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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would be okay with my white daughter dating an Asian American guy. I would be okay with her dating a Latino guy.

I would not be okay with her dating a Muslim guy, a Jewish guy, or a fundie/evangelical Christian guy, regardless of race. I would not be okay with her dating a guy who is from the Middle East or Central Asia. I would not be okay with her dating an Indian guy. I would not be okay with her dating an African American guy. [/quote]

This sounds like an honest response.  My honest follow up question is why do you draw these distinctions?  Why okay an Asian American and Latino, but not all those others?[/quote]

Not the pp, but I think the commonality here is how those cultures treat women.

This is a gross over-generalization, of course. And the secular Jewish guy doesn't really fit the category. But, the rest of them in general represent cultures where women are regarded by men as second-class and, in some cases, treated even worse. (Muslims = Burkhas, don't educate girls; fundie Jewish/Christian -- women are subservant; Middle East and Central Asia -- horrible women's rights records; Indians -- gender-based infanticide, horrible treatment of women; African-American: Women as bitches and hos, etc).

Again, the danger of stereotyping is real, but these are real concerns that I'd have as the parent of daughters. It might depend on how Americanized the family is.

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