Interracial Dating/Couples

[archibaldcrane]

They have been tons of tests that prove you cannot in any way shape or form differentiate the races based on genetics.

wut

So you're saying that skin color isn't genetic, despite the fact that two light-skinned people will have light-skinned children and two nigerian blacks will have dark-skinned children 99.9% of the time?

So if that's not genetics, what is it?

This is not a serious question, since it's obviously genetics.

[Galkaeater]

I grew up in an area where its like 98% white but I remember my mom telling me she wouldn't mind me being with a black chick when i was younger, i'm not sure why though may of been because there was some black singer on tv at the time or something.

[archibaldcrane]

Race has nothing to do with behavior. Unless you're a racist, then you think it does.

[Metah]

That's because race isn't real.

[archibaldcrane]

If race is a made-up thing, then what word would you use to describe the collective physical similarities of native Japanese people that are different than the collective physical similarities of native Nigerian people?

[Chun Liroy]

What about people who have certain physical traits? What do you term that? I agree that race doesn't/shouldn't include any personality trait or stereotypes, but what, then, do you call a group of people with similar physical characteristics?

Edit: GDI, hivemind archie.

[archibaldcrane]

If race is a made-up thing, then what word would you use to describe the collective physical similarities of native Japanese people that are different than the collective physical similarities of native Nigerian people?

Because whatever that word is, is what I call "race".

[BaneTheBrawler]

Blexiwhisianuitokeeginee.

[miokomioko]

I've got German, Irish, Armenian, Mexican, Spanish, and Swiss girls under my belt... but most of those just count as "white."

I'm down for the interracials, but I'm not going to lie about the fact that some ethnicities tend to have features/characteristics that I find very unattractive. So, while I'm completely open to it, I believe the likelihood for me to "date" some specific races are going to be really low based on said common characteristics. This is also compounded with the low chance that a not-white (non-Asian) woman would find some random nerdy white guy attractive. I'm actually surprised I haven't dated an Asian girl just because of where I live and their tendency to latch onto dorky white dudes.

[Gredival]

No, it's not. Race is genetic bullshit and something retards made up to justify hating on people due to a different skin color. There is absolutely no difference between "races" based on genetics. They have been tons of tests that prove you cannot in any way shape or form differentiate the races based on genetics.

That's because there is no single gene for being Black or Asian or whatnot. But it is definitively true that there are certain traits tend to be prolific amongst certain races because divergent evolution favors adaptation to climate.

So while there may not be a white gene but there sure as hell is a gene that controls the amount of melanin in your skin; that in turn in manifests as being paler in cold northern climates like Denmark, Holland, and England or dark skinned in Africa because that is what was evolutionarily favorable.

[isladar]

If race is a made-up thing, then what word would you use to describe the collective physical similarities of native Japanese people that are different than the collective physical similarities of native Nigerian people?

phenotype

[Skai]

Mixed babies look good. They get the best of both genes. I believe interracial marriage is good for the future.

[Metah]

Physical similarities? If you actually look at people, there is a ton of variance. Japanese language, literature, history and culture is my major at my university. Its what I've been studying for four years now. I have been there a few times and plan to go back. So let me tell you something:

Japanese people vary greatly in their physical appearence.

What about Nigerians? I haven't studied them as much, but considering how much variation I can see in my own culture, and those that I study, I can assume that its true too. If you think they look similar, its because your naive and lazy and can't be bothered to observe people. Don't feel bad, all people are like this to some degree because the human mind is limited. (Before you get all "yeah I'm sure you watch every person on this planet too", I obviously do not but I do take great care to observe people in detail, however one person can only do so much.) That's why I understand that 'race' continues to be used, even though it doesn't have real merit. People are limited, and have to generalize somehow. But the reality is that it doesn't actually exist.

So how do you group up all these people? After all, they're all Japanese. They're all Nigerian. They're all Bosnian, American, Vietnamese, Austrailian and Ethiopian. By the country they live and grew up in. By the general culture they grew up with, by the laws that affected them, by the physical landspace from which they came, by the language (or languages if they grew up with more than one) that they first learned. This is nationality.

[Gredival]

Race says "Black people have black skin, black hair, they behave a certain way, and they come from a certain place. This is true in 99% of cases.". If you say that race simply means skin colour, then you are just naive. When people think of a certain 'race', a mental image shapes up in their mind of how that person should act, should look like, and should think. This is the concept of race.

Those are racist beliefs about black people, not a concept of race.

Race is indeed a myth. The moment people stop believing in race, the moment it simply stops existing. But genetics, even if nobody believed in it, would always still be there, determining how we look, how we behave, and how we grow.

That is because you are choosing to arbitrarily define race as an inherently prejudicial concept rather than the biological subclassification of human beings based on common genetics.

[Chun Liroy]

phenotype

That is the observable genetic trait. Now what do you call a group of people that share a number of phenotypic similarities.

[BaneTheBrawler]

Race:
noun
1.
a group of persons related by common descent or heredity.
5.
any people united by common history, language, cultural traits, etc.: the Dutch race.

edit: added an alternate definition

[archibaldcrane]

Physical similarities? If you actually look at people, there is a ton of variance. Japanese language, literature, history and culture is my major at my university. Its what I've been studying for four years now. I have been there a few times and plan to go back. So let me tell you something:

Japanese people vary greatly in their physical appearence.

What about Nigerians? I haven't studied them as much, but considering how much variation I can see in my own culture, and those that I study, I can assume that its true too. If you think they look similar, its because your naive and lazy and can't be bothered to observe people. Don't feel bad, all people are like this to some degree because the human mind is limited. (Before you get all "yeah I'm sure you watch every person on this planet too", I obviously do not but I do take great care to observe people in detail, however one person can only do so much.) That's why I understand that 'race' continues to be used, even though it doesn't have real merit. People are limited, and have to generalize somehow. But the reality is that it doesn't actually exist.

So how do you group up all these people? After all, they're all Japanese. They're all Nigerian. They're all Bosnian, American, Vietnamese, Austrailian and Ethiopian. By the country they live and grew up in. By the general culture they grew up with, by the laws that affected them, by the physical landspace from which they came, by the language (or languages if they grew up with more than one) that they first learned. This is nationality.

Lol.

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[Gredival]

Physical similarities? If you actually look at people, there is a ton of variance. Japanese language, literature, history and culture is my major at my university. Its what I've been studying for four years now. I have been there a few times and plan to go back. So let me tell you something:

Japanese people vary greatly in their physical appearence.

What about Nigerians? I haven't studied them as much, but considering how much variation I can see in my own culture, and those that I study, I can assume that its true too. If you think they look similar, its because your naive and lazy and can't be bothered to observe people. Don't feel bad, all people are like this to some degree because the human mind is limited.

Because all blacks/Asians/hispanics/etc. look the same, amirite?

Of course people look different, even within their own race. That doesn't mean there aren't OTHER specific physical similarities between members of a race and physical differences between members of different races.

You base your argument completely on predefining race as a tool for racism because you have a predisposition against classification. The argument about whether the classifications mean anything is separate from recognizing the fact the classifications exist and have merit.

By the country they live and grew up in. By the general culture they grew up with, by the laws that affected them, by the physical landspace from which they came, by the language (or languages if they grew up with more than one) that they first learned. This is nationality.

Yes, and before human migration was common and prolific, nationality coincided almost perfectly with race because race is nothing more than an amalgamation of genetic physical adaptations to surroundings.

[Metah]

It is not racist to say that, for example, that an asian person has a certain skin type, a certain hair colour, behave in a certain way and come from a certain place. Its not racist because that is what the concept of race is saying. You seem to be reading that incorrectly. Being "racist" would be hating or disliking someone for those reasons.

Also, I would find it really interesting if anyone could produce a scientific reason to back up the socially-driven concept of race. Really, because its not possible. Biological subclassification? On what grounds? Similar skin colour or physical traits? Like I said, if you really think that's what defines race, you are incredibly naive.

[solanis]

is it racist if it's true