“If population projections based on the national census are to be believed, people who describe themselves as ‘mixed race’ could become the largest, single, ethnic minority group in the UK within the next 25 years.” - Laura Smith (The Catalyst Magazine)
MediaTakeOut.com claims having got hold of an article in one of the UK newspapers suggesting that Black folk (Caribbean Black folk in particular) are in danger of disappearing because of the rise in interracial relationships in the UK.
Apparently, 1 in 10 children in the UK come from mixed-race families. Going by the study’s prediction, if current trends (interracial relationships and marriages) continue, some ethnic minorities may cease to exist as mixed-race individuals become more common.
The study also shows that some ethnic groups are more likely to be in interracial relationships. Going by the figures provided by the study, 48% of Black Caribbean men and 34 per cent of Black Caribbean women are in interracial relationships in contrast to those of Pakistani backgrounds (8% men and 6% women).
Do you think we should worry ourselves over some ethnic groups disappearing due to interracial relationships or should we instead look at it from a different perspective – that racism in the UK is disappearing?
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Comment by homesteader on 21 January 2009:
Is it not a Good sign , that races are coming together and everyone soon enough will be treated as everyone else . Is this not the change that people look for . If you feel like complaining about what looks like a Possitive Trend . Try a gallon of Milk costing twice a gallon of Gasoline and think of the poor children in the United States of America , who need this Milk to grow and their parents finding it harder to purchase for them everyday . When people date / marry , children are born who need to be nourtured . I have never been fortunate enough to visit the British Isles . Yet I met a Ladie here who I talked with for many months , who lives there . She was interested in a Black Male , so we just enjoyed our talks , Love Les
Comment by VA_SongBird on 21 January 2009:
I think this is natural progression as the racial barriers which have kept us apart are broken down. The next generation, will be more inclined to follow their hearts and not be limited by racial prejudice in their selection of a mate. Also,These statistics not only extend to the UK but it is predicted in the next 25 years, that Caucasians will not be the majority in the U.S. The hispanic population is growing at a phenomenal rate. I think we all will have to make adjustments and be more tolerant of each other.
Comment by NOPLAYER on 21 January 2009:
I go to the UK about once year for three weeks to do upgrades on US Air Forces Vehicles and it’s true that interracial relationships between blk and wht is wide spread.
This is nothing new and it’s be going on for at least 400 years, first with Africans, then Blk G.I.s from the U.S. and then those from the West Indies.
Western european countries have never had problems with mating between the races and in many of the royal families there are people mixed with Africans.
In Germany those who are mixed are being absorbed because they’re mating mostly with white Germans but when you get around U.S. military bases you see the strong mixture of Blk and Germans.
The U.S. could learn alot from England when it comes to race relations.
A good book to read on this topic is: “Nature Knows No Color Line” and “SEX and Race” Volumes 1-3 by J.A. Rogers
Comment by singforyou on 21 January 2009:
Thanks God races are mixing together.
Biracial people may have crisis of identity,anyway they have more richness as they know two cultures.That’s what I see and what I heard by biracial people.
I agree with Starthai and VA_songbird:even if things are never easy,this will make racism desappear.NOplayer thanks for the suggestion for the books.
Comment by thick_lover on 21 January 2009:
uh..aren’t white people disappearing too?
silly headline
Comment by Glock on 21 January 2009:
Maybe I am the only one who thinks the above article is a rediculous story to begin with. Someone has an awful lot of time on their hands to research this kind of data. Is the article suggesting that a “dilusion” is bad? And why is it always a “black” or “white” issue and not any other groups of people. “Race” mixing is a fact of life. Many people are used to it and many find it socially acceptable.
Comment by sheena on 22 January 2009:
I agree with VA_SongBird: “I think this is natural progression as the racial barriers which have kept us apart are broken down. The next generation, will be more inclined to follow their hearts and not be limited by racial prejudice in their selection of a mate.”
I believe that love is colorless, it’s has no reservation with ones’ creed, social background and social fears.
I am currently dating a black male and I am a white female. I am not in love with him for his color but for who he is. We have people who frown upon us dating but then again we have family and friends who enjoy it they support us or they also are in an interracial relationship.
Some people might say that biracial children may have crisis of identity. I think that is wrong because if teach your children who they are and who they stand for early on. When they get older they will know who they are. I have mixed nieces and nephews and its funny because someone might say your going to have identity issues when you get older. They always respond by saying I know who I am. Just be open mined and not so self centered about what you or someone looks like.
I am for interracial 100%
Comment by homesteader on 22 January 2009:
Milk makes as much sense to my hehe . And I got way too much time . Almost time to plant though , then we shall sow so later we can reap . My wife and I met here , alas we are just Male n’ Female . Happy together , Didn’t the English leave and go home a couple hundred years ago ?
Comment by cdhill on 23 January 2009:
But human nature is a strange thing.
Racism could disappear completely tomorrow and we would immediately begin the business of finding new and more exciting ways to divide ourselves and hate one another.
“Without something to hate, we should lose the very spring of thought and action.” William Hazlitt
Comment by charmyluv on 23 January 2009:
i agree with Glock
Comment by chivalry65 on 24 January 2009:
When people learn to follow their own heart,what does it matter to the color of one skin. You can be love and love other. The pigment in the skin make color. All the color are in Black. We are just evovling. Forget the rest, Lets get it on, we are here to unite,love,and be happy. Sending blessing/love serving God wine in 2009.Love Love Love
Comment by Garfeild on 24 January 2009:
Sounds cool to me! Hay if we all do that around the world then in 25 years who can hate who? =)
Now this article makes me wanna look that much more for my future wife even if I need look beyond the US borders because (And maybe I’m wrong) but we Americans “seem” to have the biggest hang ups when it comes to race here in the states (just look at us when we are kids and then look at us as adults) when it’s no big deal it’s just a preference thing like some people may like Opera while some may like Jazz and the best thing about what “You like” is no one can make you like anything else! =)
Comment by Salsassin on 25 January 2009:
Considering migration to the UK hasn’t stopped, the claim is foolish.
Comment by bintin on 25 January 2009:
The only people who are afraid to mix are the people who think they might loose out.In cosmopolitan areas you expect to see alot of biracial children.If there is no racial discriminations those children will not be thinking that they dont fit in any group.We are all members of human race and that is where we all fit in.
Comment by dangambino on 26 January 2009:
im just proud to live in a country where we benefit from such rich diversity
Comment by lvly83 on 26 January 2009:
The actual 60 page ‘study/research paper is actually by Lucinda Platt, Institute for Social & Economic Research, University of Essex - which can be found at http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/publicationsandresources/Pages/Ethnicityandfamilyrelationships.asp
According to the report, the number of children of Caribbean heritage with one white parent has risen from 39 percent to 49 percent over the past 14 years.
…worry ourselves over some ethnic groups disappearing? _ Maybe in a tribal part of the world where their population is actually decreasing but certainly not in the UK. I don’t think the ’Black Caribbean’ ethnic group will disappear. There will always be a large proportion of African, Afro-Caribbeans who remain in relationships with other Afro-Caribbeans.
Just because mixed-child populations are increasin and as stated black people are disappearing (lol) therefore racism is disappearing? You honestly believe this ( wow)
-doesn’t mean racism is going to stop or decrease. Attitudes change of course - different forms of racism ( s) still exist and more types of racism will exist. I think the majority of racism in Britain is now between older white generations and working -class white people towards Asians in Britain and Immigrants, and people from certain part of African in Britain. Have you heard of the British National Party - (political party), They are a Far- right ‘white’ only party which got a London-wide seat on the London Assembly only last year. They blame everything on ethnic groups etc. Anyway, The reason I use that example is because London is one of the most ethnic diverse with the highest number of mixed race people in Britain/ the world even . The idea of increasing mixed race populations and descreasing black ethnicity to elimante racism doesn’t quite add up.
Comment by homesteader on 27 January 2009:
We all are gonna be gone someday , The sun still sets in the West here in Texas
Comment by Angelka on 27 January 2009:
Comment by cdhill on 23 January 2009:
But human nature is a strange thing.
Racism could disappear completely tomorrow and we would immediately begin the business of finding new and more exciting ways to divide ourselves and hate one another.
WELL SAID CDHILL
Comment by Angelka on 27 January 2009:
But human nature is a strange thing.
Racism could disappear completely tomorrow and we would immediately begin the business of finding new and more exciting ways to divide ourselves and hate one another.
WELL SAID CDHILL
Comment by homesteader on 28 January 2009:
In a movie ; it was said ” Please close your eyes / imagine this were a ….. person ” Has anyone ever addressed the Queen as to which of her Loyal subjects are Welcome and which are not . I will imagine she has the Last word over there . Learn not to Hate your neighbor , turn around and make a friend . We talked to many people at Wally world the other day and we never did ask where they come from . Polite conversation was the topic of the day
Comment by homesteader on 28 January 2009:
What I am saying ” If You have to spend time looking for something that Really makes no matter , It may have not been there to begin with ” . Look for something Good and it will be there , everytime .
Comment by lala2qz on 28 January 2009:
???
Comment by YngCaramelQT on 29 January 2009:
Why should anyone “worry” about this? We want equality, and for racism to “disappear,” yet people want to worry about a race becoming extinct in the UK.
If anything, we should rejoice, and be glad that people are coming together, and not limiting themselves to people that look like them (because ultimately that’s what it comes down to; that’s what race is).
Anyway, these bi-racial individuals are two races in one, they have both backgrounds and cultures, and if anything are an expansion of both races, not an “extinction” or “disappearance.”
The original two races are both still there, just in one person.
Comment by homesteader on 1 February 2009:
We have Equality , all we have to do is Enjoy and learn to Live with it . Took a long time to get to where we are and we all need to grow together to make Life better . People is all we see , when we go to town , living in Texas , people have Loved many varietys of other nationalitys in many different cultures and classes over the years . They are called Texans , one and all . Close your eyes , Listen / can you hear changes that are all around You ?
Comment by homesteader on 6 February 2009:
People , do not disappear . Life is just a Game with many players . Open your eyes , change is all that you shall see . Quit complaining and Enjoy what the new days shall bring . Limitations are what you place upon yourselves , I had nothing / I kept looking for a Brighter Future . It is just another day down the road and We shall be together 23 months , Proof possitive that Love is in the air .
Comment by homesteader on 6 February 2009:
And to those that say ” IT IS ONLY A FEW THAT FIND WHAT THEY SEEK .” We say ” hide behind the Future , stay in the past and it leaves more room for people like us to Prosper as We did knot Quit when times looked tough . ” In conclusion you shall only find what you seek if you open your Hearts and Minds and continue to Look .
Comment by Cocoacutie on 8 February 2009:
One day, the world will be filled with Tan people.
Comment by whatawonderiam on 12 February 2009:
i’ve never like race mixing. To me it destroys what we are, i personally enjoy the diffrent races on this earth. In my eyes its one of the things that makes life colorful and diffrent. People shouldnt have to say they are ok with “race” mixing just to prove they arent racist either.
Comment by rebita on 12 February 2009:
LOL @ CocoaCutie….
Well to me, if this is a concern for people they should dedicate themselves to marrying someone who is in line with the value of cultural legacy. That is their choice and I understand that and in fact I am appreciative of their dedication to heritage conservation.
That being said, I am not trying to save the world, just trying to meet the right man, and have a nice family with the cultural values inheritant in me. I’ll leave the rest to the culture saving racial super heros to battle over. Blacktron takes on Whitezilla is too much for me.
Comment by ethereal_swan on 21 February 2009:
Ah… I read about this… hm
Comment by reality123 on 16 March 2009:
Have we not wondered sometime in our life why humans have different skin colors? If you have children they might have even asked this same question or is yet to ask when they recognize this difference amongst people. So, some possible answers that you might have used to explain this could be: You got your color from- our relatives (ancestors); the sun; our genes and/or from melanin that is in our skin. If you have used anyone of these answers to explain skin color then, you are on the right track. As a matter of fact, all the possible answers given above do play an active role in the color of skin we have. Now, we are going to look at how these answers are related and what role they play in the color of our skin.
Our skin color is determined(colored)by the pigment called melanin (meh-luh-nin). Melanin,dark brown or black in color,is produced by special cells called melanocytes (mel-AN-o-sites) located under our outer layer of skin. The function of melanin is to protect our body (skin)from harmful sun rays called Ultraviolet radiation. Ultraviolet radiation from the Sun can cause chemical changes in our cell tissue which can then lead to skin cancer. Melanin protects the skin by absorbing the harmful Ultraviolet radiation (UV), acting as a sunscreen. It also neutralizes free radicals, which are harmful chemicals that form in the skin after being damaged by ultraviolet radiation. This therefore means, the more melanin we have, the better the UV protection we have against the harmful radiation from the Sun’s rays. Likewise, the amount that we have in our skin determines how light or dark our complexion will be. This means, People with light (fair) skin will have just a little melanin while those with Darker skin will have much more melanin present. For those with yellow skin tone, this is determined by another pigment called carotene, a yellow pigment.
A person who spends a lot of time in the sun, their skin will become darker since the melanin in the skin gets more active producing more of this pigment to reduce the harmful UV effects of the sun. This same principle is used in tanning. How much of this pigment we have is also determined by the genes we inherit. Genes ( short pieces of DNA) are units of information inside the cells of our body. Genes make up the blueprint, or plan, for the human body and its functions. It is therefore through our genes that traits are handed down from parents to offspring, in a process called heredity. In other words, this is what is responsible for our genetic makeup (genotype).
How do we explain this genes with the color of our skin and our ancestors? Early humans (hominids) that originated and lived in equatorial Africa had a coat of hair that covered their entire body that protect them from the Sun’s harmful UV. After hundreds of thousands of years our early primate ancestors started to evolve (evolutionary processes) and hair production diminished leaving them their light skin exposed to the Sun’s ray that provide minimal protection. This therefore means a fair skinned person living near the equator is susceptible to several health risks, such as skin cancer (melanoma). On the other hand, a person with darker skin meant greater protection and therefore had a greater survival advantage. Thus, a process called Natural selection , filters out certain parental genes (those for lighter skin) in successive generations, producing offspring with slightly different characteristics and less genetic variability. Consequently, lighter skin persons in comparison to those with darker skin had to a lesser degree less chance of living to reproductive age and passing on their genetic trait (genes) for light skin color to their offspring. Parents with dark skin then have children with dark skin. Over time, persons with darker skin became a dominant feature in Africa. This allows successive generations to adapt to their environmental changes carrying only the genes that are necessary for survival of the fittest. This prevents the extinction of the human race.
However, some of these early humans eventually migrated from the equatorial region Africa and settled in areas of Asia and Europe (closer to the poles). Here the northern climate is much cooler due to the fact that radiation from the sun becomes much less intense especially, during the winter season where this was even further weakened. As a result, because radiation from the sun was less intense, their melanin production gradually decreased to allow acclimation to the climates. This therefore means a dark skinned person living in polar latitudes will gradually evolve into people with lighter skin color such as white. In comparison to the equatorial climate where too much UV light pose serious health risks such as skin cancer, likewise too, little UV light can also be seriously harmful to our health. The reason for this is that, UV light is necessary for our bodies to make vitamin D which forms in the skin when exposed to sunlight. Vitamin D is required by the human body in order to build strong bones. Therefore this means a dark skinned person living near the poles is susceptible to health risk such as vitamin D deficiency which cause the disease called Rickets. Absence of vitamin D produces rickets. This is due to the fact that they have much more melanin in their skin than those with fair skin which means greater screening protection from the limited UV radiation and therefore lowering their survival advantage. Thus, the opposite will happen when compared to what happened in Africa. Natural selection will filter out parental genes for darker skin in successive generations, producing offspring with slightly different characteristics (lighter skin, eye color) and less genetic variability ( a white population). Consequently, darker skin persons in comparison to those with lighter skin had to a lesser degree less chance of living to reproductive age and passing on their genetic trait (genes) for dark skin color to their offspring. Parents with light skin then have children with light skin.
Over time (approximately 10,000 years) persons with dark skin gradually evolved into people with lighter skin color such as white. This type of skin color then became dominant in Europe and Asia. This, as mentioned earlier, allows successive generations to adapt to their environmental changes carrying only the genes that are necessary for survival of the fittest. For many generations, dark-skinned people lived near the equator and light-skinned people tend to live at the higher latitudes.
Now, in modern time, man has been moving around the entire globe, visiting, working and living in these different countries of different climatic conditions with a population of people of all skin colors. All of this is made possible by the modern knowledge we have in science and technology. People can travel freely and live in other countries without being harmed because one skin is too light or too dark. You can now: take supplements of vitamin D, travel in cars, trains, planes, ships, wear protective clothing for the appropriate weather climatic conditions, wear sun screen lotion to help protect skin from UV, live in better and safer houses from weather conditions, have access to better medicine, have more knowledge about the enviroment and the world at large and so on.
Now you should be able to explain why some people living closer to the poles are light skinned people with blond hair and blue eyes, while people living near the equator have black skin, black eyes, and black hair. So, if your relatives from a long time ago lived in a location where it was very sunny (close to the equator) then you are more likely have dark skin. And if your relatives from a long time ago lived in a location where it was very cold (close to the poles) then you are more likely have light skin. Offspring will therefore be the same skin color of their parents. Through migration you will now have dark skin persons living in countries closer to the poles and light skin persons living in countries closer to the equators. Hence, people coming together from different sections of the globe will produce offspring with various hues and degrees of pigmentation found in the skin of humans. This varying spectrum of colors are directly related to the distribution melanocytes cells that make the pigment melanin.
Comment by Anonymous on 17 April 2009:
In response to all the posters above.. what if people decide to marry WITHIN their race, is there something wrong with that?
Comment by homesteader on 18 April 2009:
Anonymous : People fall in Love with other People / Female and Male get married and then they Race to the Finishline as a Team . In the U.S.A. Men marry Women . Nuff said.
Comment by helen on 26 April 2009:
What about black africans
Comment by cares on 8 May 2009:
To helen, Many africans do marry white europeans females and males.Lots of european men go to africa to find a wive because they are consider exotic , well black people in general are consider exotic in europe.I hope americans learn from the europeans , caribbean and africans , love is blind.
Comment by fkoi on 9 May 2009:
The headline makes it sound a bit conspiratorial but if true, it’s just a natural fact. Countries have been absorbing folks from other places into their populations since the beginning of time. Usually this comes after a nasty period of oppression but it does come.
In the States, I suspect that the bloodlines of most are less than thoroughbred. I know mine is. And my children’s is more so. Irish meets German meets Pole meets Swedish meets African meets Dominicano and we are left with United States citizens. Prejudice against the Irish, Jewish, Italian, Eastern immigrants has delayed the process it’s true. And, again in this country, the savaging of the Native residents and the savaging of slaves introduced from Africa (and the savaging of various immigrants for a variety of reasons)has made the absorption process more difficult. There is also the effect of ethnic groups isolating themselves.
Eventually though it is all about boy meets girl, girl meets boy. If given the opportunity to intermingle to any degree it’s gonna happen and racial lines will be blurred. Early adopters pay a greater price it’s true but you can’t hold back the tide.
Comment by CanadianGC on 10 June 2009:
?? Cultures disappearing because of interracial relationships??
I need a job writing dumb articles..
Why not the opposite “British culture disappearing because of interracial relationships”
Comment by Blacktruth on 23 June 2009:
I think that this is a bad thing. Do not get me wrong interracial relationships are amazing when love is in the picture; but the sad this is that the majority of the mixed relationships are formed by hatred towards either black women or black men. The stereotype is black women have too much attitude and the black men are worthless. This is a growing sterotype among the black communities and also appearing in Asian/Chinese communities. This is the kind of thing that the U.K. needs to prevent. Unfortunately I disagree and have to say that the USA is ahead of the U.K. for this reason. There are mixed couples in the U.S. but also the same amount of black couples, Asian and Latino couples. A society that is able to keep equal balance in minorities in the one thats ahead. In this case I believe it to be the U.S.A.
Comment by aharrison on 28 June 2009:
“Comment by Cocoacutie on 8 February 2009:
One day, the world will be filled with Tan people.”
Just typical of your type. . . Always dreaming.
Comment by shitskins on 28 June 2009:
Yeah, let’s just interbreed and get it over with. Then nobody will have a crutch and whine and moan for THIER choices made in life.
Then again, we’ll be 10,000 dumber in the evolution cycle. From mudhuts to the moon, back to mudhuts, and something tells me, this “new human race” won’t, won’t be getting past the mudhuts again.
Comment by Observer on 28 June 2009:
Well, what this article should say is that we both Blacks and Whites will be fading out. What a destructive, racially stupid thing to do eh?
Theres nothing pretty about a mixed-race person. If there was, then thoroughbred Horses, Dogs, Cats etc wouldn’t be desirable and a mixed-breeds wouldn’t be free at any animal shelter.
Were animals too, and i like to see the races stay true and hold onto our different cultures.
Comment by xc on 28 June 2009:
Blackbirds don’t mix with Thrushs nor Blue Tits with Great Tits or Field mouse with Door mouse. Adaption evolves over millions of years, you can’t just get two different types of a species to shag and make anything worthwhile that will be adapted to anything.
“Thou shalt not commit Adultery” actually means do not race mix - Adulterate: to make impure with something foreign or inferior. Unfaithfullness is already covered by “Thou shalt not covet your neighbour’s wife”. It is against nature, it is against God. That’s why interracial sex is wrong, that’s why it’s called R-e-p-r-o-d-u-c-t-i-o-n. All race mixers are condemned by natural law to be trapped in the body of a hideous mongrel freak in the afterlife.
Comment by Euro-Pride on 28 June 2009:
If the politicians in the UK were sane this wouldn’t be an issue because there would not be a tidal wave of third worlders in the UK. Enoch Powell was right. Long live the BNP.
Comment by Wartime on 28 June 2009:
If you people’s utopia does come to fruition, after all the races mix there will be no blissful peaceful society. I’m telling you people now that racism will be replaced with colorism. YOu can see it now in the black community. The lighter skinned “blacks” look down on the darker ones. You can think that will cure itself too but it won’t it only becomes more embedded. So you are going to be fuill of a world with fuill breeds and mutts. When biracial people have become the norm, when your mission is complete and you have created a world where the majority of people are mixed race. When breeding within your own race becomes taboo-then it will be on the rise. The world will never be just one race. Dream on!
Comment by fkoi on 29 June 2009:
When did this blog become so popular with moronic bigots? Are there not a Web full of sites where they can spew their vitriol to folks who hold the same unrefined mindless views?
Or were these last several a lame attempt at humour lite, great ignorance, less funny.
Comment by homesteader on 30 June 2009:
fkoi ;
on April 2007 , in The smallest minority of 2015 . I also have run into a couple Bigots with opposing values .
Neverfear , While My Wife and I sleep Happily together / These Fools still Desire to live in the Past .
Feed em’ Cake .
Comment by onlinebabe on 6 July 2009:
in BRITAIN THERE IS A GROWING TREND OF INTERRATIAL RELATIONSHIPS MORE COMMONLY FEATURING BLACK MEN VERSUS WHITE WOMEN- THIS GROWING TREND IN ALL SORT OF MIXED RELATIONSHIPS NOT JUST IN BRITAIN BUT OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD WILL BECOME MORE POPULAR AND MIXED-RACE POPULATION WILL BE THE MAJORITY
THE BLACK RELATIONSHIPS ARE FASTLY DYING OUT -AND WILL BE AFFECTED BUT THE WHITE POPULATION WONT AS THEY ARE STILL VERY MUCH THE MAJORITY
I PERSONALLY DONT AGREE WITH MIXED RELATIONSHIPS AS MOSTLY PEOPLE GO INTO THEM FOR THE WRONG REASONS NOT BECAUSE THEY FELL IN LOVE BUT HAVE MADE A CONCIOUS DECISION TO CHOOSE A PARTICULAR RACE OF PERSON BECAUSE OF THE NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES THEY ENDURED WITHIN THEIR OWN RACE
INTERATIAL RELATIONSHIPS ARE NO MORE SUCSESSFUL THEN ANY OTHER RELATIONSHIPS AND IS OFTEN TREATED WITH OPPOSISTION FROM OTHERS- THE CHILDREN ALSO SUFFER INSECURITES AND THE NEED FOR A BEL0NGING AS THEY ARE NOT CONFINED TO ONE PARTICULAR GROUP AND OFTEN FEEL A NEED FOR ACCEPTANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SOCIETY- NON-BLACK FEMALES WHO HAVE MIXED CHILDREN WITH BLACK MEN FACE OOPOSITION FROM THEIR OWN MEN AND OFTEN FIND THAT THEIR CHOICES TO GO BACK TO THEIR OWN MEN OR NON-BLACK MEN IS VERY MUCH LIMITED
THE BLACK RACE IS DYING OUT AND ANYONE THAT CANT SEE THAT ITS ALREADY MUCH GROWING IN THE MINORITY NEEDS TO STEP OUTSIDE OF YOUR FRONT DOOR TO KNOW THE CHANGE ARE FAST BECOMING A REALITY
Comment by fkoi on 7 July 2009:
Onlinebabe - If you “DONT AGREE WITH MIXED RELATIONSHIPS” then you probably are on the wrong site. Your science (”MOSTLY PEOPLE GO INTO THEM…”, etc.) is not scientific. Your sociological studies (”THE CHILDREN ALSO SUFFER INSECURITES AND THE NEED FOR A BEL0NGING AS THEY ARE..”) are not studied. And your conclusions (”THE BLACK RACE IS DYING OUT…”) are far from conclusive. Peddle your nonsense elsewhere.
Oh yeah, and TAKE OF YOUR CAP LOCK. It is rude and childish.
Comment by little_mi on 7 July 2009:
Black is a colour - not a race. Black people will not disappear. Consider this, the vast majority of Carribean people are mixed but when you look in their faces you see them as black. Hair, skin tone and features are different between them but they are still “black”. Now if you’re talking about culture - thats a different thing…..
Comment by BEBE on 7 July 2009:
I don’t understand how the Black Race is dying out when two mixed adults marry they produce children who are light brown, brown, and dark brown? You will see similar shades throughout the continent of Africa!!! They are still Black Africans. Africans are very diverse and comes in many different shades. Just because people are labeled mixed-race for census purposes, doesn’t mean Black people no longer exist. The DNA is still there.
Then, when you really think about it…who cares. When you die, you can’t take your race with you.
Comment by Horribletimetobealive on 11 July 2009:
I don’t understand any of these people who comment on here at all. First of all little_mi, sorry to brake the news to you but BLACK is definitely a race.
Most people call other people who don’t like black people ignorant; why?? ; we are obviously more educated then you people because science has already proven over and over again that not only do races exist but the black race is indeed inferior to the white race as a whole pure and simple; THIS IS NOT RACISM BUT FACTS THAT YOU PEOPLE HAVE CHOSEN TO IGNORE AND YOU CANNOT FACE THE TRUTH; look at the size and shape of the skulls, brain size, hair, thickness of skin and lips; are you all under some sort of spell or trance??? ; one obvious reason why race mixing is dangerous is because over the last 6000 years the black race has done nothing to deeply impact our world to make it a better place; go ahead deny it, but the burden to prove otherwise will be a daunting task on your part. To sum it up race mixing = the end of civilizations.
Comment by onlinebabe on 12 July 2009:
when i raised these points or concerns that i have i didnt rasise them on studies or a scientific basis i dont need to - i have grwn up in a muliti-cultural society and have mixed freinds who have shared their experiences, in england they have done studies and documentaries that show children of mixed ethnicity often have a struggle with belonging.
we all know that black peolple come in differnt shades and skin tones but when you consider countries such as africa as large as it is where famine, poverty and the aids rate is very high in this case their life period is very limited- when you look at other countries such as britain and america where interratiol relationships is one the fastest growing trends resulting in mixed children this generation of blacks make up a great amount of the population but it deffinately wont always be like that
AND JUST FOR THE RECORD IM FAIRLY LIBERAL AND
OPENMINDED I HAVE AN OPINON JUST BECAUSE YOU DONT AGREE WITH IT DOES NOT MEAN IT IS WRONG
Comment by elzbelz on 12 July 2009:
Firstly I have to agree that this article is stupid not only because its highly negative but because it defines ‘mixed race’people as mixed black and white only.My mother is middle eastern and my father white so I regard myself as mixed race,as can most of us Londoners,so are we wrong? As someone pointed out if black people will disappear because they produce mixed race children with white people then arent the white people going to disappear also? and if that were to happen (though I think it impossible)it would be a natural progression that would eliminate rascism (between black and white) in the UK.Anyone who is fearful of this needs to have a talk with themself as I would guess they have very bigotted ideals.
Comment by homesteader on 12 July 2009:
It still remains ” a Race to the finishline ”
The world ends everyday for some .
My advice is to Enjoy what you have , while you still are able to .
No one has lived 6,000 years alas what you talk of is second hand knowledge . BS if you please .
A classic example of ” the Twilight Zone ” editorials by one with no drive or Pleasure of the Future Ahead .
We have freedom of choice / and We take advantage of the joy and Happiness we gained since meeting at AfroRomance .
We have seen alot of people here who say “I don’t understand ” and it shows in their comments .
Comment by onlinebabe on 13 July 2009:
comment to elzbelz
i agree with you that mixed-race people are of all different nationalities entwined and not just the most common of which is black-white
you need to look at the world goegraphiically to know that white people are the majority so it wont be a case of this race fading out-you only need too look at the statistics to see that black relationships are slowly fading out resulting in a smaller generation of black people in the next few decades from this in a relationship perspective their will be more relationships getting together such as….lets say a mixed-race person who chooses to date a white person-in a relationship poss. having children that would result in –erm lol a white child
its not hard is it- im not against race mixing but i do feel that you need to draw the line at some point to preserve your race- im not racist im just being real
Comment by BEBE on 18 July 2009:
One way to end racism in America is to remove all racial labels from applications, forms, demographics, media, etc. The suspect was light complexion with blond hair, or medium dark complexion with woolly hair. Instead of a white male or black male. This will eliminate mental boundaries. Who cares if you are Latino or black non-Latino. So much emphasis is placed on race in our society, subconsciously, it starts to affect our minds. It makes us feel like we all come from different planets.
Comment by homesteader on 18 July 2009:
Racism will never end / Dwelling on it in a more positive light will constantly show improvement in Ourselves .
Did you pick the red cabbage or the green at the grocery store ?
Who gives a Flying darn what others think ? We are Happy Together .
The British Isles are a long swim from here / They already left the Americans across the Water along time ago .
Ignorance may disappear someday / What will the Martians have to say , when we finially land a space mission on their planet ? Will they ask for your Greencard for employment reasons ?
Comment by Darling2 on 12 August 2009:
Hi all. Answer to HELEN. A white man travels all the way to Africa to find a wife because they are considered exotic, they can cook, clean, Iron, make a home they are creative, have great ideas to share and have more love for the husband. An african woman do not know what is the meaning of cheating with their husbands or having kids with the next door neighbour when she is married(she is always a one man woman). No going out to pubs with a gang of other women(her friends) daily when the husband hangs in the house snoring on the sofa waiting for a phone call to go and collect her after she is pissed. Their women will either be asking the husband for, let me see your bank statements, i must shop for this and that give me your credit card, every week i need this amount from you, watching teli, drinking, smoking waiting for the husband to come home from work and say hmmm Honey is your turn. Keep it tidy. Also many married couples in Europe or whatever lives in the same house but in different bedrooms, no conversation or even a polite hi, You know what i mean two enemies in the name of marriage living in the same house(A FACT) Hahaaaa. Apologies to all since i am not an ignorant racist. lolol
Comment by Leavitobeavr on 20 August 2009:
Ok the interracial trend is storming the earth. There are places on earth where the percentage of interracial relations are high.One day the aliens will come to earth wanting to try something different like having a human body with a lizard tail.People will move to mars and the aliens will move to earth. Oh yeah the topic will be called, “Why are there mix multi culture people on mars and earth?” The thing is people go where they are mostly accepted to live, breath, and sleep interracial.
Comment by whurr on 21 August 2009:
IN repsonse to Leavitobeavr…
We have a lot of aliens already in Florida. When I was in Texas, there were lots also.
They spoke the same language. I asked one of them to take me to their leader… he pointed to a picture of George Bush…the man responsible for their existance.
The alien then said, he needed our votes to win twice, and thats why we have flourished.
I can relate to what you said … but they don’t have lizard tails.
Comment by sashs on 21 August 2009:
I think the black caribbeans won’t exist any more in england(for the exception of the black caribbeans immigrating there) but not the black africans, they don’t cross the line like other blacks because of culture. So I think it’s a good thing, so there won’t be discrimination and all; but like they say what happens in vegas stays in vegas. England is the only country in the world in this trend. It will take million years before countries in asia and africa follow that trend.
Comment by miri2008 on 22 August 2009:
LOL Whurr!! love your 8/21 response
You usually make me laugh, but this one was really funny to me!
I guess the Site owner thinks that allowing non-members access to post on the blogs is a good form of marketing. Some sensible comments do come in that way, but people who are against the very concept of this website are also coming in that way.
I don’t think any of the paying members who are looking for an environment supportive of tolerance and enlightenment should be subjected to hate messages on the blogs from people are not paying members of this site.
Clearly the blog moderator is either often preoccupied with something else, or in a dead sleep.
Comment by WHURR on 22 August 2009:
Miri2008……..
I looked at my calendar and I have April 10th, 2011 open….what are you doing that day??
Want to get married?
Comment by miri2008 on 23 August 2009:
lol Whurr :)… My first AR marriage proposal! I dance with glee!
Comment by submissiveo on 24 August 2009:
In response to Darling’s entry on 12/08/09! Women from from Africa are virtues and great homemakers - but that is just half the story!I think Eddie Murphy’s comedy “Raw” sums it all really nicely! We all quickly adapt!
Comment by Shotgun007 on 24 August 2009:
Comment for “onlinebabe”…
Your concept of interracial dating and/or courtship is pretty clear, ..I get that. But help me understand “WHO” it is exactly that you are trying to convince that the Black Race is vanishing or inferior?
You appear to have some well-put-together “assumptions”, so I guess what I’m saying is, it would be pointless to post these messages on (of all things) an Interracial Dating Website specifically designed for individuals that are seeking relationships “outside” of their specific race.
I call them “assumptions” because I’ll be honest I don’t exactly research interracial offspring/makeup by country on a daily basis vs. white/Caucasian– to be in a position to argue factual data.
As a suggestion it may be best that you start your own blog on the subject;There are numerous sources for you online. I don’t think interracial websites should be used as a forum to serve anyone’s personal agenda since they are in fact direct opposites.
And just so that we are clear, I respect your views & your opinion which is why I’m not attacking some of your remarks. But parts of your views undermine the entire “essence” behind Afro Romance’s theme (creators).
This in and of itself may deemed offensive to some of the loyal subscribers of the Website.
Just a thought…
I hope you understand my comments and do not take offense in any way.
Comment by miri2008 on 25 August 2009:
hmmmm… just occurred to me I have four immediate relatives in the U.K. whom I need to alert about this impending danger – one is married to a Greek, one to an Irish, one to an English, one to an English/Italian… I think I may be a little late though… there are already many offspring … double digits!
… come to think of it, not doing much better on this side of the Atlantic… our family unit includes a Japanese, an Indian, and a South American… again with the multiples of offspring from these unions
Handclapping and waving (even a little dancing) for the U.N. family… yes, family
Comment by homesteader on 25 August 2009:
WHURR and miri2088 / Congratulations , we married April 10 , 2007
Comment by georgeW1001 on 30 August 2009:
Why is this even an issue or a subject matter?
I’m definitely from a different planet than everybody else! I’m under the assumption that racial mixing and interracial relationships are inevitable, so I guess everyone’s race is subject to extinction at some point.
I don’t know why this is, but when checking the blog pages, I’m starting to question why we have so many “objectors” of interracial unions that continue to leave remarks on these boards. ……Not sure why anyone would create a profile here, just to reply with racist views. Maybe the site administrators should start monitoring these boards more often.