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interracial relationships, parents, breaking up?
Hi...I am a 22 year old white female and my boyfriend is a black male. My parents are racist and absoutely hate the fact that I'm with a black male. A lot of my friends and people at work have gave me crap about it as well. Things haven't been going too well between him and I and I think we need to break up. The thing is, if we do, I'm going to get "i told you not to date a black man" from like EVERYONE that disagrees with it. I am pretty sure I'm done dating white men...black men treat their women a lot better (from my experiences) so I don't want them saying things like that. What can I say/do to make them feel better about it regardless of the color of their skin? It's 2011 this kind of bs shouldn't even be going on anymore...
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- Anonymous10 years agoFavorite Answer
tell them he broke up with you because he wants to concentrate on his studies or something..
- 10 years ago
Interesting.....coming from an interracial home I can understand how you must be feeling, only thing is I am a black woman and my mother married a white man..she had my sister and I before she met him and she had my younger brother and sister after they were married....It's hard having to explain to people when we hang out at siblings why there are two blacks and two mixed almost white looking people saying they are brother and sisters and why a white guy has two black girls calling him dad...with that being said, I know it's 2011 but racial segregation amongst couples is still exist.
There is nothing you can do to change their mindset....no matter if things were not working out between you and your guy or not...all they will see is the fact that he is black, thus they will blame every single downs in the relationship on that fact...at the end of the day, you have to live your life for you and remember that you don't need permission to date or love whomever you please....you are a grown up and free to do what you want.
As for your relationship ending, I am sorry to hear that....just make sure that the things that have not been going well between the two of you is not related to the pressures from your peers, co-worker or family members, if they can be worked out and you love this guy then don't let interference from outsiders get in the way.
Hope it all works out for you.
- 10 years ago
You really can't do anything to change there minds, once someones mind is made up it stays that way. What I would do is have a talk with your boyfriend and see if you guys really want to be together and make it work. It shouldn't matter what people think about you guys. I agree, it is 2011, but you know what racism is going to be around until the end of time girl. I only wish you and your boyfriend the best. I will be praying for you 2.
