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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Indian-American here.

Most people don't care if you marry a well-off, educated white person from a family with assets and are still married. Some people find divorce untasteful, but if the rest is there, they aren't going to care one bit about the divorce and will be supportive.

Every. Single. Indian. I know (and I am so many having grown up in a heavy Indian community) would lose their minds if their child married a black person. Indians are weirdly hateful toward black people.[/quote]

Why? A lot of Indians have darker skin than African Americans, many of whom are mixed race and part white.[/quote]

Colorism is a big thing among Indians. [/quote]

Colorism is a big thing among Indians for sure. Embarrassing and ridiculous.

But that's different from racism toward AAs and Hispanic people. Previous generations were much more racist about that, and I know of families that became estranged over it. But now, I know multiple families where the child has married an African American or Hispanic partner. In all cases, the person was highly educated and their family was also (e.g., AA doctor parents with doctor kids). There may have been some internal discussions, I don't know, but as a friend, it seemed like the Indian family did not care that much, beyond that the person was not Indian. In one case, the person was highly educated/earning but the family was very working class. That one was bumpier, but in the end the families are making it work. [/quote]

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