Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-amber!chabot From: chabot@amber.DEC (Lisa S. Chabot) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Re: Interracial Dating Message-ID: <3860@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Oct-84 10:15:37 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.3860 Posted: Mon Oct 8 10:15:37 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 9-Oct-84 20:22:36 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 70 I'm sorry, but I'm going to quote most of an article, because I don't think you should miss *any* of these good parts :-( : Doug Hosking == > > I think the worst part of interracial relationships is the possibility of > having children. Hold the flames... (Ouch!) I have nothing against this > personally. My only real concern is that the kids that may result from this > relationship are very likely to get LOTS of abuse from other kids. It's > bad enough being a kid if you stand out at all from the others, but it seems > to be 10 times as bad if you're of a "different" race. > > If you're an Oriental woman and you want to marry a black man, it's no big > deal. It's a conscious decision for both of you, and if it's what you both > want, that's great. You've made the decision to live with the harassment > you're likely to get from others, and presumably believe you can cope with > it. But what about your children ? They have no say in the matter at all. > Almost no matter where you live, they're going to stand out as being > different, and they may have a lot of trouble dealing with the abuse that's > bound to result. I'm not sure I'd want to subject someone to a childhood > like that. Well, I'm certain I wouldn't want to subject anyone to a childhood resulting in an adulthood so much tainted with lurking racial prejudice. Yes, Doug, well what about if a black woman wants to marry a black man? Why, their children will be >gasp< black, which in most neighborhoods would make them of a "different" race (caucasians outnumbering other races, in the US). These children, according to some religions, have had NO CHOICE IN THE MATTER! If they walk into Bloomies, it's very likely they're going to stand out as being, >ahem< er, different! Okay, so let's now return to the problems of these children resulting from the proposed misegenation. If their parents don't have the humility and good taste to seclude themselves into a neighborhood full of other oriental/black intermarriages, why, yes, the kids MIGHT NOT LOOK LIKE EVERYONE ELSE! (Horrible thought.) But, then, just think, if the parents did move into such a neighborhood, *they'd* be the oddballs: assuming everybody has two kids, then their are twice as many kids as there are of each kind of adults. Actually, kids like kids. They have to be taught that this neat new person who's the same height and has the same interests and is otherwise interesting, is really icky. Adults teach them that "different" skin colors are ugly. Ugly kids get teased. Hey, and speaking of which, it's not just people of "different" races who are ugly: there are just plain ugly people, right? You know, fat/skinny science fiction fans, and people who aren't hairy/hairless to my standards, people with freckles...these people are disgusting. They should not be allowed to walk around in any neighborhoods (don't want them making impressions on my kids) (my kids might think it's okay to be ugly)(yuck). And breeding is RIGHT OUT! Hey, I'm not prejudiced, they can live their lives (away from me) and all, but do they think they can inflict their ugliness on their kids (and on the rest of the world) with impunity? It's also documented (hey, I know my sources-- Ann Landers) that beautiful people can also turn out ugly kids. Must be bad genes. Better track down family histories, and make sure there have never been any ugly offspring (well, we could drown them...). Only people with licenses can have children! The purity of >GACK!!< >CHOKE< AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA^C See where reading net news on a Monday morning will get you? The opinions expressed above are not mine nor those of anyone with whom I would choose to associate, but are the products of a damaged mind. Quoting out of context will be dealt with harshly. Committee for the Preservation of Racists in Game Preserves on Venus, L S Chabot UUCP: ...decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-amber!chabot ARPA: ...chabot%amber.DEC@decwrl.ARPA USFail: DEC, MR03-1/K20, 2 Iron Way, Marlborough, MA 01752