What You All Think Of This ?

[Bazile]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38606507/student-raises-more-than-10000-after-parents-cut-her-off-over-black-boyfriend

[Zacs-Master]

AOG, lets not 'assume' anything as this just leads to unsubstantiated opinion based arguments.
Could you give us some more of your 'many' reasons why interracial relationships don't work?

[anotheoldgit]

naomi24

/// aog, yes, that it pretty much what I'm telling you. ///

Then I am sorry but you are completely wrong, do you not read about all the troubles between blacks and whites in America?

[andy-hughes]

AOG - //Then I am sorry but you are completely wrong, do you not read about all the troubles between blacks and whites in America? //

Race-based discord anywhere in the world tends to occur between complete strangers.

I like to think that if a mixed race couple have got to a second date, they have managed to reach a conclusion vis-à-vis each other's skin colour, and decided that they like each other anyway, so colour is not an issue.

Does that sound feasible?

[gness]

Andy...I'm certainly not waiting for AOG to justify himself......it's just going to make the thread unreadable.

I would be interested in folk's opinion on how this girl is raising the money to complete her education.....and it's not just asking people for donations, is it?

[andy-hughes]

gness - If you can get compete strangers to give you money, then good luck!

[Zacs-Master]

'I would be interested in folk's opinion on how this girl is raising the money to complete her education'

Why do you need an opinon when it says it was via crowdfunding?

[gness]

I know what it says, Zacs...but it's not just by crowdfunding though,is it?

Even so....people could have an opinion on the crowdfunding part of it. The other ways she is raising the money isn't enough to cover the costs.... I see no problem with her asking strangers to help her......some might. I was interested in people's opinion on that.

[hc4361]

AOG. Just ARRRRGGHHHHH!

[ummmm]

I echo hc....

[gness]

Andy....in my many years of working for charitable organisations I have taken money from a good many strangers..... :-)

[Zacs-Master]

'but it's not just by crowdfunding though,is it?'

I don't know. Have you read something in another article?

[murraymints]

and I have donated to strangers too...that thing on the internet when appeals go out for help with personal misfortune etc...do unto others.....

[gness]

I got everything from Baz's link, Zacs......I did wonder if she was just sitting back and asking the public to fund her....seems she's not and I have more than a little sympathy for anyone who is denied an education.
Yes, I know she's not alone and more privilaged than many.......but for a parent to make life harder for a child is wrong.

And if part of what she's done is to shame her parents.....I don't mind that.

[murraymints]

...^^ amen ^^...

[naomi24]

aog. //you are completely wrong, do you not read about all the troubles between blacks and whites in America? //

Yes, I do read it but that doesn't mean that all black people in America come from the back streets of Chicago and thrive on a diet of guns, drugs, violence and gang culture, no more than it means that all poor white children who were born in the East End of London (like me) live that way and become miserable failures. The majority of black people in the US live normal lives, doing normal jobs, and raise their children well, as other respectable Americans do. I think you do each and every one of them a great injustice.

[Smowball]

I seriously wouldn't care if my daughter dated someone black white yellow or green! As long as he was good to her.in this story I think there's more too it. I sense a vibe that the daughter may be a bit of a spoiled madam though I could be wrong

[philkool]

get a job, like anyone else would have to, if parents cannot support her.

[New Judge]

“NJ, perhaps it should be 'all animals may bite you,…”

But that’s not true, jo. Many animals don’t bite at all. When trying to reduce the risk of being bitten you would only steer clear of those that you know may bite. You might not be able to do that so you identify the species that you believe pose the greatest risk. Of course it’s very unsound logic and a course of action which is not, by any means, bound to keep you safe. I was simply trying to illustrate the difference between “some lions may bite you” (which I believe to be AOG’s hypothesis) and “all lions will bite you” (to which it has been compared)

[andy-hughes]

NJ - Do you think that the 'animals biting' analogy is somewhat redundant?

Animals act on instinct, and bite usually when threatened, or hungry.

Humans are by definition a far more sophisticated species, and their behaviours are governed by correspondingly more sophisticated reasons.

Unless we want to go down the hinted route that black men are actually some sort of sub-species, prone to violence because that is the way they are born?

[mccfluff]

there may well be more to this but if the parents have cut off support because she is dating someone they don't approve off for whatever reason - in this case colour then they are being racist bigots.

And trying to make someone do as you wish by controlling money is how many people of all races/sex find themselves stuck in abusive relationships....

I am also interested for personal reasons to know the "many" reasons AOG thinks interracial relationships don't work? Care to expand?