Ethnic Stereotypes perturb me!!

Category: Life

I received an e-mail today from a good friend that had a supposed article of a magazine of two opinions: One from a white woman, and a responsive opinion to the white woman from a black man. In this day in age you are going to see SO many interracial mixers! I haven't traveled the world ,but I know that it is not in just my region of occupancy that people date outside of their race. It is also NOT a fact that the only interracial mixes you are going to see is black and white. We have so many nationalities in the United States that I don't know why their seems to always be a bashing toward black and white. I've never once heard any black or white person say that had a problem with a mexican, chinese, japanese, australian, protugese, etc. dating within their race. I realize everyone has an opinion and that is what we have the right to have HOWEVER I DESPISE any one person that looks at my outer appearance and stereotypes me because of my ethnicity. Who are you to look at me and sum me up based on your prior encounters with a white woman or thoughts of a white woman??? Why is it SOME white women feel they have the upper hand to a black woman because they are dating a black man? Why is it SOME black women can call white woman weak or easy because we are dating a black man? Why is it a black man will choose NOT to date any other race except for white woman because they say black woman are too dominating or loud or whatever? I'm sorry I have friends of other races and yes if you know me you also know that I have only dated men either black or mixed BUT it is not me doing so to make a statement. It is not me being bias towards a black man because I have discredited every white man or any other race because that is NOT the case and I have liked many other races in my 24 years of living. It just so happens that's how it worked out. And I have heard many people in my day make comments about black woman bein' too loud or controling and I've heard comments about white women being pushovers and easy. I know many of both races that don't fit either of those stereotypes including myself. Don't come to me and tell me that I'm tryin' to be more "black" because I go to the tanning bed to have a little complexion. Don't tell me I'm trying to be "black" because I enjoy listening to a certain type of music. DON'T STEREOTYPE ME because of the pigmentation of my skin! If your going to stereotype me do it ONLY when you meet me in person and look beyond my outer appearance and find out my inner workings! God made each and everyone of us an individual for a reason with individiual personalities, etc. We ALL face different trials and tribulations in our lives. This is not my opinion or perspective as an angry "white" woman either.......it is my perspective as an INDIVIDUAL who often faces prejudice remarks due to the color of my skin or decisions in my life. The reality is that every race in this day in age does in fact face certain prejudices but I do hope when any white woman opens her mouth that she doesn't feel like she's speaking on behalf of every white woman including myself because that is not the case. And I do hope that no one person ever encounters me and thinks because of their race that I take one look at them and have them "figured out" or stereotyped from the jump. I don't mind hearing a person's perspective or opinion about a race until they start bashing me as a "white" woman. Point of this blog you ask........don't stereotype me and degrade ME as an individual because YOU may be close minded.