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I rarely hear about married interracial couples on the news, they date, but marriage is less common, the exception being Filipino ladies who have lots of interracial marriages, as well as Chinese women. All the married Chinese women I have socialized with in my age range married other races but I tended to avoid Chinese people who were culturally East Asian as friends.
I have not heard of any men marrying outside of the human race and I know it is not possible to legally marry a non-human in the United States.
I believe most humans would not have an issue, especially if they have interactions with others not like them (skin color wise). If one grows up in a society where such interactions were illegal for hundreds of years and/or where there is/was de jure and/or de facto "racial" segregation in housing, schooling, jobs, media representation, etc., like in the United States of America, then the numbers will be artificially lower.
In contrast, foreign individuals with permanent residency status in Japan make up around 2% of the population, yet nearly 4% of all marriages in Japan are with foreign individuals or permanent residents.
I would prefer any woman from any race as long as I am attracted to them. Though, ebony women are gorgeous. Their bodies seem so smooth to the eye.
I am Caucasian by the way
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I don’t think it is necessarily about race but cultural differences.
My ex was black, I am white. He grew up in the hood, me a middle class suburban family. We are also from two different religious backgrounds. It was our cultural and religious differences leading to differences in expectations in dating that was one of the reasons why it didn’t work out. It had nothing to do with race itself.
Black and white people, at least in America, have different cultural backgrounds a lot of the time and people tend to get along best with people who have similar backgrounds or are understanding of the same culture. Culture impacts a person’s mindset relating to expectations in a relationship and/or marriage. Two people with completely different mindsets will likely clash. Some people can work through those cultural differences, a lot unfortunately cannot, therefore not leading to marriage. It usually has nothing to do with preferring one race over the other, but the preference of a cultural understanding in a marriage, which can at times appear to be racially motivated.
I think the reason it's not more common is because there simply isn't that many minority women out there and a lot of them stick to their own race. Over 60 percent of the population is white and that number is much higher depending on where you live. Most people do tend to want to date within their own race but I think it's more due to cultural, religious, and social economic reasons than purely because of race. As a whole though as a country, we are trending more and more to having a more diverse population. The new generation is dating outside their race more than ever before. Pretty in the next 100 years I bet people who identify as purely white will be down to under 40 percent. As for me personally I would marry outside of my race as long as our values and culture aligned. Historically though I do find myself most attracted to women of my race and I had children and was married within my own race. I am open to getting out of that comfort zone if the right opportunity were to present itself.
Marriage is a contract that comes in many forms.
There are countries with arranged marriages where neither bride or groom has seen eachother.
There are countries where a mixed race marriage can mean all kinds of social pressures if not deaths.
There is the question of racism and xenophobia to consider in answering your question as well...
In countries with basic human rights it comes down to will and preference.
Personally, I had girlfriends of different races and never was race a determining factor in considering marriage.
There is no one answer for this. Different men have different preferences. Period.
I'm a little new to this website, but I'll give you my opinion.
No, not all guys prefer their own race. I would say that it depends on the personality and/ or interests this guy may have. If you have a great personality, are a good listener, or even very supportive through good times and bad, then this guy wouldn't have a problem based on looks or culture.
Trust me, you should be yourself, because a guy should be attracted to you based on your personality and not just looks.
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I Did it women of mostly all races, settle down with an educated did it women of mostly all races, settle down with an educated, average Caucasian female. We had to all the boys, and I thought it to mix race boys. Both of the boys were handicapped, and we were married for 47 years before she passed away this past year. That was a personal preference, at seven in the military in five years and retired after 20 years of service. You just have to be ready for what comes along if you marry outside your race.
It highly depends on the man and his values. Personally race isn’t a factor for me as long as I find the woman physically attractive and she has a good personality. I also tend to have very liberal values and am not very conservative.
I actually would prefer to date someone from a different culture than me just because I think it’s really cool to learn about and experience different cultures plus having a wife that speaks a different language sounds awesome! I get access to a free 24/7 language partner so I can learn a new language!
I’ve also been trying to leave my country for awhile and am trying to live abroad as an expat in Europe so I feel like I’d have more in common with the expat community there. In America too I notice value wise sometimes I agree more with the mindset of immigrants than with people from my own country. So as long as it personalities align I’m all for cultural
differences I love to learn about them and experience different customs.
Generally people choose people from their own ethnic group or as a partner, as ethnic I mean not racial, but ethnic, i. e. people with a similar culture to their own. This is because it is much easier to get along with each other. So it's not a question of appearance but of how people are and how they behave.
There are groups that are extremely exclusive also from the point of view of the exterior, often they are Asian groups. In sociological literature, Asians are the least prone to autonomously mix with people of other groups, especially Indians, Pakistanis, Han Chinese have a sort of endogamous ultranationalism.
I hear about interracial marriages but it's mostly in other countries. It's not common in the country where I live.
I think there are men who are open to marry outside their race but they don't do it because they fear the judgment of their friends and family.
So perhaps most men prefer to marry within their race.
I can only speak for myself here. I'm Black, and I strongly believe in the importance of the Black family. I do not and will not want to deal with any other color/ethnicity of woman that is not African/Black. Respectfully of course.
As for other people, I can't tell them who they should procreate with because that's really up to them.
Definitely not. While an Anglo guy I am biased against Anglo girls, simply because they are hard work.
Most girls from most places are mostly OK with men being men. Anglo girls aren't.
I particularly like Hispanic girls because they have this beautiful way of implying they don't believe a word you are saying but they are willing to suspend disbelief for the moment... just like at the movies
Interracial marriage is best left for those who feel financially secure and/or have incredible chemistry and hardly ever argue.
Like attracts like. I think women tend to be choosier in this regard. And there is nothing wrong with that. It’s actually prudent. So getting people to admit a race preference is stupid when there are tons of other things that factor into it. If those factors are genetically tied to a race, so be it. But your deciding factor should be love and commitment or it will all fall apart.
With financial stress, who wants to pile on with racial/cultural differences. Do enough arguing and negotiating at work, don’t need more of it at home.
I think it depends on where the guy is from. I dated this Arab guy once and to him it was sort of a big deal that I was at least a bit Arab but I wasn’t. For this he still loved me but it was disappointing to him that I wasn’t Arab for cultural and family reasons. I ended out relationship bc I couldn’t put up with his obsession of me having to be Arab but I understood it.
I think it rlly depends on the guy, his family, and where he’s from.
In Hawaii, 75% of marriages are interracial, intercultural or inter religious. Many people who call themselves Hawaiian have last names like Wong, Tashihara or Sanchez. (There are only around 3,000 full blooded Hawaiians in the world.) Maybe we’re just a little ahead of the rest of the country.
Not necessarily.
Reason it's less common is b/c most people tend to marry within the general locales where they live. Many have rarely traveled and don't get out much; hence, it's not so much about preference outside of race as it is preference of who's available.
I mean, my dad is mostly white and party Asian, and was *literally* chasing my afro-Latin mom before they divorced. So no, also I have a friend with two different race parents as well. I don't know
I think so yes. There is more common ground unless the people are not very attached to their culture. People also like people who resemble them.
most of em do although i dont think it's wrong to marry interracially if you choose to even date interracially ya need to understand that based on the white supremacist system that we live in that ya can't separate sexual relationships from race interracial sexual relationships independently of understandin and knowledge of other ethnicities and cultures to be able to approach em wisely will never be successful
It just depends on race. I see more hite men and black men in interracial relationships than Asian men, but that is probably just because they usually live in more diverse areas.
A lot of people prefer to date within their own race. I haven't, in my own life, but that wasn't really a conscious choice. I didn't decide to not date white women, the situation just didn't really come up for me to date one.
Chinese women overwhelmingly marry Chinese men. I see you are from Canada. Do you mean Canadian women of Chinese descent?
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