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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote]

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.

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