"Interracial Breeding, or Miscegenation, refers to Marriage or sexual relations between individuals of different races"
dw theres a tl;dr ;l probably should have put a different title but got it off that forum, then again they think albino people are half black, half white
So basically I was looking up the physical differences between races when I came across what I thought was a forum full of well-educated individuals until I saw a thread about 'Racially Incorrect Couples' where they posted pictures of celebrity couples of different races and about how wrong it was. Here are some posts that stuck out to me that I'll put in a spoiler cause there might be a lot ;P:
So after reading these posts from apparently intelligent people of many ages, it got me wondering if I was the one who had a skewed perception of men and women of different races mating. If I see different raced couples on TV or in real life it does not bother me at all because it's common nowadays, although it's usually white females with black males. Is this really not what nature intended, are there any ill effects? Personally I have only ever dated one person of my own race and I'm more attracted to mixed (damn mixed couples produce hot children :S seriously go look up your fave model/actress' etc they're probably mixed) and asians and I know 2 white girls with a preference to black men. Hasn't interracial breeding happened since early years until it became illegal in some places? I did some research on why it is "wrong" for different races to produce mixed babies and I'll just quote some posts from various forums:
i agree, im extremely proud to be European, and i will do whatever it takes to keep my race pure. The father of my children will be selected carefully and screened to eradicate all but pure northern European bloodlines. I can trace my family tree back to the 12th century and it's my job to carry this line on to the next generation.I would not want a Leb or Indian dating someone from my family who are all Nordish and have fair eyes, hair and skin. Our racial identiy is worth preserving- According to these people, we need to keep our European race pure by mating with only other pure European's. Personally I find that ridiculous and although they claim they have pure European family I'm sure that if many, many of the people who use this as an excuse traced back this wouldn't be the case. I read that once an interracial baby is conceived then a whole white family line, thousands of years old while instantly cease to exist and that the only reason an individual is white today is because all of their ancestors mated only with other whites. If someone doesn't want to mate with a different coloured individual based purely on that then I do think that's fair enough but it doesn't mean everyone else has to follow suit. My mum, dad and both grandparents are all European but I'm really not that bothered if I ~ruin~ that line by adding a little variety Besides, if I do, the child(ren) won't have my surname, which is a scottish name (even though my dad is only about a quarter scottish.....) so it won't have an effect on the heritage...Simply should not be allowed. It will be a sad day when we are no longer ethnically and culturally pure. The lines are so blurred now. This will be the downfall of western civilization.
Cultural differences can be hard yes but if they're born in to the same society with the same morals then what's the problem? Even if they have their different culture it can still work..
- Being mixed race means you have more health problems than if you were one race?:S Apparently this is a sufficient enough reason to not have children because the child will suffer the most. Children could get bulied whether they're full black or half black. There is however a well known fact that it is harder to find bone marrow transplants and organs for mixed race people but does that really mean they should not be born? Considering mixed raced children is rising.. it won't really be a problemStudents who consider themselves of more than one race are more likely to feel depressed, have trouble sleeping, skip school, smoke and drink alcohol, a study says.
Based on national surveys of 90,000 middle school and high school students, the study found that young people of mixed race are at higher risk for stress-related health problems.
However, the other side of the debate say that there are advantages to being mixed race:
"Shriver's work has uncovered something else that is very interesting. He finds that mixed-race people are more symmetrical than the rest of us, and being more symmetrical translates into being more attractive, having less infection, being less stressed, and having greater genetic diversity."
which totally contradicts what the previous article said about stress-related health problems. I think the stress-related problems may come from the society they live in rather than their genetics.
"Genetic diversity, or heterozygosity, is associated with a lower incidence of some diseases. Genetic diseases, such as hemophilia and Tay-Sachs, occur when a person inherits two copies of a defective gene. This is more likely to happen in isolated populations with little genetic diversity."
SO basically I have no problem with different races getting it on, my only concern would be if there were any health complications to any offspring though it seems they actually have advantages. Otherwise it's totally fine by me but from what I've seen on the internet there are people who extremely disagree.
TL;DR Are you for/against or neutral towards interracial mating? Would you reproduce outside your race? Why or why not? Would rather you debate than just give answers to those questions hence why I put it here.