B_NineInchCock_160IQ
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I'm used to talking about these things very openly, but maybe that's because I'm a college student, have a diverse set of friends, and was in Cultural Studies last semester where we had to write papers about it. It's probably not anywhere near as common to discuss this sort of thing outside of the bubble I live in. At least not in an intelligent/inquisative/or academic way. If it comes up at all it's usually in the form of repeating stereotypes, and then other people agreeing or disagreeing.
to naughty: I agree with most of what you're saying but I think you may be oversimplifying on several points. There are many different reasons that different people may choose to marry within or outside their own "race," and many different reasons why they may classify themselves or others as belonging to some group or another. I know, for instance, there's a pretty popular discourse among African-American women that they should marry White or Hispanic because their kids will have "nicer" hair. (don't know why Asian isn't typically included on that list, since they've usually got even straighter hair than anglos) The discourse that fairer skin is desirable is not unique to the USA, either. My ex-girlfriend's grandmother, who was mostly African by ethnicity and Panamanian by nationality often encouraged her children to marry lighter-skinned people because of some belief that fairer-skinned people were somehow superior. Of course Latin America has also had a similar history to the United States of institutionalized racist social hierarchies based on skin color. I know men who want to marry Asian, because they're supposed to be quiet, deferrential and submissive. Women who want to date black men because they like "thuggish" guys. and guys who only go out with latinas because they think that they're wild in bed.
I think I had a point but I may have lost it somewhere, and it's time for me to leave for my next class now. So... draw your own conclusions I guess.
to naughty: I agree with most of what you're saying but I think you may be oversimplifying on several points. There are many different reasons that different people may choose to marry within or outside their own "race," and many different reasons why they may classify themselves or others as belonging to some group or another. I know, for instance, there's a pretty popular discourse among African-American women that they should marry White or Hispanic because their kids will have "nicer" hair. (don't know why Asian isn't typically included on that list, since they've usually got even straighter hair than anglos) The discourse that fairer skin is desirable is not unique to the USA, either. My ex-girlfriend's grandmother, who was mostly African by ethnicity and Panamanian by nationality often encouraged her children to marry lighter-skinned people because of some belief that fairer-skinned people were somehow superior. Of course Latin America has also had a similar history to the United States of institutionalized racist social hierarchies based on skin color. I know men who want to marry Asian, because they're supposed to be quiet, deferrential and submissive. Women who want to date black men because they like "thuggish" guys. and guys who only go out with latinas because they think that they're wild in bed.
I think I had a point but I may have lost it somewhere, and it's time for me to leave for my next class now. So... draw your own conclusions I guess.