Do mixed-race/ cross-cultural relationships work?
927319
well I've taught my husband how to charm a snake, and he's taught me how to play the steel pans. the lows are I can't put my dreadlocks in my turban.
29047
When it comes to 'love' ethnicity is not an issue. However, you will soon realize that if you and your partner share a different ethnicity, there will be a lot of obstacles that you and her will face.  In some extreme cases, you or her may not even be accepted by the other's family.\n\nI have seen many mix ethnicity relationship turn out to a very beautiful pair.  My advice with you is to go for it.  If you truly love her, there is no obstacles you can't overcome!!
739641
Most relationships in general fail.  The only reason a relationship between a black and white person would be more likely to fail would be differences in the people's cultures, and those differences are decreasing as time goes on.  My boyfriend is half black and I have more in common with him than a lot of white guys I've dated.
406312
Nope not at all.  As long as the couple is good together and happy w/ each other it shouldn't matter what colour their skin tone is.  I'm completely happy with my other half and he is black/ puerto rican.  If I would have stuck to 'my own kind' as people have phrased it I wouldn't have gotten with and fell in love with my bf.  And that would have been my loss.  When you limit yourself to just your own race you risk potentionally missing out on alot of good people and possibly love too.
259216
No, you are not degraded in the U.S.  As far as whether white women like you, I think it depends on the woman and her personal feelings about whether or not she wants to be involved with someone of a different race.
168573
Well my girlfriend and I are both PRODUCTS of interracial relationships (me: black/white  her: latina/white).  and we occasionally get hasseled by lame-os who don't think our being together is cool.  And still others who don't think our PARENTS being together is cool.  But Screw them.  We learned not to care what other people think long ago.  That comes with hearing so much racial crap as children.  You soon realize that race doesn't matter, and neither do the people that think it does.\n\nI really hope that you're able to distance yourselves from these negative people that are giving you a hard time about it.  And once people see that it doesn't matter to you, most of them will start to see you two for the PEOPLE you are.  Not the race.
961801
Opposites most definitely do attract.  It is easier to communicate with someone who isn't like you than it is with someone who is.  All you both need to learn to do is to talk openly, not blame each other and listen (really listen).  There are no great communicators or perfect relationships, but through trial and error and giving a relationship a good solid try has a tendency to work.  Two people can always work their issues out, if they really try to understand each other.  Life is never straight forward and simple.  Everything worth having is worth working for.
431499
NO! I have been in an interracial relationship for several years and honestly do not even think about his race because I love him. This questions has been asked many many times and if you will notice, the only people that respond no to this question are white boys. Not all white guys feel this way, but the ones that respond no just feel threatened and I think that's really lame. I think you should love everyone and if you feel in your heart that a relationship is right, race should not matter.
1125931
It depends on the girl because I'm asian (mixed: chinese and vietnamese) and I'm dating a black guy.
925594
I am a white American Female and my husband, a Filipino, is the best thing that has ever happened to me.  I could not imagine life without him.  Interracial marriage is perfectly acceptable as long as the people love each other and are ready to forge a new life together whatever the obstacles.  Our biggest obstacle was some cultural stuff because we grew up so very differently, but with time love and tenderness we worked through it and are falling more in love everyday!
1130514
I had a boyfriend who was/is black.  We broke up but it wasn't due to that.  In the South where cultural lines are still packed with prejudice, it heightened our visibility; not only were we gay in the south, we were interracial as well.  I would be lying if I said it didn't have some stressful points, but all in all it was a good experience.  Oddly when I dated a Native American no one batted an eyelash.
34579
You have a good point.  And I totally understand if maybe you don't want to have children with a white man.  I have heard that kids with mixed races have a harder time in society than that of one race.  I don't know if thats true or not, but Either way, its your choice and your life and none of their business.
206656
I do not know the answer to your question, BUT I have heard from several, ultrareliable sources that Trinidad, though mixed, is an outstanding example of harmonious race relations now, perhaps not excelled anywhere else in the world.\n\nYou should search on Yahoo for CIA FACT SHEET TRINIDAD and read more there.  Pretty sure there will be much relative to your Q.
140906
if you see him for his ethnicity, there is a very low probability a relationship would work. try seeing him as a person not a race.
1158079
Yes, they can work, but it depends on their personality and communication skills. You have to explain your feeling and wants without expecting or demanding. You have give a lot... I mean a lot. My mom remarried to someone from a different culture and so did I. It's a lot more work than marrying from your own culture, but it can also very rewarding to live within the same house and have two cultures.\n\nLike any marriage, personaliy, communication, and give and take are all very important. I don't think culture should make a difference.\n\nGood luck.
439040
Well it depends on the man, not the culture. That's like asking will a Hispanic man from Mexico treat his American wife good. Cultural influences play a part in many instances, but it really depends on the person.
639649
I think it's natural we are attracted by people who are different from ourselves. \nYou're not a hypocrite!!! Not at all. Many of us find other races attractive but only some of us are ready to talk about it directly. Those who hide the truth are hypocrites. The problem is that former generations rarely allowed the couples to mix. I think it was the matter of identity and fear of being judged by other people.  \nFortunately, world has changed now and people have changed as well. We are used to a view of 'mixed pairs' and I love the view! I dream I will also be in such relationship someday...