Racism in inter-racial or inter-ethnic families
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Anonymous
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Has anyone ever seen a situation where there is a mixed marriage involving one white partner (I mean white white, not ethnic) and the other spouse of another race or ethnic minority, but it is the non-white spouse who has the hangups with other non-white races (sometimes including their own).
I have seen about four or five such cases and it always blows my mind. In all the cases I have seen, the white spouse is oblivious to all of it. |
Anonymous
| Huh??? |
Anonymous
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I think OP means something along these lines
White person marries non-white person. Non-white person is racist and white person is oblivious to it. To answer OP's question...no. I know several couples like you describe and none have any hang ups. Well unless you count one who is annoyed by how some people of his race act, but I don't think that is particularly unique. |
Anonymous
| Wtf are u saying or alluding to? |
Anonymous
| You're right, OP. Only white people should be allowed to have racial prejudices. |
Anonymous
| I've noticed that black guys who are married to white women are often contemptuous of their race and, in many cases, seem to despise black women. Self-hatred at its finest. |
Anonymous
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No. My Asian father was very out of place in my white mother's extremely conservative family. They were very polite and distant to him, too polite. It was a way of excluding him.
And all the old aunts looked at me through their pince-nez as if I was some sort of zoo animal. Just garden-variety white racial prejudice 
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Anonymous
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OP,
And by the way, what's white white, versus ethnic white? |
Anonymous
Not OP, but Italian, Jewish, etc. |
Anonymous
I always learn something new. LOL |
Anonymous
yes, but there isn't anything you can do, really |
Anonymous
Yes, I have seen this before with various people. That's why some people date or marry outside of their race. You may not know what that person's experiences were within their own racial group. Maybe they were mistreated or abused by their own people and they developed a disdain towards them. If you're not a part of a minority group, then you may not understand the constant pressure and tribal mentality to go against anything that your group deems as white culture. When a minority marries a white person the backlash that they receive from their group is devastating. Your peers from your minority group can't accept that you marry a white person and that you've assimilated into the majority culture. The rejection from them turns into hating them. You begin to see them as your enemies instead of your allies. You also may throw in other minorities into your hate box because you fear that they may hurt you too. Intra-racism is very real. It's a way to project your pain, insecurities, and fears onto others. Know that the person who you see behaving in this manner is hurt. Hurt people hurt other people. However, this is nothing new. |
Anonymous
The Moors (Arabs from North Africa) made their way to Southern Italy, Spain, and many other places. Those dudes got around and there was a lot of mixing going on in Europe many moons ago. 
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evangelina22
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This is funny..we need some history lessons.. 
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Anonymous
| OP, everyone has prejudices. Why would spouses in biracial marriages be immune from racism? |