Expert: Melissa Burton (a.k.a Bee) - 11/17/2003

Question
1. what did you or his family think about you dating and why do you think they felt this way?
2. did other people make comments about you because you were dating someone of another race?
3. how do you react to thier cultures?
4. do you prefer guys of other races or are you open to everyone?
5. do you have troubles understanding their different culture and languages?
6. what are your thoughts of the overall concept of interracial dating?


Answer
Hey Stephanie
1.Well at first my family didn't accept him and they told me after a few years of dating him that it was because they had heard things about his particular race and that one time my mom had dated someone from the race I was dating and they had hurt her and did bad things to her. So those were their reasons for not liking him.
2.Not really it was mostly my family. No one really said anything to me but I did get looks or like I was treated differently with them.
3.I think it's very interesting to learn about their cultures. Being with them made me more interested in learning another language I also started to learn foreign dances from the country he was from.
4. Well I prefer guys from my race and from other races but there are some particular races that I could never picture me ever being with.
5.Well at first i did but after a few months I learned to accept it.
6. Interracial dating is a good thing. It combines different cultures and people have a more understanding of why certain people are a little different than others.

Well hope I helped with the questions if you have any more questions I would be glad to help. Good luck!
Melissa