From a DelphiForums.com discussion forum I sometimes visit:
blackgold51 said:
Interracial relationships may or may not be for the best. However, it is true that they still are not widely accepted here in the U.S. and that is one thing that is hard to understand.
It just goes to show how deep the repercussions of slavery were in this country and, try as we might, it just might be something too monumental to overcome.
But, the human spirit may prevail. Let’s hope so.
For the record, the individual I was responding to is a well-known bigot and troll on DelphiForums.com. She is extremely disruptive and generally tends to make racist posts, sometimes using racial slurs. I was feeling a little perky that day and chose to engage her. I know better, but like all people, I am only human.
But, to answer your comments, “Interracial relationships may or may not be for the best. However, it is true that they still are not widely accepted here in the U.S. and that is one thing that is hard to understand.”
I understand the opposition on behalf of others, those opposed are either fearful in a non-malicious manner, ignorant, or full of hate/racist programming. Anyone who believes in individual rights knows that another person’s private business such as their choice of spouse is THEIR BUSINESS ALONE and not subject to the approval of others. Anyone going out of their way to lobby against others exercising their freewill is not someone who has their own psyche in order. Either you believe that people have that right, or you don’t. For those who don’t, see: Loving v. Virginia and those folks will see that the Supreme Court has ended the debate. Game over.
Furthermore, “interracial” relationships have been around for thousands of years. The last 3 centuries of U.S. history is minor when you look at the big picture. Who really believes that the IRs are on the way out or that opposition to them are “too monumental to overcome” just because some folks want to live in ignorance, hatred, or quite simply think they have a right to control others. IRs have been here since day one, just ask a Melungeon some time. I don’t believe that IRs are in any kind of danger or that they are so, so hard after being in an IR marriage for 10 years, and neither do folks who have been in IRs for 50 or more years. The same sorry, simplistic arguments against them keep getting recycled and debunked. Just ridiculous. IR marriage patterns over the last 30 years since Loving v. Virginia completely destroy such simplistic arguments. So does research into melungeons, redbones, and other multi-generational multiracial populations. I am well aware of “white” and “black” people who are opposed to such marriages, many openly admit they are racist, other try to hide behind false readings of Scripture or junk science arguments from the 1700s. Who cares what they dislike, if they don’t pay our bills it is none of their business. The war for racial purity is over and has been from day one, but some folks still can’t come back to the garrison to turn in their weapons. That is their folly to waste their lives hating or dreading something that is none of their business, unless of course a person believes that others have no rights to make their own marital and relationship choices. Even that bastion of racial stupidity BJU dropped their ban after I and several others forced the debate on a national level. Progress is slow, but steady. And still it rolls on. See the links below for more on my work against BJU:
- http://www.multiracial.com/letters/bobjonesuniversity.html
- http://www.multiracial.com/letters/bjuapplication.html
- http://www.multiracial.com/readers/anonymousbju.html
- http://www.multiracial.com/issues/issues-bobjonesuniversity.html
I also took a former Miss America to task as well:
And I’ve spoken out in the media and been interviewed by several authors for new and upcoming books on “interracial” marriage. I am not new to the topic or the objections, I know the simplistic logic and racist programming at work behind such belief systems. And I’ve witnessed them break down first hand. Nothing is “too monumental to overcome” if you keep at it. Life is hard enough without giving special powers to folks who have no right to such power. My life is my own, those who object to my choice of spouse or self-identification are free to do so. They simply don’t matter. In the tradition of Eleanor Roosevelt, I choose not to give them that power.