Nelee -> RE: interacial relationships (11/23/2012 11:51:34 AM)
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ORIGINAL: CarlosDom76 Colorblindness, in reality, winds up being people of color expected to be stripped of their culture, expected to assimilate to the dominant culture. JMHO, and that of just about every other person of color I've known in my life. I speak as a mix of two minorities. I should have addressed this... the idea that an ethnicity comes with a culture attached to it. Ain't necessarily so. I live in US suburbia. Always have, always will. Anyone who meets me, does so on my turf. I have interacted with Anglos, Hispanics, Asians, blacks, Native Americans, a Kiwi, etc. All on my terms. In other words, they did not have a strong separate cultural identification by the time they met me. So I didn't strip them of their cultures - they came pre-stripped. Interracial relationships are much easier than intercultural ones. Culture isn't just where you live our how you were raised. It goes as far to how you've been treated in society, a society that has (inherently) stripped you of your heritage and culture by force. By believing in that "color blind" nonsense, you're just affirming something that has been shoved down our throats since we were children: That our culture isn't the default because of the dominance of another. Don't take it to feel personally attacked. Just acknowledge it and stop thinking so single-mindedly about the cultures of people of color.
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