Love is colorblind.
that's not such a weird thing. you can be completely attracted to a gender of a certain race but not some much the other. it usually just have to do with who your more comfortable and compatible with. I adore spanish women but i'm not really attracted to spanish men. Their very attractive but I just never saw myself in a relations with them.
ReplyDeleteBut why!? Why the distinction? Why are we not a human race, but instead a classification of races? Those who made qualms about dating outside their race did so based on stereotypes. If I see a pretty black girl, a pretty Asian girl, a pretty white girl, or a pretty one-eyed one-horned flying purple people eater, I'm going to buy them a drink! (Not so much now that I'm taken) It shouldn't matter what their skin color is, it's about them as people and their race doesn't define that.
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