This is my pet peeve rant of the day.
Racism really bothers me.. it really really bothers me. and my parents drive me positively crazy...
I guess they're not completely racist, but it's enough. It's not so much that they're against talking or knowing people of a different race, but it is of inter-racial dating, and marriages, and procreation.
I suppose I can UNDERSTAND their point of view, but I don't agree with it. My Mom thinks inter-racial procreating will make it so there are no longer separate races. I can understand that, I think all of the differenct races are absolutely beautiful.
And eventually there won't be separate races. But I don't tend to think it's 'wrong' or a 'sin' to have a significant other who is of a difference race than you.
They're kind of old, and a bit traditional and all, and we've lived in the same city all my life, and they both grew up here, and have only spent a small part of their lives any place else, and they've seen my city change from the nice city that it was many decades ago, and it's rather 'blamed' on low class people who don't care about what it looks like and the appearance of their homes and neighborhoods, and I guess they just kind of blame that on people of other races.....
It kind of bothers me, but I usually keep my mouth shut and pray for them. Debates in my family are not the easiest things, and I usually get so frustrated that I come up with a bad argument. I almost hope that God is calling me to someone of a difference race for a husband, just so I would have the opportunity and situation to be able to say my opinion and how I feel.
Another thing, it's like only different races, like African American or Asian Middle Eastern or something.. if the person is just white it's different... Like if you're going to act like that about people who look SLIGHTLY different or have a different skin color, then they are not people from other COUNTRIES included in that? Like Germans, and Russians and all those other people that originated from other countries.
Anyway, just my personal rant for the day. I don't mean for this to turn into a debate or anything. Just wanted to complain and it might be a nice discussion or a topic full of other rants.. or just a topic that floats to page two with no responses and quickly dies.
Racism really bothers me.. it really really bothers me. and my parents drive me positively crazy...
I guess they're not completely racist, but it's enough. It's not so much that they're against talking or knowing people of a different race, but it is of inter-racial dating, and marriages, and procreation.
I suppose I can UNDERSTAND their point of view, but I don't agree with it. My Mom thinks inter-racial procreating will make it so there are no longer separate races. I can understand that, I think all of the differenct races are absolutely beautiful.
And eventually there won't be separate races. But I don't tend to think it's 'wrong' or a 'sin' to have a significant other who is of a difference race than you. They're kind of old, and a bit traditional and all, and we've lived in the same city all my life, and they both grew up here, and have only spent a small part of their lives any place else, and they've seen my city change from the nice city that it was many decades ago, and it's rather 'blamed' on low class people who don't care about what it looks like and the appearance of their homes and neighborhoods, and I guess they just kind of blame that on people of other races.....
It kind of bothers me, but I usually keep my mouth shut and pray for them. Debates in my family are not the easiest things, and I usually get so frustrated that I come up with a bad argument. I almost hope that God is calling me to someone of a difference race for a husband, just so I would have the opportunity and situation to be able to say my opinion and how I feel.
Another thing, it's like only different races, like African American or Asian Middle Eastern or something.. if the person is just white it's different... Like if you're going to act like that about people who look SLIGHTLY different or have a different skin color, then they are not people from other COUNTRIES included in that? Like Germans, and Russians and all those other people that originated from other countries.
Anyway, just my personal rant for the day. I don't mean for this to turn into a debate or anything. Just wanted to complain and it might be a nice discussion or a topic full of other rants.. or just a topic that floats to page two with no responses and quickly dies.
