To me its the person who is important, and what is a mixed race relationship anyway? would a dutch person going out with an australian be mixed race as they are from different places in the same way a Jewish person may go out with a muslim and be mixed race and yet, they are from the same place.

most of us think of black and white, or asian an white etc.

but is is not much more compicated?

I know lets ask VIZZED!

I have no problem with people dating whomever they like. I don't see why people care about who other people date.

If someone wants to be with someone else who makes them happy, who am I to stop them?

Jordanv78 : yeah i agree with what you just said seeing i have been myself im asian and ive been with other races so to speak

OOooooh I really like this thread Totts. Personally, I think they can be the best relationships. Many people often feel dissatisfaction with their culture or at least members of the opposite sex in their culture. My family originated from Italy and Venezuela. Personally, I don't like Italian food at all. Unfortunately, Venezuelan cuisines are based heavily off of Italian foods (the national dish is basically lasagna). I say if you can enjoy their food, marry them lol.

Race is very complicated. You pretty much have to ask someone what they are since many people are just born one thing or another because it was inherited by their parents. Jews and Muslims are identified by religion. For example, I am identified as white. But I don't feel very white. I identify with "Olive" lol.

Dutch and Australian people can both be considered white but it is their respective ethnicities that are always different (that's more of an inter-ethnic relationship). Asians can actually be considered white. It's not just about skin colour (although there are plenty of light skinned Asians, as well as any non-Caucasian people; Caucasians can already be considered white). White - at least according to many sociologists - has less to do with skin colour and more to do with wealth, opportunity, generally not a victim of racism, etc. As a result, just by being American, I have a head start in whiteness than someone born in say Ethiopia. Basically, people (whether white, black, Asian) are all 99.9% alike regardless. Race is a social construct.

It's a very touchy and complex subject. Personally, I would love everyone to have babies with everybody. I have always wondered what a rainbow baby would look like. Besides, if everyone had a little of everything, there would definitely be less racism. Well, maybe not definitely. Ignorance always sparks fear which leads to anger which leads to hate which leads to violence. People tend to find something to fight over.

I have no problem with it at all. Mainly since my mom is Mexican and my dad is black, so I'm a result. It would be pretty neat to see how a baby with a Russian dad and a, err, Chinese mom would look like

I'll say that America probably has the most ethnically mixed relationships in the world, being that everybody is mostly like mixed with something or another where as other countries have that trait. Sure people go to different countries and settle down- there might be an Arab who married someone in Iceland. But I would really have to say that because the rest of the world isn't a "mixing pot" like America is, you won't see too many mixed couples. In more popular countries like South Africa, because a lot of different people visit or even live there, it may be more common.

Complicated- no. Common? Only in certain parts of Earth.

This is very funny thread for me because where I live in mixed-race relationships are the rule, not the exception, specially because there are very few "pure" people (completely black/white) around here

So, for me, this is very common - so common that sometimes I don't even notice it - and even our black/white people notion is a little cloudy. Besides, a marriage between people from 2 different nationalities wouldn't be considered mixed-race around here

Therefore, I think great part of people here are tolerant about such relationships. More than that, I think they simply don't care about it

I am extremely liberal, I have no problem with love of any kind. I don't know why anyone would have a problem with it. I mostly checked this post out because I was interested to see if anyone actually DID have a problem with it. So far, I'm not surprised. I'm white and I live in Vancouver. There are as many Asians as whites here. Many of them aren't white-washed, though. A lot are Korean immigrants or children of Korean immigrants around here. Nobody has issues with it, or even really thinks about it much.

A few people in my family don't talk to each other any more because one of my second cousins or something (I don't know, not a close relation) was going to marry an Asian girl, though.

Totts : I’ve dated someone of mixed race in the past and to be honest the fact that she was mixed race never crossed my mind and was in no way a factor in the relationship. I think people sometimes feed a little too much into stereotypes and that is really sad for those who look at something like that as an obstacle.

Least that is how I feel about it.

when you say mixed race are you referring to not being fully of a nationality or are we talking about interracial dating? In any case it really doesn't matter to me because its about what the person means to you others may find it a problem but it has nothing to do with them if two people are happy let them be happy! There is no point in being bitter about it because in the end you're not the one in the relationship thus you have no power over what goes on!

There is nothing wrong with dating mixed races. It is a natural thing and there's no shame about it.

I too am a liberal person, and I think you should be with the person who makes you happy. Now, I do think that when you have two people who are on extreme opposites in culture, it is okay, but you need to be careful with it. There is a reason why, for example, a Christian person and a Jewish person can cause tension down the line. Sure, at first, it isn't an issue. But when it comes to the point where you think about having kids. One side wants to raise them believing in Jesus, and the other wants to raise them in a religion that does not. When you are interested in someone who is a part of a culture that has such extreme opposite beliefs, it is important to think about the future and decide if there is a part of a relationship in which the different beliefs will cause severe problems. If you truly think compromises can be made, then by all means. I have seen such relationships work, so it is doable. Just don't be those people that don't really take the time to consider those points and result in having a messy end.

I have no problem with Mixed Relationships, because I've been in them before. My friend once said, if we went out we would make an Oreo XD.

Race is a cultural concept developed to allow a group of humans that look one way to say that they are different and therefore better than a group that looks a different way. During the eugenics movement of the late 19th- early 20th century they had them classified into three groups up to the 1950s (Caucasoid, Negroid, Mongoloid). The concept of "mixed race" comes from this kind of thinking. The eugenics movement, and indeed the actual concept or "races" was disproved upon the discovery of genetics... which showed beyond doubt that we are all one race.

Socially though, this notion has prevailed, which is why we once had to deal with things like anti-miscegenation laws and still have to confront racism or even ask questions like this.

Humans are humans, and we will love who we love, be they white, black, red, purple, or polka-dot. That is how it should be in my opinion. I have been in "mixed race relationships" in the past, and I think that because of where I lived I never was looked at askance once. Yet even then, while my parents had no problem with me dating hispanic guys, they once told me I was not allowed to date a black guy. That bothered me. A lot.

I have nothing but the utmost respect and support for those who brave the stares, the jeers, and the threats to be with the people they love.

NotJon : Olive. I like that. And while I disagree that people consider Asians white (hence the previous mongoloid category that was for Asians and Native Americans). I do remember seeing an article once where they had a computer come up with a picture of a omniracial person... essentially I guess I would call her Olive as well from what I remember... I can't find the picture online. Though I did learn that "rainbow baby" actually means a child conceived after suffering a miscarriage or stillbirth, not one of all racial heritages.

To me it does not matter if they are black & white, Muslim & Jewish, short & tall, guy & guy, girl & girl, skinny & fat; as long as they love each other and get along. Other then that, what does it matter?

It doesn't matter at all, my dad's dad was really racist so my dad never tried it out, but I would not have any problem if its black and white, asian and white, etc. It can work.

I think it doesn't matter if your mixed races
If people love each other then it will work.
I personally haven't dated any one of a diffrent race.
But i believe That it can work.

I don't think it matters what race you are as long as you're a good person. I've been in a mixed race relationship before.

As long as the relationship is solid, I do not think it matters what nationality or ethnicity your partner has

well im a mixed race baby as my mums from peru and my dads from england i dont see anythign wrong with it if thats the question just go for whoeevr you find you want a relationship with like gd ol jacko said 'it dont matter if yo black orrr white'. anyway on an attractive level i think all races are as attractive as one another in differnt ways ive seen reallllly pretty girls from all races.