None of This is Easy: A Week of Conversations on Love, Sex, and Interracial Dating

August 18th, 2011 by Latoya Peterson

This one is for the married, once married, and queer folks on the thread – so many of these articles position marriage as the “solution” to this problem – that if everyone just gets married, all these problems would be magically solved. But we all know that isn’t the case. In this roundtable, panelists discuss how intra or inter-racial relationships played out after the wedding, and if the messages you received from society or culture changed. Starting Thursday.

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  • Mona Pily

     “Latina’s dating black men” 
    I don’t know if this is Latina’s error or yours, but an apostrophe “s” in this case is grammatically incorrect if the purpose is to indicate plural Latinas. 

    Aside from that, can’t wait to read the posts!  :)

  • Grace

    So looking forward to all of it (not just the stuff that “applies” to me)! I”m curious to see though if bisexuals and other non-monosexuals and transfolks will be included in the conversation, as well as South Asians.

    Just curious. ^_^

  • http://twitter.com/techjitsu TD Warren

    As a black man married to a white woman, I am looking forward to both the Black & Beyond Marriage roundtables…

  • Anonymous

    We invited around 85 people of varying identifications and allowed people to participate in whichever roundtables they wanted to. About 30 responded…you will see for yourself who did what and who chose to share what.

    South Asians are currently in the Asian roundtable, but since that one was well fleshed out by the first day, we may do a breakout to incorporate more voices.

  • http://twitter.com/DBChen BryAnn Chen

    Really looking forward to this series.

  • Morenaclara

    I am so pumped to for this!!!!!! :)

  • Elton

    Thanks for putting this together.  I’m looking forward to reading the responses!

  • http://molecularshyness.wordpress.com jen*

    I’m ready! I don’t know if I’ll be able to read it all, but I’m excited.  

  • Anonymous

    This is going to be really interesting! I am especially looking forward to the white rountable, since I feel like we don’t hear much about interracial dating from the perspective of white folks. Also looking forward to the indigenous rountable.

  • Jleigh

    I too would like to hear from South Asians in particular! They’re often underrepresented in these discussions.

  • Jleigh

    I too would like to hear from South Asians in particular! They’re often underrepresented in these discussions.

  • Marava

    I’m so looking forward to this series! On the topic of indigeneity, will the panel address interracial dating and indigenity within Latino communities? As a mestizo Chicana, I can recall various instances in which friends and relatives on both sides of the border implicitly and explicitly urged me to stay away from “indios,” alternatively used to describe dark skinned Mexicanos and members of particular Mexican indigenous groups. 

  • Anonymous

    When all the entries are posted, would it be possible to link them all here for easy reference, especially so one could direct someone who should learn about the discussions surrounding interracial relationships to here?  Thanks!

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  • Anonymous

    Lookin’ forward to the indigenous roundtable!

  • Kari

    Tell me about it!

  • Yasmin

    I’m not Arab American but it seems this group has consistently been excluded in spaces that pride themselves in being inclusive. I’m trying to be conscious of my own privileges as a black woman, even as they intersect or are within my marginalization. I know when we talk about race or racism, my own experiences will be reflected in the discussion. I’m pretty sure they have many topics outside of terrorism, “the veil” and racial profiling they would love to discuss. I also know many friends who read Racialicious articles (I post many on my Facebook) and I’m sure they would appreciate seeing some of their experiences reflected in this roundtable and Racialicious in general. Thank you!

  • Anonymous

    We have two people who identify as Arab and two people who identify as Persian in the “Way Outside the Constructs” roundtable.

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