Black man kissing white woman causes stir
On the cover of today’s Go! magazine, a regular section of Friday’s Post-Dispatch, there is a photo of a couple kissing to go along with the story “The 7 Best Places To Smooch”. The story hasn’t generated a ton of buzz, but the photo has. Why? Because the man is black and the woman is white. The reader comments at the end of the online version clearly showed us that at least some folks out there are not comfortable with interracial relationships.
The April 10 GO! cover generated disapproving story comments from some Post-Dispatch readers.
Here are a couple of examples:
From 1buschstadiumplz: “Haven’t read the story but dont like to see blacks and whites kissing;”
From taxpayer came this remark: ”This doesn’t surprise me at all. Libs take every opportunity they can to shove miscegnation in our faces. Now that TV has to show blacks in every commercial, notice that they are always posed beside a blonde woman. Not a brunette, a blonde. Its done for shock value. Sickening that a once proud newspaper would resort ot this. Joe Pulitzer is turning over in his grave in shame.”
Reader greggh tried a middle-of-the-road approach: “I’m not judging the concept of biracial couples at all, but in a city as racially polarized as St. Louis, I’m shocked that the PD would go so out of its way to be so gratuitously provacative. This completely undercut the message of the article.”
“You people make me sick! What a disgustingly racist community we live in. My husband is black, I am white, we have beautiful children and we are both educated. We teach our children tolerance and acceptance of others, even the meth smoking, trailer park rednecks portrayed in these comments. Keep your nastiness to yourself!”
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Doug Moore has been a reporter with the Post-Dispatch since February 2000. For the last two years, he has covered diversity and demographics. 
What’s the big deal? You can go into the back room of any independent video store and see this.
“But none of you PHD’s gave a definitive answer of why Black men go for white women more so then white males for Black women.”
I have a PhD and I will give you the answer..for the same reason why white men chase Asian women (here out in Hawaii almost every other white male has an Asian female in his arms) and racist white expat American women in Asia wont even touch an Asian man or date a white man who has dated an Asian woman (here in Hawaii it is different though..more white women date Asian men than anywhere else in the world!)
D. Walker:
Being a church going Christian myself, I really dont care about people kissing in public or even posing provacatively. Before I went to Hawaii for the spring semester (I am from Arlington, VA and spent seven months in DC, one month in Singapore and four months in Hawaii during the past year), I thought I would find more folks walking around in bikinis. Actually the locals are mostly Asian and very conservative (not racially) and I hardly see anyone in bikinis in my area. Now as you say if someone has problems with racy pictures, I can understand. However, if someone says it is ok for a white male and female to pose nude but not for a black male and white female and vice versa, I do have a problem. It is the same argument that folks make about blacks killing whites, while they ignore all the whites being killed by whites (Alabama has become a white on white killing field in the past month). Killing is wrong, period, but seems like enough racists make a distinction between blacks killing whites and whites killing whites! Disgraceful!
Seriously, can you people be this backward? There is no defense for having an issue with a black person and white person kissing. None. Next year I hope the PD does a black man and white man kissing. That way you’ll have to decide which bigoted belief takes priority. Maybe your tiny brains will explode.
One comment that I have an issue with is the fact that interracial relationships is being “shoved down your throat”. When was the last time you saw an interracial couple in the Post Dispatch? And now, they show something “this one time” and it drives people stark raving mad. I mean, WTF? Not that I am surprised by it because you see the same types of comments every time you see a black man and a white woman paired on the internet. My personal opinion is that anyone who is seriously offended by such pairings (or same sex ones) need serious help.
Society, however, is increasingly moving past it. There are more people today that have no issues with such pairings than those who do have an issue. The PD was able to post such a picture because they know that most people are beyond such issues. They have moved on to even more important issues. With issues such as environmental disaster, war, terrorism, economic crisis, constitutional crisis, technological revolution, interracial relationships just seems unbelievably petty.
Mick,
How can an attraction be unnatural? That just doesn’t make sense to me. You are attracted to who you are attracted to. You don’t get to choose your attractions, and that is because nature (or, if you like, god) chooses it for you.
And I agree that no one can tell me what to do. It is because I am an adult with an independent mind, and also because I am an American. This country was built by people like myself. The reason why America is the greatest nation in the world is because we have the freedom to do and to think for themselves. If your American ancestors decided to “obey” rather than to think and act for themselves, you would not have the freedom of speech, religion, assembly, or press. You would not have the freedom to start and run your own business. There would be no science and no modern technology because no one would’ve questioned the orthodoxy of their times. You would only be able to practice one brand of Christianity. There would daily be religious bloodshed. So be thankful for people who decide to think and act for themselves because those are the same types of people who built America, and who fought for the same rights and freedoms, and the way of life that you take for granted.
Because, John …, the color of someone’s skin should not be something that anyone finds offensive, ever. Period. Stick to White Power magazine.
I’m offended by Italian men kissing Irish women…
100 years ago, some people would have thought that’s a reasonable statement.
I think John has a good point in the fact that he is entitled to his opinion. But I wonder if John will tell us specifically why he does not want exposure to this. It’s real easy to say “I don’t like it.” It’s another thing to state WHY you are offended and dont want to see it. John, if those are your convictions, I’d like to hear why.
George… You didn’t give the answer you promised, via your PhD. So what gives?
“mogoid **** WOW, I did not realize that I said all that you say I said. You are a perfect example of poor communication. I wrote one thing, but being on the defensive, you understood another. Maybe you should read again but with a more open mind.***** John C.– I really appreciate your point.”
I didn’t realize I mentioned any names, John. Oh, that’s because I didn’t. As I said earlier, I was refering to “Some on here…”.