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I'm starting to think this is more about outrage that someone would dare "reject" white people. [/quote]

Close, but not quite. I don't like that you would reject me (or my child) [i]because of[/i] our whiteness.

And a white person would never get away with a blanket "rejection" of black people. See how little response the white posters who are prejudiced are getting? It's because the rest of us (many of us, anyway) have written them off as an embarrassment and a lost cause.

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Actually, white people get away with rejecting black people all the time. The reason why most folks haven't responded to the white folks expressing these feelings in this thread is because it's nothing shocking to them. [b]To pretend that white people would heartily welcome a black DIL/SIL is laughable.[/b] In fact, I would say that those who *do* accept their black SIL/DIL without reservation are the exception, not the rule. And that black person had better be "one of the good ones" or you can forget about them being welcomed into the family circle.

And this is not about rejection; it's about wanting my son to nurture and have a successful black family. Now if he chooses a white wife, oh well. Yes, I'll be disappointed, but as I've said before in this thread, I would not make my feelings known nor would I make my DIL feel uncomfortable. In time, I'd probably even be okay with the union. BUT, deep down, I will be greatly disappointed that my son did not choose a black wife. [/quote]

I think you would really like to believe this because it makes you feel better about being a racist.  But the fact it that this is not 1950, and we have elected a black president two times in this country.  So I think most white, urban, educated white people (which is what makes up most of the posters on this board) would be ok w/ their kids dating/marrying non-whites.  Can you say the same thing about most AA women?  If the views expressed on this board are representative, then it's a resounding "no."  So stop pointing fingers and calling white people racist when you are the racist.[/quote]

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