Comments on: Do It Like The Kids Do

By: Nylon Classical Guitar

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By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:59:19 +0000

Aah and also on the point – kids are not learning the hatred as much anymore You should see the little ones playing with each other all day. If I had cockles they’d be warmed.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:57:28 +0000

Quite a nice piece Made me think a little… discrimination/hate based on pigmentation is pretty much the same as using toenails to judge people.

How arbitrary.

By: Diva

Diva — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:53:05 +0000

Alex – I have never dated a white/black South African, but I often get hit on by foreign men (French, Indian, German and Italian once) and I dated a German guy too at some point. A friend of mine is married to an Italian.
You must hang out in some dodgy places!

By: Motheo

Motheo — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:51:54 +0000

Thanks all for the kind words. To chime in on the back-and-forth about who are more open to interracial relationships, I think various regions/countries have pockets within them where it’s cool.

Living in Cape Town now, I see interracial relationships a lot less then what I saw whilst living in the northern parts of Johannesburg. The same would apply to, as nellynichi hinted at, living in Alabama versus living in, say, San Francisco.

My piece wasn’t really about interracial relationships specifically as much as it was about people being pretty much the same skin deep, but interracial relationships present interesting discussion points.

The point is this – we assume identities, we are not born with them. The identity of a racist or even one with prejudices (as we all have to some degree) can be rejected and reformed. Believing otherwise is uninformed, believing it impossible is plain lazy.
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By: nellynichi

nellynichi — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:48:23 +0000

Alex, you are crazy. Interracial dating is much more accepted here and in Europe than in South Africa. South Africa is the western world’s baby in regards to integration and when I went to visit there, it was obvious to me that the whites and blacks just do not mix over there, let alone date. I’m sure there are interracial relationships there like there are in Alabama here. A handful yet with plenty of backlash. London, NY, Paris….those are just three examples of how open minded they are in regards to dating interracially. I work with someone who only dates black men and it’s a non-issue, yet, it seems to be issue enough with South Africans to warrant it being an article topic on this site. Anyway, as for the article itself, i obvioulsy agree with the authors perspective. It was very well written and all his points were on point.

By: colleen

colleen — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:00:01 +0000

@Alex Papadopulos u coudl be right Alex

By: Alex Papadopulos

Alex Papadopulos — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:45:37 +0000

I’d like to meet these Europeans! During my travels I’ve only seen worse racism when it comes to interracial relationships (both Europe and the US).

I’ll be bold and say they are in South Africa for a reason.

By: colleen

colleen — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:51:40 +0000

true what you say Deevs, the Europeans are way ahead of us when it comes to interracial relationships.

By: Diva

Diva — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:45:09 +0000

Whenever I walk around in public places like shopping malls, I am always surprised by the number of (white) foreign men walking proudly with their (black/coloured) South African wives, their kids in tow.
People from other countries (especially Europe) do not have the hang-ups that we have about colour. One day neither will we…that is to say if the politicians will allow us to get over it.