Some forums can only be seen by registered members.After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.Jarrett: I'm thinking of a time where we were in a social setting, and a white male decided to call me "my nigga." I knew this person, but he wasn't my friend. I'll love them regardless if they're white, black, yellow, green — it doesn't matter." Our country has some catching up to do.Jarrett: You have beautiful mixed babies out there that people are going gaga over. When we started dating, I was exposed to how a lot of Dominican women like to get their hair done. They go to a salon or at home, they wash their hair and put it in the rolos and they sit under a hot dryer. I wash my hair and let it air dry — put it in a bun, braid it.) Not at my university but currently I am in NYC (arrived a few weeks ago).
And I was born here and my mom's from Peru, and my dad's from Argentina. It's like, "Oh, I was born in the homeland, and you weren't." Christine: An unnecessary competition of who's more Latino. I grew up in East Harlem, and my high school was mainly Hispanic and black. Ryan: There is a stereotype that in Latin families there's 100 kids running around. I remember the first time meeting Janet's family, I went to her aunt's house and there were 10 adults and 50 kids. "Ryan: The first time that our races really started coming up is when we had our son, Connor.
Usually most Indian men I see either date Indian women or White women, well in NYC I was so surprised, most Indian men are see here are with Indian women but still I have seen a significant number of them with Asian women (Chinese, Japanese etc.) and Latinas.
I am an Indian guy dating a Puerto Rican girl and when I was down south I felt like the odd one out for doing so, often other Indians would even make fun of me for it but wow I am shocked to see this.
" And with Dominicans, there has been so much hatred of ourselves. I wanted them to know that he is college-educated, has ambitions in life, and has his shit together. But this time, I decided to just remove myself from the situation.
Dominicans have, almost, a trauma of being identified as black. This guy I'm dating is black, and get used to it."Jarrett: When I first met Jill's family, I made sure I was wearing a blazer and that I was buttoned-up. But the next couple of times, I made sure I was down. Jarrett: Yeah, but at the same time, if you brought home a stereotypical Clark Kent, Superman-type, what you probably would have been getting is, "He's not cool." The urban synergy is innate between African-Americans and Latinos. "He's sticking around and obviously trying to understand what we're saying, so let's give him a shot."Jarrett: Both of us proved to our families and friends that we are nothing like the stereotypes. I've realized how much more of an activist Jill is than I am.