|
|
The public's outlook on socially and culturally sensitive issues is changing with every passing day. From 1967's legalization of interracial marriages to current trends of legalizing gay marriages, it is apparent that, given time, society learns to accept change. Interracial dating and romance is no longer uncommon and is becoming well established throughout North American society. The individuals within these relationships are generally comfortable with the knowledge that they can both maintain their own culture as well as introduce themselves to another. These couples do not feel that they are betraying their roots by learning new customs. In fact, in most cases it is the parents that pressure their children into not abandoning their culture and thus to avoid dating those of different ethnicities. When it deals with other people, it appears that most individuals are willing to accept multicultural dating, but those same individuals are against it when it jeopardizes their own customs and beliefs.
Many parents are worried that mixed raced dating will somehow dilute their own culture and will threaten the preservation of their cultural beliefs. They feel that in order to control the weakening of their cultural bonds, they must restrict the actions of their children i.e. prevent them from dating outside of their culture. Parents worry that if their child falls in love with someone of a different culture, they might sacrifice their own traditions in order to make the relationship work. Technically, it is up to their children to make these decisions. Realistically, the parents have the power to decide. Many children who go against their parent's will are punished with disapproval and even worse, alienation.
For couples in multicultural relationships, compromise is sometimes the best way to bridge the gap between the varying traditions. Choosing the most important traditions from each culture, while making sure to include the parents' opinions, will allow the partners and their parents to feel equally significant. The parents may never be completely happy with the choices their child has made, but at least they won't feel as thought that family roots have been betrayed.
People of different cultural backgrounds are not impervious to learning new customs and traditions. New partners may readily accept the challenge of engaging in the practices of different cultural groups. A person's roots are not left behind simply because they are exposed to new customs. Cultural and familial roots make us who we are, and that can never be t |
| Author: F. Duru |
| |
Author Bio:
Frank Duru is the author of many different articles. His works concentrate much on dating related tips and adivce. Find more Singles Dating Advice here: Interracial Relationship - Dating Outside One's Culture Without Betraying One's Roots MULTICULTURALISM: Interracial Relationships in North American Colleges Interracial People Falling in Love: The Cause of the Escalating Trend of Multicultural Relationships |
| This article can be searched using: online dating, dating sites, free online dating, free dating, dating services, dating tips |
|
 |
|
| |
Related Articles |
| |
How To Improve Your Employment Prospects as a Musician
|
| |
South Park (Season 2) DVD Review
|
| |
Birthday Party Ideas Resources
|
| |
Media Put The Cat Out
|
| |
High Definition DVD Players in Spain
|
| |
What You Should Know About Satellite Radio
|
| |
Streaming Video on Your Website - Convert Visitors into Customers
|
| |
Emergence and Scope of Online Gambling
|
| |
Five Steps to Improvising at the Piano
|
| |
Stay Down, Old Abram [Chapters 5 & 6: Returning of the Bones]
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
This article will explain some of the most common terms and definitions related to streaming video t ... - Ole Arndt |
| |
|
Major advances and strides were made in Holographic Projection research and development of data visu ... - Lance Winslow |
| |
|
It may not have as much appeal as hitting a jackpot, but you?ll enjoy the feeling of being a winner ... - David Walker |
| |
|
|
| |
|
In this article one will learn how to practice efficiently and apply polychords to an improvisationa ... - Andrew Hanna |
| |
|
Music is too big a world for a one-size-fits-all model of music career success. Musicians' career pa ... - Peter Spellman |
| |
|
Heather is a 42 year old American lady.Divorced with two children,she decided to try online dating t ... - Alan Prince |
| |
|
Why do practice on your guitar? I guess you hope that you will learn to be a better instrumentalist ... - Peter Edvinsson |
| |
|
Pianos are very expensive musical instruments. A simple piano costs around $2000 while a Steinway co ... - Kristy Annely |
| |
|
| |
|
|
