Can someone tell me what's wrong with dating outside your race?

[u/Downtown-Fix5896]

I'm just wondering since no-one has given me an answer

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[u/humanessinmoderation]

If you want a more intelligent question (or replies), reframe it as "Can someone tell me what can go wrong when dating/marry outside your race...that's not like the stuff you hear all the time (e.g. dealing with racist friends/family of theirs, etc)?"

[u/Wrong-Bowl-4681]

Nothing. There's no good answer so don't look for one. Just do you.

[u/Downtown-Fix5896 → u/Wrong-Bowl-4681]

I'm going to do me trust I just want to know the Reddit consensus. I was bored on my break at work and decided to make this post.

[u/5ft8lady]

Op the meme is funny, but we don’t know, you might do better asking either ppl in interracial relationships or biracial children, some say, they were traumatized by the racist white famoly members  

[u/xKhira]

Nothing. Most peoples tend to keep romance in-house but there's nothing inherently "wrong" with interracial dating. Both people just need to understand that they need equal exposure to both cultures.

[u/myboobiezarequitebig]

There is no “good” answer that doesn’t rely on historic oppression or race purity.

[u/IntelligentShape364]

I'm just wondering since no-one has given me an answer

Either you haven't asked or nobody has given you an answer that you'll accept.

Not the same as "no one has given me an answer", not even close.

There are unique problems that can arise when 2 people of different races date in a place with a lot of racial history like America, but there's nothing inherently wrong with dating outside your race and nobody on the left outside of a relative handful of radicals has ever suggested there was. Get off social media and go touch grass.

[u/Downtown-Fix5896 → u/IntelligentShape364]

Nigga I go outside every day when I go to my job. How about you stop trying to sound philosophical and answer the damn question.

[u/IntelligentShape364 → u/Downtown-Fix5896]

Nigga I go outside every day when I go to my job. 

Yeah brother that's not what I meant, jfc 😭 

 How about you stop trying to sound philosophical and answer the damn question.

How about you try reading a single book after high school. It would probably make it easier to understand that I did answer the question.

[u/klzthe13th]

I'm sorry this pic had me weak 😭.

But to answer your question, just do you. There are genuine problematic issues with interracial dating (racism from the other family; self hatred) but that's not true for everyone. Love is love. Do you

[u/Downtown-Fix5896 → u/klzthe13th]

😂😂 it had me weak too

[u/geb999]

Have you ever thought about "what does the white half of Black/white interracial couples get out of it?" I've seen a few man on the street interviews with white women who actually said the quiet part out loud.

[u/No_Alfalfa_532 → u/geb999]

What was the quiet part?

[u/Grand-Ambition7875 → u/geb999]

Same. And it's becoming more popular because we have phones to record. Mixed kids on tiktok exposing their yt mothers..

[u/garythegoat72]

The picture and the content of this post make no sense

[u/Downtown-Fix5896 → u/garythegoat72]

Which part confuses you?

[u/No_Alfalfa_532 → u/garythegoat72]

Those types of pics are made to have people make racist comments and go off the deep end. It's also stating that since he's with a white woman he can't he pro black.

[u/Neveezy]

Black folk are last on the socioeconomic totem pole, only one out of four black women are married, and black women do not want to be with anyone other than black men. So when one of our men dates out (marries out really), he's taking resources out of our community and making it more likely for one of our women to not end up with a lifetime partner or build a family. And the slippery slope argument is that our culture would eventually be lost.

[u/Grand-Ambition7875 → u/Neveezy]

Exactly this.

[u/hntr20]

Cultural wealth extraction both monatarily and literally like Dr. Umar Johnson often talks about.

[u/CriticalPolitical]

I don’t remember Carlton saying that in the Fresh Prince of Bel Air

[u/despairshoto]

It's nothing inherently wrong with it. The problem primarily comes from people outside of that; namely the racist friends/family of the person you are dating.

Many vocal people will not give you a straight answer or just give you a very hateful racist one. It's one of those questions that people refuse to genuinely answer for some nonsense reason or another.