More Acceptance for Biracial People?

Twenty years ago when I first married my husband I felt like the only interracial couple in Virginia. Although that really was not the case, you could look around and see that we were not the majority in our community. Our two children were born within the first five years of our marriage. I often wondered how they would be treated and would being multiracial cause problems for them. My biggest concern was that my children would not be accepted by anyone!

Fast forward to 2009 and I see many interracial couples. It almost seems like there is at least one interracial couple on every street. Interracial couples have quadrupled since a census took place in 1970. Research also shows that multiracial people make up for five percent of the population and has become the fastest growing demographic group in the United States. Some even suggest that multiracial people one day will be the majority!

Certainly with more people becoming socially accepting of race mixing there will be more and more multiracial people. There are also major multiracial icons for people to admire like Tiger Woods and President Obama. Having a biracial President alone should make the American public more accepting of biracial people.

I am sure its just a matter of time before multiracial people are accepted for who they are and not what they look like. One day they will not have to choose between their heritages because everyone will accept them as an individual and not where their ancestors came from! I truely believe biracial people are gaining more acceptance from others each day! Its just a matter of time for people to start seeing gray, instead of making everything a black or white issue!

http://www.projectrace.com/inthenews/archive/inthenews-052809.php

Biracial Children and Dating

When my son became a teenager I was quite worried about him dating. I had the common worries like most parents do but I also had one concern that most people do not have to deal with. I was worried that my son would want to date someone and the girl's parents would not approve of him because of his race. And unless my son found another biracial teenager, he had a very good chance of being rejected by both the white and black race!

I use to cringe every time he came home and said he had a new girlfriend! It would bring back memories for me from the time I brought home my boyfriend. I remember my parents disapproving of him and how hurt he was. My boyfriend was not allowed to even come to the house. I did not want my son to have to face those obstacles. Although I think I was more worried than my son, he always knew that there was a chance of a parent rejecting him for the color of his skin.

I am happy to announce that so far my son has not had any problems. The parents of all the girlfriends have all been really nice. I am not sure if interracial dating is more acceptable these days or if the parents realized that high school relationships were not really that serious. I'm hoping that my son continues to have success with dating and that him being biracial is not a problem with the girlfriend's family.

Citation

Interracial Dating - Should We Only Date "our Kind" ? Ria Rodridguez. October
2008. Articlesbase. 04 October 2009. http://www.articlesbase.com/dating

After reading the above article I believe more people are accepting interracial dating. The article lists how people feel actually feel about about dating outside your race. I will use this article to debate my viewpoint that race does not matter anymore and that biracial children are very common in society.

I still believe many people will judge you for what you look like and not how good of a person you actually are. I believe sometimes biracial children will have a problem dating and that everyone is to accept everyone as one big melting pot.