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Racist Huffington Post: When Dating, Stick to Your Race

Racism is fine, as long as liberal Democrats do it. The Huffington Post, created by Zaza Huffington and bought by AOL actually has an article up entitled: ‘When Dating, Stick to Your Race.’

Racist Huffington Post: When Dating, Stick to Your Race
Racist Huffington Post: When Dating, Stick to Your Race

As my friend concluded his bitter story, I found myself mentally reciting some of what I’d heard over the years, the voices of others expressing the same idea — that when dating, it’s best to stick to one’s race.

After being single for something like two years, I found myself saying, among other things, I want to be with a worldly man. By this, I wasn’t hinting towards materialism, but rather using worldly to describe an open-minded, knowledgeable man, a man whose mindset far surpassed anything I’d ever known, anything — in other words — I’d ever been exposed to.

When I uttered this statement, I had no particular man in sight. I hadn’t visualized his features, much less his race. I had put out the intent, while simultaneously focusing on becoming better. This time around, I wasn’t wasting energy on determining the details or micromanaging the possibilities. With time, however, I slowly began to understand that in order to have the kind of relationship I wanted to have — as opposed to the immature one I had been a part of years prior — something, and likely not just me, had to change.

Over time, I’ve learned that stereotypes are stereotypes for a reason. Whether we like them or not, for the most part, they hold true. I noticed this, not just with my ex-boyfriend, but in the men he surrounded himself (and therefore me) with. I’d heard men say things like: “If she’s with me, I don’t want her getting too friendly with my friends.” “A woman’s purpose is to have children.” “I can’t be with a woman who doesn’t cook.” That narrow-mindedness mixed in with the will to control is typical of Hispanic men. And like a typical Hispanic woman raised around those types of remarks, I internalized what I’d heard, became resentful and coped by getting loud. In short, I, too, matched a stereotype.