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Don't see why not, assuming I was attracted to them.

*cough* well, not to sound racist, but I have never visualized myself marrying a non-asian woman.  I've been with white women, but I could never visualize marrying them...

Yes. If I could marry.

I would, in the sense that I would not rule it out of the question purely on account of the person's race.

That said, however, I tend to be much more attracted to people of the same race than to people of other races.

Exactly my answer.

I've had both Black and White girlfiends that I was serious about, so yes.

sure, i dont see why not

Why not?

I don't care who I fall in love with, as long as I'm attracted to them and they're not @$$holes...

Rin-chan

How would race be defined.  Asian or Latina- yes.  African American- no.  Wouldn't mind my kids if they did though.

Why the double standard?

No

;D ;D ;D Asians ;D ;D ;D

Yeah, anyway, "yes".  Whatever my wife's race is will be perfect :)

Double standard?  Not attracted to black women.

Yeah, most certainly. Don't see why not.

If I loved them, yes.

Half white-half asian count?

If they were hot, yes.

Doubtful as I rarely find myself attracted on a non-sexual level to non-Whites.

Absolutely.

No, I wouldn't. I certainly don't have a problem with miscegination, it should be legal. But I have rarely been attracted to anyone who isn't the same race as me. It seems to be a cool thing to do these days, and I don't know why its suddenly so popular.

I dispute the very idea of "race."

That said I couldn't care any less about the color of her skin.

And personally I don't even want to associate with anyone who would answer no to this question.

^^^^  Amen!

Of course, assuming you are defining race as simply skin color.  I've always been attracted to Polynesians and Asians, and to some extend Latinos.  Of course, I'm going to be the eternal bachelor, so I don't have to worry about marriage.  :D

You know. After my uncontrollable infatuation for Asian women that went on for a couple of years, I ended up having a white European girlfriend (Russian to be exact). I got someonoe who I least expected when I least expected. It really opened my mind, and my whole thing for asian women and horniness is gone.

Anyway, YES i would marry someone of a different race. All the girls i've been with are of a different race than me.

That's not surprising, given the fetid state of Mexican women.

Depends on their race, the region they are from etc... Mexican is not a race :D

Neither is Latina/Hispanic.  If you're "Hispanic," you're either white, black, Native American, or a mix of white-Native American (mestizo).

Not a chance, even if I was attracted to them.

I do suppose a hispanic might be ok, if they were of more Spanish (or white) origin ethnicity and very little native american.

Why not even if you were attracted to them?

Just doesn't seem proper.

Proper as in it's morally wrong to do so?

No, not necessarily.  Somewhat socially improper.  I just wouldn't feel comfortable having that kind of relationship with someone of a different race when the time comes for things like that.  Suppose I go off to college somewhere off someday I wouldn't feel right bringing home a girlfriend of a different race to meet my family.

But shouldn't you marry someone because you love them, regardless of what your family thinks? I don't see why someone would think any worse of you because you dated a black girl, and if they do, it doesn't matter what they think.

Well, it's not completely based off of what other people think, I have my own personals feelings on the matter.  I don't mean to say it's a rascist nature, -but it's just something I've always felt.

^^^^^^

Absolutely not.  I will not marry outside of my own race and culture.  Give me a blue-eyed black-haired white woman any day.

Since both of you like to tell me you don't care about physical attributes, I would assume you're both bisexual.

What if you fell in love with someone outside your own race? What then?

I don't use race as a litmus test.

Probably will, actually, if all goes well. :)

Keep your racism off the forum, please. Thanks.

Yeah, I would, but none of the ladies of the opposite 'races' I know are that attractive. I agree with Don in that there is only one race: the human race. But if you mean in terms of skin color, I would marry her if I loved her.

Race, yes.  Non christian- no.

That's not racism. It's not like he's insulting them, he's just saying he's not attracted to them, and there's nothing wrong with saying that.

Please keep your borderline KKK rally appropriate comments to yourself, you close minded pig.

Forget your ritalin?

Shut your mouth, KKKStone Phil.

Out of interest, is this spurred by a belief that your own race is superior to any other, or simply because you don't tend to find them very attractive?

Uh...I thought it was pretty clear that I was joking here but nevermind, I guess.

HAHAHA.  Thats not going to happen.  Its like saying what if you fall in love with a man?

I don't find them attractive.  There is no "superior" race.  While certain races may have better abilities in others, it all balances out in the big picture.

Woof.  Woof Woof Woof Woof!  Woof!

</Remembers the running gag on family guy.>

Personally, I don't think it'd be a problem.  But I don't think it's right to judge a person based on their gut feeling.  He didn't make any claims of inferiority, and it's possible his feeling could change based on experience (One of the good things about desegragation is that people of different races got a chance to know each other, rather than just know of each other.  At least somewhat).

I have certain tastes in women - for example excessive tatoos or piercings are a turn-off for me, but that's just a preference based on who I am, not an absolute.  I admit I have been influence somewhat by cultural norms, but here in SoCal there's a pretty consistent blend from peach (aka white) through various shades of tan, brown, and black.  I can only imagine that it is quite different in other parts of the country where there is less diversity and a more stark contrast.

You didn't seem to mind that big black buck you were telling us about a couple of months ago.. 

Marriage is quite different from simply having fun.

I know KKKeystone Phil was joking am I.  Sexual/dating preference with regards to race has nothing to do with racism, it's just what I like and don't.  Hell, I know black men that only date white women. 

I thought you said you were gay?

Why ever not?

Yes, I wouldn't have a problem with it.

We REALLY need to buy opebo a dictionary.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gay

Richius is a proper noun, and adjectives like gay can be used to describe him.  I wouldn't describe Michael Jordan as "a tall".

I dislike the term 'a gay.' Gay is a verb, the correct noun is homosexual- its how I call myself. I am gay, but I am not 'a gay.' I am a homosexual.

He's bi.

No, but opebo would. (remember "a religious"?)

Most definitely, considering I am myself of mixed race, being half-white and half-Asian.  As long as she is vivacious (to offset my taciturn personality) and curvaceous with at least a C-cup, I don't care what race or mix of races she belongs to.  

Though I do have a slight bias toward black women, I have to admit....   

Bump much?

I wouldn't, simply because I don't really find people of other races attractive. I just don't.

I have before and would again.  :)

No, because I wouldn't marry in first place.

There are some grounds on which I consciously discriminate when it comes to identifying folks who are serious marriage material but race is not one of them. On the other hand, I cannot imagine any gal in her right mind wanting to marry me so I suppose it does not particularly matter. xD

The relationship I'm in right now is "mixed-race" by the retarded American definition, so sure.

Voted yes because I don't take race into account, but otherwise

I voted wrong before I thought about it.  I voted no, but then I just realized I totally would marry a Kenyan woman if the opportunity presents itself.  My vote should be a yes.

Well it's not a conscious decision and not anything I can change, so what do you expect me to do?

I realized that in retrospect after I made the post -that's why I deleted it.  I am just going to assume (until told otherwise) that you will not marry women of a different race simply because you aren't attracted to them -not because you find white women inherently superior to them.    

Holy bump, Batman!

I've never had another against people of another race, but I've just never been attracted to girls (or guys) of another race. So no.

I know plenty of people of other races who are women, and they all seem like fine people; I just aren't physically attracted to them. Nothing wrong with em, but just not attracted to them.

Why not? But, I am for the most part, mainly attracted to white women, and Europeans especially are preferable to American women. I can't explain it.

I dunno, maybe it's genetics, maybe it's a subconscious socio-cultural thing; it'd be an interesting thing to study psychologically, actually.

lol

Almost every women in my area is of a different race so, yes.

I am not attracted to most African Americans or Hispanics, so no...but its not impossible, of course :) I would not marry outside my religion, however.

Of course I would, though I've never been attracted to any black/Asian/Hispanic/Native/anything else besides white men before. But then again, all my crushes are fictional.

...so alone...

My preferences, to the extent that I have them, are culturally determined. After three hours of watching the film Zulu, I found myself much more attracted to Bantu women than I normally am. The important thing was that I could locate them within the culture. I realize that this is just another form of fetishism, but then that is why relationships can't be based on sexual attraction alone.

So other than Kenyan women, you would only marry a woman who is 31/32 white and 1/32 Native American?

Is that a policy set by your church or is it something you've decided? Also, would you marry somebody not of your religion but who has a possibility of converting to it?

Asian women are pretty hot.

I'm not into the whole marriage thing though.

Its a personal policy. It would lead to needless problems. I would never force my spouse to convert.
Agreed on the Asians. Disagree on marriage.

What I mean is, if there's a girl you want to marry, who's not a member of your religion, who's open to and interested in it, but hasn't joined it but might do so in future?

I don't have any real desire or attraction to other African-Americans or Asian, Asian-American.  I wouldn't mind a Native American girl, either Potawatomi or other tribe, no matter the amount.  Mostly, though, other than Kenyan girls, I am attracted to predominately white girls.  And, really, I am more attracted to the whites than I am Kenyans.

I will put a tag on the back of this by saying I will gladly accept whomever the LORD brings my way.

Yeah.  I feel this way, too.  The denomination wouldn't be entirely important to me, though.

I plan to

Almost every guy of every race I know is attracted to Latinas. I guess they're the most likely to marry out out of any race/gender combination.

I wouldn't marry at all.

But if I would, then of course.

     The probability of that happening is extremely low. Not zero, but close enough that I consider it such in practice. So I guess my answer is no.

Am I the only one reminded of this video (4:10 to 4:25 mark):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c3NhrApFME&t=4m10s


I'm a little lost as to what's so different about Kenyans compared to others from East Africa, but OK.

I remember this thread. It's a bit scary in how much racism is going on in it.

My answer is yes, of course.

How can you ask such a question ? I have no damn clue who I would or would not marry. Love depends on factors which are far beyond human comprehension and rationality.

I date outside my race more often than I've dated within it, so it's probably more likely than not.

Depends on the woman.

Yes, I would. And as others have said, it's much more important to me that I and my wife share the same faith.

This.

This.


I love the fact a bunch of nerds sitting around making up fictional election maps can delude themselves they have much choice in the dating world.  Yes of course, the reason you aren't dating Halle Berry is because you don't find black women attractive.  LOL.

Considering that these guys can write off BILLIONS of women on the planet as undateable based on race and ethnicity alone I would love to see the primo tail they are pulling.

The bigots who say they wouldn't marry a Hispanic woman obviously don't know that "Hispanic" isn't a race.  I realize we are never going to eliminate bigots...  My only request is at least know what you are bigoted against.

A beautiful woman is a beautiful woman... of course. 

Yes. I'm very attracted to gingers.

I almost have, twice.

This thread is from 2005, what page did you find it on?  And, did you search for it from memory or did you go through page by page over the last 7 years worth?

Of course- my fiancee is a Slav

Slav is not a race - it's a linguistic group.

You don't like women with souls?

Hell no -I let the anonymous lurkers (i.e. guests) do it for me.  :P

racism always shows if you ask the right questions.  I think it is largely unavoidable, a consequence of upbringing and circumstance, and should not be treated as a cardinal sin.  and from there we could have dialog as to the whys of it all -- but this is just another utopian dream.

as a side note, I was stunned to hear in one of my classes in 2011 that the (mostly white) kids at Cornell were under the impression that overt racism no longer existed in the US.  because the bubble they live in, as they get trained to take up arms at the representatives of the next ruling class, hides it so well: guarantee you every glossy Cornell finds one of the 5% of black kids enrolled to smile his white teeth for a picture.  I probably would have been deluded in the same way had I not worked a wage job all four years: this part of my education taught me about "lazy ns" who want to get paid and not work.

Yes, I have been attracted to women of all different races, and the attractive and caring and loving the person would determine getting married, not race.  I tend to have a thing for legs on Asians.

I've only dated 2 Latinas in my life

I'm prepared to say no.

For one, I can't see myself falling for a non-white girl just based on the fact that I'm not really physically attracted to them. Apart from that, I'm looking for someone who's similar to me. Someone who comes from the same social fabric. I just know I could never feel like me and a black girl were on the same footing--not because one footing is better than the other, but because our experiences would be very different. I'm not really the kind of person to jump out of my comfort zone like that.

Is it probably based a little bit in racism? Sure. I'm not gonna dance around it or pretend I'm above it like others are doing in this thread. Still, I think this is an "okay" type of discrimination because it's something inherently personal. My best friend for four years was a black girl--she knew how I felt about this topic and even admitted that she probably wouldn't be comfortable marrying a white guy. I'm okay with it.

There's nothing logical about physical attraction.  I don't think it's fair to make value judgments based on what physical features someone finds attractive, regardless of whether that leads them to being, on average, more attracted to members of one race vs. another.

But I am a bit taken aback when I read comments like "I've never found someone of another race attractive."  Really?  *Never*?  I mean, for those of you who are white, if you're counting, say, Hispanics or Arabs as a different "race", then it's not like they look *that* different from you.

Theoretically, yes. I believe that Biblical Christianity abolishes differences between races and people groups. I have no problem with interracial marriages.

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So, Simfan -what is so strange about this post?  What is so strange about my preference for black women? 

Is this supposed to weed out the racists?  I might consider marrying a Latina or Asian woman, but a lot of Latinos/Latinas are also white to begin with.  I guess it depends on the woman.

What a bizarre provocation!

Of cousre.

Is it (https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=165751.msg3540033#msg3540033)?

I didn't want to derail that thread, so I didn't press you on it then. 

Fair enough. To each his own I suppose. I won't judge.

apparently not.  :P

how lovely!

Frodo, what's with the random bumping?

I voted no only because I'm generally not attracted to other races as much as I am to my own. If I was in love with someone of a different race, sure

A Vulcan yes.  But I don't need the drama in my life that would come from marrying a Klingon.  Betazoids are also out as I like my privacy.  Nor would I marry a Trill as I am a firm believer in monogamy.

I guess it could happen. Though, I'm mostly attracted to white women. I could see me dating a Hispanic/Latina or an Asian.

I'm currently dating someone of a different race, and, God and SCOTUS willing, I'm going to marry him some day.

Good for you :)

Sure, but I didn't.

Well I disapprove of your lifestyle, Mr. Moderate, but I still like you.

D'aww! ;D :D ;D *hughughug*

I didn't know you disapproved of gays, Franzl. 

Perhaps he's ok with gays but disapproves of the interracial lifestyle :P I think he's kidding. Congrats are, of couse, in order to Mr. Moderate.

Indeed.  I want a goddamn invite!  :P

it is just me, or when I bold over the :P s, the first one looks mean-spiritd and the second one is sick

I think Obama has made interracial marriages more popular.  I think Black men will have more success and be more appealing to white women now.  I also think more White men will be interested in dating Black women. 

Maybe. I've dated an Indian and Asian girl. I would've married that Indian girl if we hadn't broken up.

Considering that I did, yes.