there is a difference when you say race and ethnicity. For example, I am Portuguese, of latin heritage, but I would not call myself a 'Latina'. But then I am of Portuguese origin, so ethnically, I am bound to the group of people who share my heritage. So I am in a way a 'latina'. Would this be more relating to Spanish-speaking people? I would tell you I'm white-skinned, which I suppose is, in part, my race. Race encompasses more biological inherited features, whereas ethnicity encompasses culture and belief systems.
So, when asked about inter-racial relationships, my first reaction is, I have never been in one. But if I were to be considered 'latina', then I have dated many 'white' guys. It's almost funny to think about.
Basically, this never crosses my mind . I can say that I have been attracted to men of other ethnicities and races in my life. Doesn't bother me. Could happen one day. But generally I am more often attracted to white men.
I have no idea how my mom would react. She might not expect it I guess, but she'd be ok with it I think.
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Whether we write or speak or do but look
We are ever unapparent. What we are
Cannot be transfused into word or book.
Our soul from us is infinitely far.
However much we give our thoughts the will
To be our soul and gesture it abroad,
Our hearts are incommunicable still.
In what we show ourselves we are ignored.
The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged
By any skill of thought or trick of seeming.
Unto our very selves we are abridged
When we would utter to our thought our being.
We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams,
And each to each other dreams of others' dreams.
Fernando Pessoa, 1918
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