Do your parents get a bit uneasy if you date outside your race?

im african english mix.
my parents wont care as long as they are christian. but my mum for some reason wouldnt get along with an asian son-in-law and discourages that idea. not to mention the weird looking baby :s

Weird baby?

weird baby, how racist!!!!!!!!

I've married outside my race. Parents weren't happy at first, but once they got to know him they approved.

I'm mixed-race myself, so unless I marry someone who's the same mix of ethnicities as me, I'm going to be with someone 'outside my race'. My mum won't mind whoever I marry, just so long as he's a good person, we love each other and make each other happy - she'll be delighted with that, and that's just how it should be. My dad, however, is insistent that I'll be excommunicated if I get with a black, Pakistani, Indian, Chinese etc guy, which is absolutely disgraceful. I'm generally attracted to white guys anyway, but oftentimes find black guys and black/white mixed-race guys and wouldn't let my dad's bigotry stand in the way if I fell in love with someone he disapproved of merely on the basis of the colour of their skin.

It makes me sick when people want lovers to be apart simply because of their race. You love who you love, it's as simple as that.

Neither of my parents want to me to date (or marry, rather) a black guy. They've explicitly told me this.


It's quite funny/strange considering the fact that I'm half black.......

What race are you and what race is you partner?

What race are you?

Just curious

I am a British from an Indian background and he is white British.

You are a Conservative, Monarchist, Euroskeptic British Asian?

Yes.

My father is a Roman Catholic Italian and my mother is a Turkish muslim, so neither of them have had any issues with the race/ religion of my ex-boyfriends. I've also studied in international schools all my life, so they pretty much expected that I would be meeting and dating people from different ethnic backgrounds. But my grandparents, especially my father's parents were very much horrified about their relationship.

I think it also helps if your parents aren't too religious and have travelled and lived outside of their home countries. I dont think my father would be OK with me dating a South Asian boy though, he has some misinformed prejuidices against them.

I thought Muslim women aren't allowed to marry non-Muslims?

I had an asian boyfriend once (Muslim), my dad's racist, he hated it.. it ended. -_-
But personally, I don't see what the big fuss is about... as long as the cultural differences don't get in the way of the relationship, what is actually wrong with it? If two people are happy with one another, others shouldn't intrude with their opinions on how people should only be together if their from the same race. 21st century you prejudiced people.. wake up!