Post by buddyrydell on Apr 17, 2005 2:22:16 GMT -5
I agree with Mike's statement that people should simply have the right to date and marry whoever they wish. Interracial dating/marriage does not bother me at all, though by the same token, I also hope that unique peoples and cultures don't entirely disappear because people who choose not to date/marry interracially still have the right to not do so and should not be branded as racist as a result. Also, I personally think the world would be rather boring if everyone were the same and mixed, don't you? So basically, I believe that one should be able to do what he/she wants in these particular situations without being subject to scrutiny. It all comes down to a question of comfort imo, some people are more comfortable engaging in interracial relationships while others aren't, everyone's different.
As for the talk here of the mixing of different subtypes, this is something that's very common nowadays, especially here in the U.S. where there are a plethora of different European groups who have thoroughly mixed with one another over the years. I'll come right out and say that like Mike, I'm an example of this. I'm the son of an Italian (Sicilian) father and British-Irish-Italian-German-French mother. My father's Dinaricized Mediterranean and my mother favors a mostly British/Irish look and is Keltic Nordic/Brunn. I came out looking like my father and am also essentially Dinaricized Med, though with slight Keltic Nordic admixture if I must be exact (just the fact that I have greenish eyes since my father's are hazel and my mother's are blue, so mine are lighter but not as light as my mother's).
As for the talk here of the mixing of different subtypes, this is something that's very common nowadays, especially here in the U.S. where there are a plethora of different European groups who have thoroughly mixed with one another over the years. I'll come right out and say that like Mike, I'm an example of this. I'm the son of an Italian (Sicilian) father and British-Irish-Italian-German-French mother. My father's Dinaricized Mediterranean and my mother favors a mostly British/Irish look and is Keltic Nordic/Brunn. I came out looking like my father and am also essentially Dinaricized Med, though with slight Keltic Nordic admixture if I must be exact (just the fact that I have greenish eyes since my father's are hazel and my mother's are blue, so mine are lighter but not as light as my mother's).