<p>Birdlover, haven't colleges/universities held lectures and forums on interracial dating and/or stereotypes? I read about one school having a class called "Whiteness Studies". No one is doing anything illegal or crazy like in those "myspace horror stories".</p>
<p>Why were some people freaking out about getting off topic...its like OMG instead of talking about stereotypes with interracial dating it moved to stereotypes in general. That's the natural progression of things...I would think the discussion of stereotypes in dating would have to do with general stereotypes people have in everyday life.</p>
<p>Why would colleges waste their time trolling the sites? I think that they would actually have their own lives instead of interrupting ours.</p>
<p>Answer to the original post: I'm going to take my chances in college and date whomever I please. </p>
<p>Papersignals: How is everyone contradicting themselves? By trying to show how not all stereotypes apply to them? If that's the case, then I guess you would be contradicting yourself as well.</p>
<p>bookfreak - because the same people who stereotype other races and stay true to their deceptions are the same ones that say they aren't racist and that their comments aren't racist.</p>
<p>Well I think that anyone can be with anyone. No matter what color a person has. However, it is harder to date interacially sometimes. I am not saying that this is because of color or nationality, but because of different cultures. Believe me, there are many FINE black guys that I would not mind dating if they actually had something in common with me. Now some of them do and they are my friends but others lay more importance on rap and the ghetto than I have interest for (especially when they live in huge mansions and have never had a hard time in their life). THere are many people like this who define themselves by a stereotype that they originally were not a part of but they have been told how to act by their peers or risk being called an oreo or some other slur. I am not downing this cultural pride but I just cannot relate and therefore loose interest. I do not like boys who where their pants below their butt, white or black, or listen to music that calls their girlfriends whores (I know not all rap is put into this category).</p>
<p>I think the problem with alot of people is that they believe stereotypes about other races and never find out for themselves if there is or isnt any truth to them. For example: I have been told by some of the white guys that I know that the reason they wont date a black girl is because they believe the stereotpye of the loud, "ghetto", unintelligent black girl. They never actually put any thought into the stock of this generalization. I have also found that most white people tend to believe the stereotypes they hear of African Americans mainly because of the way we are protrayed in all forms of mass media, i.e. music, television, movies, etc.</p>
<p>I think it is bad that people actually believe stereotypes, instead of finding out for THEMSELVES on their own what other people are really like. That stinks</p>
<p>Just a random question, what is the take by american girls on internationals at universities? I'm an indian guy, a bit white-washed by Norwegian/European culture for 18 years...how hard is it to hook up?</p>
<p>I guess I beat that stereotype about black girls, dont I? I'm not ghetto or loud. I was brought up in a respectable home and was raised with class my ex-boyfriends were all preppy white guys who were jocks so I dont believe in stereotypes because they're not true.</p>