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28543, MY REPLY
Posted by Re_Alief, Tue Sep-14-99 12:54 PM
>1) Given the general negative statements about <BR>>black people being thrown around constantly <BR>>on this site, I hardly think <BR>>I'm being out of the ordinary <BR>>with my comment BUT to be <BR>>clear, I am speaking generally about <BR>>the abundance of black men dating/marrying/glorifying <BR>>non black women. <BR>Are you basing the above comment on ?uest's sarcastic reply?? (YOU DO KNOW HE WAS BEING SARCASTIC RIGHT!? <img src="http://www.okayplayer.com/dcforum/Images/happy.gif">)<P>>2) Check the statistics, black men marry <BR>>outside of their race 4xs (if <BR>>not more) than black women. Numerous <BR>>articles, surveys, studies, etc. had been <BR>>done to document and discuss this <BR>>situation. So while there are some <BR>>black women who choose mates outside <BR>>of their "race" (for lack of <BR>>a better word) we don't do <BR>>it in the numbers that black <BR>>males do. <BR>SO, that's a good enough reason to generalize about Black men? <P>>There are reasons for that including the nature >of racism & how it impacts on each gender<BR>> -if you want we can talk about it. <BR>NO NEED!<P>>3) the black population of the US <BR>>is about 85% racially mixed (thru <BR>>force or by choice). The <BR>>issue isn't just about whether mixing <BR>>is okay (my sister & brother <BR>>are half white and numerous fam <BR>>members are mixed with something). <BR>>The issue is racism which leads <BR>>to a color caste system that <BR>>relegates black women and their physical <BR>>attributes @ the bottom of the <BR>>"pretty" totem pole, leading to an <BR>>increase in black male/any other than <BR>>black female couples. We can talk <BR>>about that too. <BR>Where do you get your "facts"??<BR>PLEASE ENLIGHTEN ME...MY SISTER!<P>Peace2U,<BR>Re Alief<P>'OH! GOMEN NASAI!' - me<BR>"Don't be speakin' japaMAnese to me!" - Sugah <BR>'ummm, get off the phone and go to bed baby!' - me<P>my boo's published poem from last year (this year very soon!!)<BR><a href="http://www.rhapsodyinblack.com/98Summer/ea.html#HeavenonEarth">http://www.rhapsodyinblack.com/98Summer/ea.html#HeavenonEarth<;/a> <img src="http://www.okayplayer.com/dcforum/Images/happy.gif">