dating someone from a different race.

[redshirt27se]

Same here, then I discovered Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc. were referred to as "yellow" which I always found strange since they don't look yellow

racist

 

[trex74]

You know what's weird? Almost all my life I thought there was only 2 races: white and black. I thought all asians, hispanics, etc were still considered white. I had no idea they were separate races. I guess it never mattered much to me what someone's race was. Do you think that's because of how I was raised? I have no idea.

I went to a school where 75 % + were either Vietnamese or Cambodian, so it's not exactly out of the ordinary for me to be around Asians, although I never dated one. But I thought some of them were cute. I'm mixed, half Dominican and half Canadian, and race is just not an issue for me. I consider myself white. I'm pretty light skinned.
I had a couple Jamaican boyfriends. I also dated a Cree guy. I married a guy who is French/Irish.
Eventually everyone will be brown. lol.

 

[calveless wonder]

You know what's weird? Almost all my life I thought there was only 2 races: white and black. I thought all asians, hispanics, etc were still considered white. I had no idea they were separate races. I guess it never mattered much to me what someone's race was. Do you think that's because of how I was raised? I have no idea.

In middle school we were taught there were only 3 different races.

White(Caucasoid)
Black (Negroid)
Yellow (mongoloid)

I don't know if the classifications have changed since then. Subgroups of that were considered ethnicity. Indians(from India) actually fell under Caucasian.

But Hispanic is NOT a race, even if they did change it

 

[calveless wonder]

Zangief's piledriver was too hard to pull off. Sagat was a badass though.

 

[AFeedz]

^ Hispanic is def an ethnicity.

I also get annoyed at one of my best friends who, when asked, will say she's Hungarian, Chinese and Jewish, as if 'jewish' is a race or nationality.

That being said, I've dated few African/Middle Eastern/European guys, no Asians, and the majority of my exes have been hispanic (obviously referring to dating ethnicities outside of my own, not races).

 

[Smurfy]

In middle school we were taught there were only 3 different races.

White(Caucasoid)
Black (Negroid)
Yellow (mongoloid)

I don't know if the classifications have changed since then. Subgroups of that were considered ethnicity. Indians(from India) actually fell under Caucasian.

But Hispanic is NOT a race, even if they did change it

Interesting. I never realized that. This sparked me to read more on wiki on race and ethnicity in the United States. I guess I never thought much about the difference between race and ethnicity.

 

[nangiggles]

yeah it wasn't until I was an adult that i heard that.

Didnt you ever take social studies in school?

 

[Smurfy]

Didnt you ever take social studies in school?

sure but its not like they told us asians are yellow lol

 

[just...v]

I was with a man of a different race for several years, he was actually from a different country, and it did not turn out well at all.

 

[canadianhitman]

I've slept with the rainbow, but I've only ever 'dated' white women. I'm no racist, but when you have a very strong preference for blonde hair and blue eyes, that's just the way it's going to turn out.