Sunday, December 14, 2008

Interracial Dating: Still much opposition




Although there has been much progression in the acceptance of interracial dating, unfortunately, there are still some affluent members of our society that actively protest against it. Not only do they protest against it, but they do it in a way that is degrading to the black race and their history. One person I found that is a good example of this is Dr. Ed Fields.
Dr. Fields was born in 1932 and is a known white supremist and a member of the Klu Klux Klan. He was an activist in the neo-nazi movement. In addition, he preaches that the inter mixing of the white and black races is against god and will lead to the demise of civilization. He was a part of many Klan rallies.
To read more on Dr. Fields and his history follow this link: http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/Fields.asp?xpicked=2&item=Fields
He created a whole article that talks about the low IQs of the black race and how disease runs ramped among their community. Of course, he thinks, this will only lead to the decreasing value of the white ( superior) race.This article was titled Interracial dating, Interracial Marriage, Judgement Day. This article was posted on a website called
The Truth at Last
Truth Tract: Dysgenics
His ideas seem absurd to the average american today, but there are many who still feel this radically about the issue and are not ashamed to say it. I believe this is something people need to be aware of so that we can work more actively to disarm these extremists. There are plenty of experts that say that this sort of extreme opinion can only lead to violence and discrimination, therefore our nation needs to move away from this harmful way of thinking. Dr. Fields is just one of many extremists and anti- interracial dating activists. Many of these ideas do not focus on issues within an actual interracial relationship that would be harmful to either party, but rather, they focus on how inferior the black race is and how they are not good enough to be mixed with the white race. It is sad that there are still people in this country that believe this way; however, it is important that we are aware of them. In order to change a way a thinking that is harmful, we need to understand it and therefore we need to understand the thinking of these radicals. If we can understand them, perhaps we can help change them.




1 comment:

Annie Riepe said...

This is interesting to me because obviously white supremacists do not believe in interracial dating. This is mostly between white women and Black men. This is an issue that is not only shunned upon by white supremacists but also by many of my friends parents and grandparents. For example the other day my roommate said that her parents would literally disown her if she were dating a middle-eastern Muslim man. I found this shocking because i come from such a liberal pocket of the world. But after more thought I came to the realization that this is probably a view that is shared by many conservative people in our country.