Dude.. Oriental is a 19th century word referring, primarily, to the middle east.HalfLife205 said:Oh, and also I'm British, so when I say Asian I mean the proper type of Asian, i.e. 'Indian' rather than Chinese. They're what's known as oriental, using Indian as a blanket term for all other Asians is offensive and quite frankly ignorant.
Amen to that..However one thing I will say about interracial relationships to make them stand out is that some of THE most attractive people I have ever met were a product of one. People of mixed race tend to be very good looking.
Unless you happen to be gay, then it's wrong.Dango said:Why should race matter at all? Love is love, that's all there is to it.
No problem. I understand. Racism is more than one's ideology about the world. It also comes down to subconscious emotions that strike before logic can intervene. I was raised in white suburbia, so I still get that sting of anger at the sight of hip hop culture. The important thing is recognizing it and making sure it doesn't influence your actions. Good for you.SimuLord said:This is where subconscious racism rears its ugly head with me.
I was raised in a lily-white town (as in, we had one black-white mixed-race family and a few Chinese folks who mainly ran restaurants. According to the Census Bureau via Wikipedia:
"96.94% White, 0.45% Black or African American, 0.08% Native American, 1.43% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.20% from other races, and 0.90% from two or more races." (2000 census)
And my high school was a hotbed of racism thanks to forced busing (or "school integration", if you prefer.) I was a member of a hate group myself (I got better.)
When you've got that drilled into your head from childhood that interracial relationships are wrong or unnatural or a good excuse to vent some teenage-boy frustration and beat the shit out of a black kid without the principal giving two shits (and I'm from the Northeast!)...
Well, it's gonna lead to certain visceral reactions as an adult. And I just can't get past that drilled-in-childhood revulsion at the sight of an interracial couple (and indeed, it's black guy-white girl that triggers that response in me---if I see a black guy with an Asian or an Asian with a white or any other combination, it doesn't register as unusual with me.)
I'm sorry, I really am. I try very hard to move past that. But if any black people (I won't say "African-Americans" because I'm sure an African in the UK or a Jamaican or...you get the idea...reading this would take offense) want to hate me for that, I honestly don't blame you. And if you've any advice for becoming more accepting, I'm open to it.
Lol. Thought I'd laugh at that before someone ended up taking it seriously. Still, you probably ticked off some furries in the forum.s0p0g said:i oppose them
"bestiality" is just... not right. humans are supposed to mate with other humans, not some other animal; just as animal x doesn't mate with animal y, because it's unnatural, for it won't create any offsprings
also see: biological imperative, and the like
so, and now flame me, because i took the liberty of taking the word interracial literally ^^
...Skullkid4187 said:Depends on the races
Its nice to see that there are people out there willing to change their views on such matters. I understand that its hard for you to totally abandon parts of what you learned from childhood, but I glad to see that you are at least trying to overcome your prejudices. I'll admit that I'm not entirely comfortable about male gay couples despite the fact that I have no problems with it, but I'm trying to get over it.SimuLord said:This is where subconscious racism rears its ugly head with me.
I was raised in a lily-white town (as in, we had one black-white mixed-race family and a few Chinese folks who mainly ran restaurants. According to the Census Bureau via Wikipedia:
"96.94% White, 0.45% Black or African American, 0.08% Native American, 1.43% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.20% from other races, and 0.90% from two or more races." (2000 census)
And my high school was a hotbed of racism thanks to forced busing (or "school integration", if you prefer.) I was a member of a hate group myself (I got better.)
When you've got that drilled into your head from childhood that interracial relationships are wrong or unnatural or a good excuse to vent some teenage-boy frustration and beat the shit out of a black kid without the principal giving two shits (and I'm from the Northeast!)...
Well, it's gonna lead to certain visceral reactions as an adult. And I just can't get past that drilled-in-childhood revulsion at the sight of an interracial couple (and indeed, it's black guy-white girl that triggers that response in me---if I see a black guy with an Asian or an Asian with a white or any other combination, it doesn't register as unusual with me.)
I'm sorry, I really am. I try very hard to move past that. But if any black people (I won't say "African-Americans" because I'm sure an African in the UK or a Jamaican or...you get the idea...reading this would take offense) want to hate me for that, I honestly don't blame you. And if you've any advice for becoming more accepting, I'm open to it.