Racist Idiots
You know what I fuckin' hate more than anything? When non-Blacks (usually whites) say, "I don't have anything against Black people, I just don't believe in dating outside of my race."
Nothing but couched racism. We live in a time when most people no longer have the guts to simply say they don't like Black people, or that they think Blacks are inferior in some way (or many ways), so instead of being honest they make cryptic statements like, "I just believe people should stay with their own kind," or "I wouldn't marry outside of my race." Blah, blah. Those statements do not suffice for a reason or justification.
1) Refusing to even consider dating a Black person inherently means you DO have something against Black people. Think about it. Why would you refuse to date someone with whom you had absolutely no problem?
2) If you believe there's nothing wrong with only dating within your race then why hide your reasons? If you are firm and confident in this belief and it reconciles with who you are as a person, your religious, social, and moral beliefs then why hide the justification for your decision? Just stand up and confidently give the reasons why you wouldn't date a Black person and spare us this "I just don't believe in it" bullshit. Saying you don't believe in it has no meaning. What's the meaning behind your belief?
3) Your justification for not dating Black people can't be, "That's the way I was raised" because you're not a kid anymore. If you're an adult you're fully capable of making your own decisions, and no matter how you were raised, at some point you decided whether to hold onto things you were taught as a child or whether to let them go. You've made a choice to believe what you believe so blaming it on your parents, friends, or neighborhood is a cop-out. If you haven't sat still enough to figure out why you still unquestioningly believe the things people taught you when you were a kid perhaps you should do that... pronto.
Nothing but couched racism. We live in a time when most people no longer have the guts to simply say they don't like Black people, or that they think Blacks are inferior in some way (or many ways), so instead of being honest they make cryptic statements like, "I just believe people should stay with their own kind," or "I wouldn't marry outside of my race." Blah, blah. Those statements do not suffice for a reason or justification.
1) Refusing to even consider dating a Black person inherently means you DO have something against Black people. Think about it. Why would you refuse to date someone with whom you had absolutely no problem?
2) If you believe there's nothing wrong with only dating within your race then why hide your reasons? If you are firm and confident in this belief and it reconciles with who you are as a person, your religious, social, and moral beliefs then why hide the justification for your decision? Just stand up and confidently give the reasons why you wouldn't date a Black person and spare us this "I just don't believe in it" bullshit. Saying you don't believe in it has no meaning. What's the meaning behind your belief?
3) Your justification for not dating Black people can't be, "That's the way I was raised" because you're not a kid anymore. If you're an adult you're fully capable of making your own decisions, and no matter how you were raised, at some point you decided whether to hold onto things you were taught as a child or whether to let them go. You've made a choice to believe what you believe so blaming it on your parents, friends, or neighborhood is a cop-out. If you haven't sat still enough to figure out why you still unquestioningly believe the things people taught you when you were a kid perhaps you should do that... pronto.
posted by MW at Thursday, February 23, 2006
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