Blogcritics Comments on A Teenage Issue of Black or White

Comment by brooklyn on A Teenage Issue of Black or White

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:55:41 EST

Honestly, i dnt see anything wrong with dating someone of the other race. It never said in the bible that u couldnt so why not? I mean, u cant help who u like or love....welcome to the real world people!

Comment by Chell on A Teenage Issue of Black or White

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:32:15 EDT

Glad to know that exactly 231 years after America's independence, almost exactly 144 years after the Battle of Gettysburg and 44 years after the signing of the Civil Rights Act, Americans most of whom are so-called Christians (who worship white skin color and blonde hair rather than Jesus and we are even surprised after God sends Katrina) still arguing about race.

Comment by Christopher Rose on A Teenage Issue of Black or White

Wed, 4 Jul 2007 15:28:29 EDT

Richard, I would respond to your latest comment but I don't understand what you're saying. There's the human race, then arguably races such as Spanish, English, Dutch et cetera, although I'd consider them nationalities. You seem to be trying to suggest that terms such as Caucasian or Negroid imply some greater commonality than skin colour but that is so obviously untrue as to be laughable.

Comment by Richard Brodie on A Teenage Issue of Black or White

Wed, 4 Jul 2007 15:17:16 EDT

It wouldn't be hard to imagine the reaction a white actor might get if he were to announce his preference for white women. Actually it would be quite easy to imagine. He would be crucified as a horrible xenophobic racist bigot. Every epithet in the PC pejorative lexicon would be thrown at him. But aren't we fortunate to have a defender such as Christopher Rose on our side, who preaches that Caucasian and Negroid are not "meaningful differentiators." He will advocate for us that race is not a meaningful way to differentiate between the propriety of having all black colleges and the propriety of having all white colleges, between the propriety of having a black congressional caucus and the propriety of having a white congressional caucus, or between the propriety of having an African-American culture preservation movement and the propriety of having a European-American culture preservation movement.

Comment by Dan on A Teenage Issue of Black or White

Wed, 4 Jul 2007 14:02:10 EDT

Well, bhw speculated a lot as to my thinking, so I guess it might qualify me to speculate hers. She had an education steeped in oppression/victimization issues. She talked of several social justice luminaries who came to speak at her campus. People who use alternative historical perceptions to decide if a double standard is good or not. As to the case of blacks objecting to inter-racial dating, She might say that black relatives would be "concerned" that potential children of the couple might not get the full immersion in cultural heritage that would be required of "authentic" African Americans. They might be wary that such a child could find themselves in a racial confusion, Ostracised by both groups. There wouldn't be any irony for her in thinking that the same attitudes, expressed by white relatives of the couple, would be deserving of scorn. Once, on The Oprah! show, Oprah asked the actor Eddie Murphy what type of women he prefers. He began by saying "Black..." and was cut off by a resounding display of audience approval. It wouldn't be hard to imagine the reaction a white actor might get if he were to announce his preference for white women.

Comment by El Bicho on A Teenage Issue of Black or White

Wed, 4 Jul 2007 14:02:03 EDT

"an endangered human variant, namely blondes!" Not here in Southern CA. They flourish.

Comment by Christopher Rose on A Teenage Issue of Black or White

Wed, 4 Jul 2007 11:46:18 EDT

I think you shouldn't speculate as to people's thinking, Richard. That is doubly so when you are so confused as to think Caucasian and Negroid are meaningful differentiators. There are, of course, many different cultures around the world. Marriages between members of different cultures are always going to be a little more complex than, say, a marriage between two Amish people. Of course, that's not what you're trying to get at, but that's because you're both a racist and a member of an endangered human variant, namely blondes!

Comment by Richard Brodie on A Teenage Issue of Black or White

Wed, 4 Jul 2007 11:24:50 EDT

Well, her blog seems to have disappeared, so I guess we'll never know why she believed that blacks have a "different" (probably implying "morally supperior") reason for opposing interracial dating. Perhaps someone who is not a race-denier, i.e. who realizes that skin coloration is hardly the only difference between Caucasians and Negroids, will come along with the same perception she had on this issue, and will enlighten us as to the reasons for the attitude difference in question.

Comment by Christopher Rose on A Teenage Issue of Black or White

Wed, 4 Jul 2007 11:12:20 EDT

Her comment was made almost three years ago, Richard. She used to be an editor here but had to stop due to real life commitments. As usual, there's the common sense answer, then there's your theory! I don't see marriage between people with different skin colours as interracial so I can't answer your question.

Comment by Richard Brodie on A Teenage Issue of Black or White

Wed, 4 Jul 2007 11:05:16 EDT

bhw is a woman. She is neither of the false choices you deceptively offer, Richard. Correction. My choices were not offered "deceptively". They were offered based on a mistaken assumption. Which still leaves us having to wonder why she never responded with an answer to the question: What do you see as the difference between the reasons blacks oppose interracial marriage and the reasons whites oppose it?

Comment by Richard Brodie on A Teenage Issue of Black or White

Wed, 4 Jul 2007 10:57:57 EDT

And BTW coyote, I'd like to see these polls that say a "depressingly" large MINORITY of Americans still oppose inter-racial marriage. I think you probably give the establishment brainwashing machine too much credit. And even if they're true, the results are likely to be skewed by people responding the way they think they're SUPPOSED to respond, instead of the way they really feel. If people weren't so afraid of sounding non-PC, I'll bet you'd be looking at a depressingly large MAJORITY! And a large part of that majority would likely be all the poor black females, at least those who don't look like Caucasians with a dark skin, who see the males of their race abandoning them for the beautiful white women, and who don't find a lot of white guys to replenish their depleted dating pool.

Comment by Christopher Rose on A Teenage Issue of Black or White

Wed, 4 Jul 2007 10:50:01 EDT

bhw is a woman. She is neither of the false choices you deceptively offer, Richard.

Comment by Richard Brodie on A Teenage Issue of Black or White

Wed, 4 Jul 2007 10:45:18 EDT

So what do you suppose it is with bhw? Is he a black supremacist, or is he merely a victim of the white self-hatred propaganda that has been preached by the academic and educational establishment for the last half century or so?