In the country of our racial origins, we no longer belong. Actually, never belonged.
In our country of birth, we are not indigenous and are hence second class citizens.
Even amongst "second class" citizens, we remain conscious of our "original" heritage... What the fuck does that even mean anymore? Am I ever going back to India or Sri Lanka, I jolly well think not.
Why is it that even amongst the so-called educated and liberal, interracial dating remains such a sticky issue? Many of my generation were raised colour blind in theory. In practice though, we're still herded to our respective communities when it comes to dating and finding life partners. Disclaimer: 1. my parents have thus far been consistent in theory and practise (with a few minor -and temporary- lapses in the case of the more orthodox of the two) 2. there's absolutely nothing wrong with going out with someone of the same race, but the same should be true of going out with people of other races...
Note that interracial dating is not some strange inter species oddity (we have the same number of chromosome pairs amongst other things) and it's not like there are major health issues from dating someone of a different race. Variations in the gene pool tend to serve as an advantage, precluding major/ heritable genetic issues. There appears to be a distinct inability to reconcile theoretically liberal upbringings and decisions with the precipitous parental shift towards conservatism for most.
It's interesting how it isn't alright to go out with someone with the same outlooks, with compatible life philosophies & values, of similar educational & socioeconomic backgrounds, with whom you share amazing chemistry and other rational bases of judgment, simply because of variations in basal levels of melanogenesis. Scratch that, it's not interesting, it's plain shallow.
Whatever! I'll never (and hopefully will never have to) understand bigotry of this order.
