Racism Survey.... Would you:

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  • slowlow1
    slowlow1 Posts: 31 Member
    Yes to all 4.
  • michellechawner
    michellechawner Posts: 892
    1) Date/Marry someone of a different colour? I am a white agnostic, my boyfriend (soon to be fiance) is a Turkish Muslim, so YES.

    2) Adopt a child of a different colour? YES. We've discussed adoption, because of my medical issues. We both have no issue with having a kid of another color/race.

    3) Allow your child to date/marry someone of a different colour? ABSOLUTELY. And in accordance with everything in the supreme courts here in the states today, they can marry someone of the same sex too, and I would still love them just the same.

    4) Accept a vital organ transplant/allow a family member to do so if that organ belonged to someone of a different colour? YES. It's life and death. Plus I think the organ donor registry doesn't disclose that information, but I could be wrong.
  • jennyrebekka
    jennyrebekka Posts: 626 Member
    Just for the record, nobody but extremists "think" they are racist.
    ....just puttin that out there
  • Trechechus
    Trechechus Posts: 2,819 Member
    5. It's color, not colour.

    Only if you're an American.
  • clarkeje1
    clarkeje1 Posts: 1,641 Member
    1) Yes
    2) Yes
    3) Yes
    4) Yes

    DUH! lol
  • Me2FitMe
    Me2FitMe Posts: 1,285 Member
    1) I did... didn't work out but that was not the question
    2) I have children, if I had the means and decided to adopt-- Yes
    3) Of course
    4) YES!!... Can we even tell the difference in our organs the color of the donor?
  • HealthWoke0ish
    HealthWoke0ish Posts: 2,078 Member
    5. It's color, not colour.

    Only if you're an American.
    What is there besides America? :wink:
  • thatonegirlinohio
    thatonegirlinohio Posts: 50 Member
    1) Date/Marry someone of a different colour?
    2) Adopt a child of a different colour?
    3) Allow your child to date/marry someone of a different colour?
    4) Accept a vital organ transplant/allow a family member to do so if that organ belonged to someone of a different colour?

    I ask these questions, because they came up in a conversation with my (now-ex) BF, and I was completely SHOCKED at his answers.

    For me: it's a "yes" to all 4. I really don't care if you're black, white, red, yellow, or blue. Unless you're blue because you're choking. Then I'd probably help you.

    1. I already am.
    2. I have a mixed child, so I don't see why not.
    3. Love is love.
    4. Yes
  • ActiveGuy81
    ActiveGuy81 Posts: 705 Member
    Yes across the board. A non issue for me.
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    I can't believe this question even needs to be asked.
  • CorvusCorax77
    CorvusCorax77 Posts: 2,536 Member
    im racist against the word colour. Its color. America destoryed everyone, you must speak out language. We own the internet! lol.
    I'm going to find it difficult to adhere to speaking out language, whatever that is.

    it's easy! just come out of the closet and SPEAK!
  • CorvusCorax77
    CorvusCorax77 Posts: 2,536 Member
    5. It's color, not colour.

    Only if you're an American.
    What is there besides America? :wink:

    'MURICA
  • Skinny_minny_mo
    Skinny_minny_mo Posts: 1,272 Member
    yes yes yes and yes :)

    i belong to a rainbow nation and however pure people think they may be, they arent!

    lets accept and rejoice in our supposed differences
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    im racist against the word colour. Its color. America destoryed everyone, you must speak out language. We own the internet! lol.
    I'm going to find it difficult to adhere to speaking out language, whatever that is.

    it's easy! just come out of the closet and SPEAK!
    is dropping the capitalisation of the first letter in a sentence part of the grammatical rules? even typing this is pissing me OFF!
  • Nikki31104
    Nikki31104 Posts: 816 Member
    I am currently in a inter-racial relationship so yes.
    I don't think I would adopt but my kids are bi-racial so yes.
    My daughter is also in an inter-racial relationship. They are both bi-racial actually so yes.
    And I would take any organ that I need and I wouldn't even ask what nationality it came from so that is another yes.
  • MiloBloom83
    MiloBloom83 Posts: 2,724 Member
    5. It's color, not colour.
    It's "Colour" in the Canadian dictionary.... & that's the one I'm working with! LOL

    You're Canadian? I'm sorry, but your survey is invalid...

    But to answer your "survey",
    I date people i'm attracted to.
    I would not adopt.
    I want my children to be happy.
    Irrelevant.
  • ChristieDF
    ChristieDF Posts: 178 Member
    1) Date/Marry someone of a different colour?
    2) Adopt a child of a different colour?
    3) Allow your child to date/marry someone of a different colour?
    4) Accept a vital organ transplant/allow a family member to do so if that organ belonged to someone of a different colour?

    I ask these questions, because they came up in a conversation with my (now-ex) BF, and I was completely SHOCKED at his answers.

    For me: it's a "yes" to all 4. I really don't care if you're black, white, red, yellow, or blue. Unless you're blue because you're choking. Then I'd probably help you.

    1. I was married to a Spanish man for a few years. (divorced and he passed away about 3 years ago) and now I am married to a white man and this marriage has lasted 16years. He's my best friend and I love him dearly.

    2. Well my 20yr old and 18yr old are from my first husband. And my 15yr old is my current husbands so I don't think I could handle any other kids unless it was a tragedy or something.

    3. Believe me it's their life. Color or race has never been an issue with me. It's how they treat my kids that matters to me.

    4. If that organ is going to save someones life and not harm them get that thing and say THANK YOU!!
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    1) Date/Marry someone of a different colour?

    My husband's skin colour isn't exactly the same as mine. He tans and is a kind of medium beige colour. I'm also beige but I have freckles (light brown ones) and don't tan easily at all. And his hair is darker than mine. Does that count? And he's more hairy than me.

    Also, my great x2000(ish) grandmother was a cro-magnon (Homo sapiens) and my great x2000(ish) grandfather was a neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis) (among many other similar relationships). They were not even the same species, and mixed species relationships beat mixed race relationships by a lot.*

    *this applies to approximately six sevenths of the world's population, and for quite a few also includes interbreeding with the Denisovan hominid, and if I was a betting person I'd bet that they'll find Homo erectus genes in modern humans as well sooner or later. And discover some other species of human and find out that their genes are also found in some modern humans. The fact that we're not even a pure species makes the whole idea of racial purity beyond ridiculous. (aside from the fact that even if we were a pure species, there'd still be nothing wrong with mixed race relationships...)
    2) Adopt a child of a different colour?

    I gave birth to a child who's a different colour to me. She's ginger, I have brown hair. I have very pale skin, she has even paler skin than me. In fact although she was born without hair, I knew she'd be ginger by the extreme paleness of her skin. There was just something about her skin which said "ginger".... I :heart: my ginger baby :flowerforyou: and my other baby who actually is pretty much the same colour as me :flowerforyou:

    If I was going to adopt a baby, then I wouldn't really care what colour the baby was :heart:
    3) Allow your child to date/marry someone of a different colour?

    I think it would be unfair to restrict her to marrying only ginger, extremely mega pale skinned people. She doesn't have freckles either, so that would make her colouration rather different to other gingers, so I think it would be extremely difficult for her to find anyone to marry at all if she was limited to only those the same colour as her.
    4) Accept a vital organ transplant/allow a family member to do so if that organ belonged to someone of a different colour?

    In that situation the last thing on my mind would be the ethnic origin of the person donating it. So long as the tissue type is a reasonable match and the organ is safe and suitable, I couldn't care less.
    I ask these questions, because they came up in a conversation with my (now-ex) BF, and I was completely SHOCKED at his answers.

    For me: it's a "yes" to all 4. I really don't care if you're black, white, red, yellow, or blue. Unless you're blue because you're choking. Then I'd probably help you.

    I like your attitude and I'm glad your ex BF became your ex BF. Good move :drinker: And if he's stupid enough to turn down an organ transplant that could save his life because of the "colour" of the donor then frankly all I can say is "natural selection".
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