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girl91 -> RE: racism (6/11/2012 5:54:46 PM)
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ORIGINAL: girl91
Someone told me I did reverse racism, I'm was like what the hell was that. But according to them since I didn't date black men, I was doing reverse racism on my ethnic group, which is bs to me. I don't hate or dislike any ethnic, cultural, or religious group, I'm friends with everyone.
As for those commercials, they are just geared toward a special group, like they have an Amish one, but Amish doesn't have power ( correct me if I'm wrong). Someone found a way to make money with these different sites and ran with it.
A friend of mine and I had a discussion about this last week. We are both white, and are 3 months apart in age, I turned 50 in April, she will catch me in July.
She has only dated black men in her lifetime. Being from a lil redneck town in the panhandle of Florida, you can bet this was not well accepted back in the 70's at all. Her parents were appalled at it even, but she said that was just the kind of man she had always been attracted to. Fuck explaining it to anyone. She now has 2 gorgeous kids, is divorced for 10 years, and is going to be getting remarried to the most awesome man in the world in September.
I have only dated white men in my lifetime. When I was 9 and saw a commercial with Kenny Rogers, and told mom he sure was purdy, mom knew I was gonna go for the longhaired bearded dudes. And she was right. Fuck explaining it to anyone, it is what I am attracted to.
My son has only liked black chicks, since he was in elementary school. Who knows why. One reason my marriage ended was because I would not back my husband when he wanted me to tell the kid he could not go to a dance with his g/f.
I wonder if karma may have something to do with my sons attractions though. My ex was about one racist dude. He was 13 years older than I am, and it made him nuts to see blacks and whites together. His daughter, who is now 43, has been married to a black dude since she was 20 now. Great guy, takes care of her and her kids always, but her dad did not speak to her for 11 years after they got married. He is now coming around a bit I think towards her, maybe he will towards my son in a few more years, who knows.
Blah, I am rambling I know. I am just trying to get past my feelings about the BlackPeopleMeet dating site. Every site I know of has ways to narrow the field by race, religion, height, weight, on and on, and I just can not let go of the way it makes me feel. My problem I know.
Thanks for the great replies, definitely have some things to chew on for a bit.
I really do have a hard time explaining it to my mom. My mom has never said anything openly racist, but sometimes she says lil remarks that make me wonder. Like only white people do x,y,z. She refers to one of my white friends as bubba, when she knows his name( I'm really embrassed about that and don't bring him around anymore).
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