The Problems Of Interracial Relationships

In 1982, Bernice and James met while studying at university in Belgium. Bernice was born in Belgium and raised by white Catholic parents, while James grew up in Nigeria in a traditional black, Christian family. They decided to get married, but both families had their concerns. Three years later, both families learned to embrace and celebrate their cultural differences. They were married in 1985, and enjoyed a Christian ceremony followed by traditional African dancing and festivities. Neither family were ‘racist’, but where making judgements based on their unintentional racial bias. (Interracial Couples Speak Out).

While writing my paper the words of Martin Luther King stayed in my mind and I wondered if my father ever heard them. My father didn't believe in interracial relationships yet faith dealt him another hand. My step brother married an African American women and my father thought he would die. He yelled and

Luckily attitudes have changed with the acceptance of interracial relationships that have allowed them to become more common and normalized within our society.

Marriage is the joining together of two people to become a whole to give themselves to each other, a very sacral affair. There are people that do not care about the color of someone’s skin or their cultural background and only focus on the love they feel for the other. While others do want to have a loving bond with another human but do not want to go outside of their race or cultural upbringing. Either way of thinking is perfectly acceptable, because like I stated before we are all entitled to our own beliefs and thoughts. While the generations are becoming younger the thought of a time when interracial marriage was against the law is hard to comprehend. While some of the older generation is having trouble comprehending interracial marriage. It does not mean that they are raciest towards others, they can still love one another, but would rather when it comes to marriage have it between the same race. No one is at fault, each generation grew up in a time when thinking was different. Older generations grew up and were taught that marriage was between a man and a woman each from the same race or cultural background. That marring outside of these boundaries was not even a thought. Now today’s generations were brought up seeing interracial marriage as a normal occurrence, that marriage should not be defined by the color of one’s skin or cultural

Many people who date out of their race are likely to encounter tension and criticism from society as a whole. People tend to have a superficial understanding about interracial dating and forget about the true meaning of a relationship. What temerity is this, receiving constant stares and negative reactions, it is completely rude and ignorant of people.

America has had a long history of racism. This fact is more easily understood if racism is understood for what it really is. It is more than just personal hatred. Racism is the “belief that a particular race is superior or inferior to another, that a person’s social and moral traits are predetermined by his or her inborn biological characteristics” (What is Racism). The 21st century has brought a lot of changes to the American society. Nevertheless, racism still exists owing to the truth that it is still impossible to persuade the hearts of mankind in terms of racism, which leads to many people wondering how and when black and white racism will end in America. Many solutions have been suggested, and one of the various solutions is black

Families around the world consist of many variations. The traditional family includes a mother and father of the same racial background and their children. While this is the most acceptable type of family dynamic, today there are families that consist of countless different types of deviations. Many children grow up with one parent, gay parents, or with their grandparents. There are also families that consist of two parents that are of different races. Interracial families consist of relatives who are from diverse origins. Interracial families include families where the parents are of two different races or when the adopted children are of a different race than their parents.

Recent studies have proposed that the rate of acceptance for interracial relationships is increasing since the mid-twentieth century (Feliciano, 2009). However, it is still rare to witness intimate interactions between whites and minorities, in particular with African Americans, despite this upward trend. Most of the data demonstrating white people's rising relationship preferences with minorities is based on self report on internet dating sites, which calls into question if people are being completely truthful when responding to profile questionnaires (Feliciano, 2009). In this review, I will consider the research done by social psychologists suggesting that the increase in interracial relationship preferences is only due to the modern stigma of being seen as racist. Perhaps, it is the subconscious antagonistic feelings towards minorities that truly govern people's relationship

Interracial relationships/marriages have increased substantially in America over the past few years. While black families tend to be more accepting of the interracial relationships and white partner, white families are more reluctant to accept the mix of white and black races. In 2010, there were a total of 390,000 couples that consisted of a black husband and white wife. One large reason why people tend to not agree with interracial relationships is because of the mental abuse and bullying towards biracial children. However, the majority of people who ever speak their opinions on mixed children are ones from the older generation. This is alarming to me due to my future children being biracial.

“What have I said about playing the blame game in this house?” A tall man walked into the room from the kitchen, holding a cup of coffee. “I expect my children to get along, especially when you need to watch each other’s backs!”

Interracial marriage is more than an ethical discussion. According to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia on the internet, interracial couple is a romantic couple or marriage in which the partners are of different races. The answer, if differences affect in multiracial couples is positive. There is a continuous debate among spouses related to the most serious issues of individual religion, nationality and education.

Relationships formed by two ethnicities can create a union between different cultures such as Asian, Hispanic, African American, American, and many others. One factor that comes from these relationships is children. Adolescents, whether they are involved in or are the product of mixed race couples, are negatively affected by interracial relationships. In result of these relationships, those adolescents face social, emotional, and cultural issues. Those issues include receiving social backlash from those around them, experiencing an identity crisis, and receiving neglect from their families.

In the multi cultural society that we live in today, relationships from all different cultures are welcomed. The mixing of races has been going on for hunherds of years and dates back to the unfortunate years of slavery. Where the mixing of white and black was a taboo, but still carried out by the white slave masters on their black maids/ slaves.

are even more of a special case in the racist's mind than just an African American

As we sat down to eat lunch, my salesman and his coworker were already deep in the sales process. They asked him how his wife was as they talked about theirs all the same and they asked about his dad, They were continuing the relationship that they already had build for what seemed like years. If a stranger walked by the table, they would have thought that these three guys were friend since the third grade. After they calmed down the chitchat, they went straight into business, it seemed that these three eat about once a month.