Is race really an issue right now?

[countrygirl66]

For me my family and extended family is so mixed it would be hard to find an ethnicity that we don't cover somewhere. My hope is that someday we will become so innermixed that it won't be such a big deal. Adoption has done a lot in that reguard. Where i grew up racism grew rampant. It is the main reason that I have chosen to marry a city boy and live in the city. I couldn't bear the thought of my kids hearing the things I heard. The interesting thing is that for a large part me and 7 of my brothers and sisters are pretty much (muts). Don't know how else to describe it. I think those that still hold racism in their hearts will eventually be left behind in the world because it does not fit with the plan of the almighty. We are all created in God's image. And until we see God we will have no idea exactly what that entails. I was blessed to have parents that enjoyed differences in people. I think they were different because when my dad was 12 he started herding his fathers sheep with the mexicans that his father had hired. They would be up in the pastures for 2 - 3 months at a time. My dad always spoke of the things he learned from those men.

[SisterofJared]

My only problem with races being so inter-mixed.... everyone wants to have babies that look like them. LOL. We caucasians generally lose in the genetic battle... so when we marry darker races, we don't have babies that look like us. Brown eyes lose to blue, etc. Generally.

Of course that would change when the races are so diluted.... but those in the first few generations of the mix would know for sure that we wouldn't have babies that take after us. Sad!

SoJ

[pam]

Please forgive me SOJ I mean no disrespect. But your last post has me confused and I'm afraid I can take it in a bad way. With the start saying "My only problem with races being so inter-mixed" immediately brings up red flags to me. I am probably just too sensitive as racism has always been a very touchy subject to me. It just reminded me of my grandmother who said...people should never mix. I always had a hard time with that.

[TeancumsSword]

Originally Posted by pam

Please forgive me SOJ I mean no disrespect. But your last post has me confused and I'm afraid I can take it in a bad way. With the start saying "My only problem with races being so inter-mixed" immediately brings up red flags to me. I am probably just too sensitive as racism has always been a very touchy subject to me. It just reminded me of my grandmother who said...people should never mix. I always had a hard time with that.

Why would God create so many beautiful and diverse races if His ultimate goal is that we are to intermingle and eventually all look the same?

[pam]

Oh please. So if I, being Caucasian, chose to intermingle with someone of Japanese descent that would be wrong? That's the point I'm trying to make. That sounds racist to me. That would be like saying Blacks should only be with blacks, japanese with japanese, chinese with chinese. I disagree with that. I look at the man not what race or nationality he comes from.

[countrygirl66]

Originally Posted by SisterofJared

My only problem with races being so inter-mixed.... everyone wants to have babies that look like them. LOL. We caucasians generally lose in the genetic battle... so when we marry darker races, we don't have babies that look like us. Brown eyes lose to blue, etc. Generally.

Of course that would change when the races are so diluted.... but those in the first few generations of the mix would know for sure that we wouldn't have babies that take after us. Sad!

SoJ

Ah but when you mix you get something never before seen. My 12 yr old daughter (gorgeous skin, long eyelashes, full lips, beautiful cheekbones, and really tall.) My 9 yr old has fetal alcahol features and people keep saying she looks like me. Kind of interesting. She has the far apart eyes, light blue eyes, she tans instantly and never burns, is really short for her age and has the spirit of a giant. Between the two girls there is a mix of white, black, mexican, and ????? Life is fun if you like constant suprises. LOL

[countrygirl66]

Originally Posted by TeancumsSword

Why would God create so many beautiful and diverse races if His ultimate goal is that we are to intermingle and eventually all look the same?

You never know, maybe the Lord is creating a brand new race.

[TeancumsSword]

Originally Posted by countrygirl66

Ah but when you mix you get something never before seen. My 12 yr old daughter (gorgeous skin, long eyelashes, full lips, beautiful cheekbones, and really tall.) My 9 yr old has fetal alcahol features and people keep saying she looks like me. Kind of interesting. She has the far apart eyes, light blue eyes, she tans instantly and never burns, is really short for her age and has the spirit of a giant. Between the two girls there is a mix of white, black, mexican, and ????? Life is fun if you like constant suprises. LOL

I have to admit mixed kids can be some of most beautiful children around. You have a point there. But I still think the different races were created for a reason.

[SisterofJared]

Pam, if you read the whole post, I don't understand what is confusing. But let me state it clearer.

Someone mentioned that one day hopefully all the races will be so intermixed that it will simply be one race. Anyway, that's how I understood their post.

And I replied that the only problem I have with that is that in order to get to that point.... well, if I was just having babies today, and married a different race, I would be sad to see that none of my children would look like me. Cacasians genes aren't that strong... so when you marry someone with brown eyes and you have blue eyes, usually the baby will have brown eyes. Usually olive skin genes are stronger than light skin genes, etc. So when a white person marries a black person, generally you have a black baby. And there is nothing wrong with that.... but if in your heart you want to have a baby that looks like you, you won't have.

There is nothing WRONG with that.... but there is also nothing wrong with wanting to have a child that looks like you. It's great fun seeing yourself in your children. Recently at my sisters house, my granddaughter and her granddaughter sat side by side. Both babies are 1 year old, born within days of each other. It was fun to see that both were the spitting image of their grandmas!

We look at family pictures and see whose ears someone has, whose nose or whose eyes. It's a normal part of being part of a family. And if we became one race... the chance to have our child look like us would be lost to many.

If you loved someone of a different race, it probably wouldn't matter at all. In fact, you would be happy to see that your child looked like their father/mother.

Does that clear it up for you? I confess that I fell in love with a caucasian because that is who I dated. I grew up in a time when dating outside of my race or my religion was discouraged. A general authority once told me that marriage was difficult enough, and that to marry outside of one's race added even more struggles, and for that reason it was recommended that one marry their own race. That was in the early 80s. I think that has changed a great deal.... I remember being in high school and a woman on my street had a bi-racial marriage and it was shocking. Today it is nothing. Well, almost nothing. We do still run around like the little wooden Wimmicks's in Max Lucado's book, giving each other stars or grey dots. For the most part, we don't give those based on race. But there are some who still do.

Any questions? I want you to understand that there is no disrespect or ill feeling toward any race in my comment about babies looking like the parents...

SoJ

[pam]

Yes thank you that cleared it up. Again my extreme sensitivity to the subject.