Wait, is anyone in this thread even in an interracial relationship?
I've had my intimate relationships with white women...but boyfriend and girlfriend? no. we just liked to ff*ck every now and then.
Never been in a full blown interracial relationship myself, but as a nerdy, square dude who likes to skateboard and enjoys soap operas, I will see my interests lined up
with a whole host of people from different backgrounds from what the board would advocate for. Can't let arbitrary racial justice cut me off from romance.
I feel this. When I was living in Pittsburgh...I was yep...the same way. I consider myself a nerdy square dude that likes to skateboard and likes anime and fashion and music and shyt like that, I have a wide variety of friends of associates from all ends of the spectrum. I just consider myself pro-black by nature and pro-black rights as a black man and an African living in a white dominated society. So I have no choice but to be hip to reality. White women were just more drawn to me, while sistas on that hood mentality tip called me an "oreo" and 'white boy".
Part of my struggles as a black man on that "different" tip...was to prove to others that yes...you can be black and still enjoy things like anime, and skateboarding, and punk rock, and techno, and industrial rock, and not to have to let that define you as a black person or make others think that undermines your blackness in some way.
When I moved to New York City...I met more black women that were about the same things...so I was like...hey, why not give them a chance? At the end of the day, no matter how much me and a non-black woman may have things in common...we don't live in the same sphere in reality so we could never relate 100%. Plus I'm 30...I've been there and done that...most of the white women that used to mess around with black men and others are now married to white guys and living in the burbs. I see how that story ends...they get married, have kids, and forget about those days of messing with black culture and black people...blackness is not a trend that goes out of style. I live that 24/7/365. Plus from being in certain situations I realize the difficulty in maintaining those type of relationships with women...
All I'm just saying is brothas shouldn't feel like they should discount their own because they have some sort of resentment or bitterness about not being a member of the dominant society or are colorstruck or whatever. I'll give anyone a chance...but ultimately, it's human nature to want to be with your own...you can't discount that, I certainly can't...or deny it...or get sad when reality hits your face.