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Originally Posted by katie_ann1031
I may be naive, but I get the impression that racism is a generation thing. It seems that most (not all) people in my age group (I'm 25) seem to be okay with interracial dating, and don't seem to be racist at all.
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Then you are hanging around with a much more tolerant bunch than many I've seen. Don't think that because people are young, they aren't racist.
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Now, I am from a liberal Northern background, so I have not seen the whole picture, but from what I did see, there doesn't seem to be as big of a problem with race anymore.
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The problems with race in the north are still there, they are just hidden. A southern racist will come up to your face and say "I don't like Niggers" (assuming you're black [or for some, any dark-skinned person is a nigger]). A northern racist will talk about all the black (oops, I mean African-American) friends they have, how much they think racism is bad, etc. then quietly move to another neighborhood if too many coloreds start moving in, or make sure that they only get so far in a company, so they "know their place". Point being-at least a southern racist will be up front with you. With a northern racist, you have to watch when shaking his hand that the left isn't stabbing you in the back.
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With that in mind, it is possible that in a few generations we will not see each other as Jewish Americans, African Americans, Italian Americans, Mexican Americans and such, but just see each other as Americans.
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It's also possible in a few generations that we will all evolve beautiful multicolored wings that synthesize sunlight and allow flight speeds of 100 mph, thereby eliminating hunger and pollution from automobiles forever. I think my supposition has a slightly higher possibility than yours.
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I am white, but I went to school in New Mexico, so I actually had a dose of being the minority. But it was usually at the hands of an older generation.
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It's that older generation that passes on it's views to the younger. And even if they aren't manifested as blatantly (because of the general view of society that racism is a bad thing), they are still there in the mind.
And for the topic in general, you should date whoever you want. But you should also be aware of the problems that could arrise from dating outside your race, or having multiracial children.