Comments by "Not Ap" (@Not-Ap) on "Is It Okay To Have A Preference Of Race? Interracial Couples Agree Or Disagree | Spectrum" video.

Black culture depending where it is can be different. It's far more tolerant and accepting then most. This isn't the case in other cultures.
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It's more common then you think. People are extremely polarized these days and more openly prejudiced then ever. As result many people just want to avoid walking on eggshells within their own social circles or rocking the boat (and risk getting thrown out).
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@yellowyellowyellow7894 Yes alot and it's toxic to continually have this reinforced by wider society as they grow up. This doesn't create the most healthy individuals.
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@starseeker27 But this is a legit issue even if most people don't want to talk about it.
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Yes and mixed race people pay the price for this preference one way or another.
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@danjohnson7020 Well the fact is, and this isn't a very nice thing to say, that is kinda what the vast majority of the americas did. They didn't have to do that. England proved that with it's own colonial system after slavery was banned. Now you have to reap what you sow. Many countries after slavery was banned could have created Liberia like countries either in Africa or in there own colonies and gave the former slaves the land as reparations. Instead you decided to dismantle the institutions but maintain the aptitudes that lead it to happen while using them as a permanent serf class. Well now things are reaching a boiling a point... As it did under Monarchy and Feudalism. People can only take abuse for so long.
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Well that's hard when person decisions affect the wider world. Just because you can't see it does not mean it's not happening.
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@tibodeclercq2131 Because a large majority of the time it's based on stereotypes and fetishes. I'm not saying genuine attraction or like towards specific individuals of certain races doesn't happen but in many cases that's not what's going on. The situations becomes even more complicated when you bring kids into the equation creating alot of messed up kids. It's not even their fault though but the unresolved issues if their parents. Very rarely it because someone was fascinated by persons culture or who they are as person over all inspite of that. No it's often more rooted in unhealthy power dynamics.
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That's not what they really mean. It's the culture their race practices and has built. That's what they are afraid of disrupting or think they are.
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I don't think a agreed consensus was reached.
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It's because many cultures (not just european) are racist themselves even if they experienced discrimination from other racial groups. People are sensitive to cultural issues and zeitgeist of their own groups. Bringing new people into that group can sometimes radically upset the balance and often times people are made to be aware of that via shaming from their own home groups. The reasons vary.
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Welcome to being mix race!!! Where you can't even trust your own family, friends, husband, or wife. It's not about peace and love it's about ignorance and stupidity all round.
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I'm not sure how true this is...
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That's a fair enough reason especially these days.
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Ok fine but please don't forget to pass your experiences as PoC to your children so least they are aware of their advantages in life and that it was another story for older generations. Too often mixed race people lack sympathy if they pass and end becoming the very thing that caused them to come into being.
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