iqqi said:
But you are basing that on RACE.
You are saying that sticking with your own race is BETTER.
That is racist.
Just like saying stick to your own class is classist.
I guess since you said that companies can hire blacks, that you aren't a full blown racist. But I think you have some racist views, buddy.
What about a white boy and a latina? Or is that ok because they are closer in skin color? Or what about different countries?
see, this is the problem with americans, if anything relates to race they call it racist.
pro same-race marriage people are merely saying that it is better for the child. not that a white child is better than a black child, or that whites are better than blacks.
just like some people feel its better for a child to be raised by two heterosexual people instead of two gay people. it doesn't mean they hate gays or think gays are inferior. it just means they don't feel two gay people, in general, can raise a child as well as a heterosexual mother and father.
now if the child was gay, then people might say it would be better raised BY two gay parents.
you see, its not even that the gay people can't DO the job just as well. they may conceed that they can. but they may feel simply as a result of psycho-social conditioning that a child is better served with heterosexual parents.
once again, you can call them ignorant, you can call the naive, but you wouldn't be able to call them prejudice against gays. they don't hate gays. they don't feel gays are inferior. etc. they simply feel that a child is best served by have heterosexual parents. simple as that.
the ONLY thing im saying is that you can be pro same-race marriage without being a racist.
moreover, THIS IS THE NORM!!!! i dont know the official stats, but id say proably about 70% of marriages are same-race marriages. its NOT that peopel are racist, its that they have a natural inclination to mate with members of their own race.
as time as the races mingle and mixed raced children become the norm, it will be a moot point. but until then its the norm - but it does not mean that peopel are racist.