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Are interracial couples acceptable?[ W: 330]

How do you feel about interracial couples

  • It's wrong to date and have children with other races

    Votes: 2 1.8%

  • It depends on the race

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Interracial couples and children are completely acceptable to me

    Votes: 106 93.8%

  • I have mixed feelings

    Votes: 5 4.4%
  • Total voters
    113
RiverDad said:
Let's throw some data into the discussion:

First up is data on the racial preferences expressed by white men and women.

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Next up we take a look at how people of all races act based on the millions of data points in the OK Cupid database. This chart shows willingness to reply to
a person of another race:

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For instance, an Asian female will reply to 22% of contacts made by an Asian male, 17% of contacts made by a black male and 29% of contacts made by a white male.

The the stars and planets align and women actually reach out to men, this is what we see in the form of responses from the men:

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When we increase the seriousness of the relationship and look only upon marriage, this is what we see:

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When we look at risk of divorce, then we see the well-known high divorce rate for interracial marriages. Of note is the growth of unstable interracial marriages amongst the young. The older generations actually had marriages which were more stable than same-race couples, likely due to the social stigma and the couple therefore being very certain that they wanted to have a life together. Younger couples seem to have bought into the hype of "enlightenment" associated with interracial marriages and so these marriages are falling apart more frequently than same-race marriages and this divorce disparity is increasing as we look at more recent cohorts:

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If we look into the nuts and bolts of the failed marriages, we see that when white women are involved, the risk of divorce skyrockets compared to when it is a white man in the marriage:

According to the adjusted models predicting divorce as of their 10th year of marriage, interracial marriages that are most vulnerable involve White females and non-White males (with the exception of White females/Hispanic White males) relative to White/White couples. Conversely, White men/non-White women couples show either very little or no differences in divorce rates; or, as in the case of White men and Black women, are substantially less likely than White/White couples to divorce by their 10th year.​
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Very nice info. That last indented paragraph doesn't surprise me one bit.
 
TacticalEvilDan said:
Wow you were right. Data makes every discussion more interesting.
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There you go again with your Liberal Totalitarian impulses again. There were 121 responses in this thread and they all focused on touchy-feely statements. Mine was the only one to include data. That upset you. So a 121:1 ratio still doesn't satisfy your totalitarian control freak impulses.

Here's a thought for you, if you don't like reality being injected into a discussion, then continue to ignore reality instead of trying to compel people to act as you would prefer them to act. Simply don't comment on data.
 
Cephus said:
You can't read their theology and figure out what they're supposed to believe? Certainly, you can't know what is really going on in their heads, but it's a safe assumption that they buy into it, just like you can't know for certain that members of the KKK are racist but it's a safe bet.
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The Bible is full of all sorts of contradictory and confusing things that many Christians do not embrace as their theology. Quite often they describe it as history rather than the actual teaching of god.
 
RiverDad said:
There you go again with your Liberal Totalitarian impulses again.
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It is hilarious that you claim to bring data to the discussion while referring to me as a "Liberal Totalitarian." Your only (very subjective and absolutely not data-based) justification for that label is that I disagreed with you.

RiverDad said:
Mine was the only one to include data.
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Your data was as completely irrelevant as mine was. Data implying what sorts of mate the average person chooses for themselves has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with whether or not interracial couples are acceptable.
 
TacticalEvilDan said:
Months of formal courting in the company of your lady love's family, clandestine love letters, and an offer of marriage with the expectation of a dowry?
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Why of course. I am a virgin and saving myself for that special person! :lamo
 
RiverDad said:
Let's throw some data into the discussion:

First up is data on the racial preferences expressed by white men and women.

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I just wanted to address this because I found it interesting. Usually people think of prejudices to be either directed at all mixed race relationships or just against mixed race black/white relationships. My mother and grandmother were actually not happy when I started dating a guy in A-school whose parents were East Indian. My mother, although quite intelligent, can be naive on a lot of things, including other cultures. First she mistakenly thought that his parents being from India meant that he was Muslim. Second, she also somehow got it into her head that despite being in the Navy Nuclear Power program with me (meaning he needs a clearance, meaning he had to be a US citizen), he would also have citizenship for some Middle Eastern country (not only was he a full US citizen, but so were his parents). She would never forbid me from dating any particular person (who was legal) especially not after I became an adult, but she did start "warning" me.

I mention this because I found it interesting looking at this first chart and seeing that East Indian and Middle Eastern men are the most excluded men by white women. I'm sure that part of it is due to the fear (whether warranted or not should be based on the individual, not the group, and their particular circumstances) of how both of these cultures treat women within relationships.
 
TacticalEvilDan said:
Data implying what sorts of mate the average person chooses for themselves has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with whether or not interracial couples are acceptable.
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Sure it does because it addresses revealed preferences.
 
MildSteel said:
WOW!!! Sounds like that's where I need to go!
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Vietnamese women were gorgeous. Not that many, if any really, where I live now.
 
SheWolf said:
In Europe the guys say American girls.are easy, but I am not an expert on these things.
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When I went to Europe I found the European girls easy...
 
roguenuke said:
I just wanted to address this because I found it interesting. Usually people think of prejudices to be either directed at all mixed race relationships or just against mixed race black/white relationships. My mother and grandmother were actually not happy when I started dating a guy in A-school whose parents were East Indian. My mother, although quite intelligent, can be naive on a lot of things, including other cultures. First she mistakenly thought that his parents being from India meant that he was Muslim. Second, she also somehow got it into her head that despite being in the Navy Nuclear Power program with me (meaning he needs a clearance, meaning he had to be a US citizen), he would also have citizenship for some Middle Eastern country (not only was he a full US citizen, but so were his parents). She would never forbid me from dating any particular person (who was legal) especially not after I became an adult, but she did start "warning" me.

I mention this because I found it interesting looking at this first chart and seeing that East Indian and Middle Eastern men are the most excluded men by white women. I'm sure that part of it is due to the fear (whether warranted or not should be based on the individual, not the group, and their particular circumstances) of how both of these cultures treat women within relationships.
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What do you make of the male exclusion of females? Is it their hirsuiteness or religion or what?
 
RiverDad said:
Let's throw some data into the discussion
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WOW!!! :lamo

Here's a study for you

British men typically have bigger penises than the French - but are less well endowed than German guys, new research claims.

The average British man's penis is apparently 5.5in when erect - coming ahead of the French at 5.3in, Australians (5.2in), Americans (5.1in) and Irish (5in).

And it towers over the average manhood in North and South Korea - the smallest in the study at a mere 3.8 in.

But British men do not have a great deal to shout about in the trouser stakes - coming only 78th out of 113 nationalities covered in the study.

The men of Africa's Republic of Congo are best equipped of all at 7.1 in.

They are closely followed by Ecuadoreans at 7in, Ghanaians at 6.8in and Colombians at 6.7in.

In Europe, Icelanders are the best endowed at 6.5in and the Irish are the second smallest at 5.03in - behind only Romanians at 5.01in.

Africans have the biggest penises at an average of 6.3in and north-east Asians the smallest at 4.2in.

Brits come in just under the Germans, who are bang on the European average of 5.7in.

The sensitive subject has been tackled by Richard Lynn, emeritus professor of psychology at Ulster University.

He is known for voicing the controversial view that evolutionary pressures have led to racial and national differences in intelligence.

Mr Lynn says that the findings confirm previous theories of "race differences in penis length."

He concludes: "For most populations penis length are predictable and confirmed."
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Say it loud, I'M BLACK AND PROUD!

So my man, you can marry em, just send em to me to get em all prepped up before you do!!!! :lamo
 
RiverDad said:
Sure it does because it addresses revealed preferences.
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Personal preference and one's feelings on general acceptability or appropriateness are totally different things, sort of like whether or not one likes to drink milk and whether or not one finds the consumption of milk acceptable are two totally different things.
 
Bodhisattva said:
Vietnamese women were gorgeous. Not that many, if any really, where I live now.
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You have to learn how to analyze what you see about you. Look at the mother of the young woman. Plenty of women, of different races, look fine when they're young but things turn around when they hit the wall.
 
TacticalEvilDan said:
Personal preference and one's feelings on general acceptability or appropriateness are totally different things, sort of like whether or not one likes to drink milk and whether or not one finds the consumption of milk acceptable are two totally different things.
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And comparing revealed preferences to expressed preferences helps to reveal disparities which might indicate that people are not being truthful.
 
I heard enough people say that races don't mix. That is until that cute little grand baby comes along.
 
Lovebug said:
I heard enough people say that races don't mix. That is until that cute little grand baby comes along.
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Inter-racial kids are the best looking.
 
RiverDad said:
And comparing revealed preferences to expressed preferences helps to reveal disparities which might indicate that people are not being truthful.
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The subject of this thread isn't "would you enter an interracial relationship if given the opportunity." It is, "are interracial couples acceptable." Data on personal preferences has no bearing in a discussion on what people think is okay for other people to do.
 
SheWolf said:
I just thought I would ask. It seems some people here are not comfortable with interracial couples, and I was curious how common the attitude is..
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Acceptable for....what? A play? Colonisation of Mars?
 
TacticalEvilDan said:
The subject of this thread isn't "would you enter an interracial relationship if given the opportunity." It is, "are interracial couples acceptable." Data on personal preferences has no bearing in a discussion on what people think is okay for other people to do.
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Listen totalitarian, I disagree.
 
SheWolf said:
I just thought I would ask. It seems some people here are not comfortable with interracial couples, and I was curious how common the attitude is..
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What makes you think that?
 
RiverDad said:
Listen totalitarian, I disagree.
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I'm willing to bet that the great, vast majority of straight men would refuse to go on a date with a man. That doesn't mean that the great, vast majority of straight men have a problem with gay men, gay relationships, or gay marriage. You are inventing a correlation out of thin air, and calling me names does nothing but make you look childish.
 
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