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. 
I would like to express my support for this photo. It reflects a real couple in St. Louis. People are what they are and they found love, no matter their skin color. If you don’t like it, don’t read the paper. You just lose out on the story content.
I agree with Lex, I didn’t give it a second thought.
St. Louis is one of the most racist and narrow-minded cities in the U.S. I can’t believe the P-D innocently thought this photo wouldn’t offend anyone.
One of the pastors here told me about how churches worked hard towards racial harmony. I pointed out that the churches in this area are more segregated than the strip clubs. He really didn’t have an answer to that.
I’m greggh, and I in no way took a middle of the road approach, as you state. On the subject of interracial marriage and dating, I am strictly live and let live. However, Ive been around St. Louis long enough to know that this picture would cause much consternation, and wonder if the P-D deliberately tried to provoke a segment of its readership. You had to know what the reaction would be. And it was counterproductive to the article in that it far overshadowed the content of the piece itself.
why is anyone surprised at racist reactions to bk man/w woman kissing (would they object to other way around?)? remember that Missouri was second last state to repeal anti-miscegnation law after Supreme Court ruling in Loving vs Va.
as for taxpayer–what is “noble” about a ‘life style”? (confederacy) that depends on exploiting, torturing, raping, etc a whole race of people for selfish, lazy, greedy, bigoted reasons, and to revolt against a legitimate gov’t, killing millions of people?
The headline of the blogpost reads “Black man kissing white woman causes stir” Umm…I saw the picture and thought it was a white woman kissing the black man. And I say “You go, girl!”
When I saw the picture I knew that it would ruffle the feathers of all those racists in denial that they are indeed racist, what else do they think cause such discomfort within them, that disturbed feeling that they have because someone of different races are kissing.
These people don’t even have the good sense to see, if they don’t have this same emotion or reaction when two people of the same race are kissing on a cover then they are racists, no doubt about it. I Love this, it certainly exposes the truth to people of what they are.
Now remember their isn’t anything in scripture where it is immoral being any race Anglo-White, Black or other and all unions were based on being equally yoked by religion Judeo-Christian and not according to race.
Also lets not forget that when Jews were God’s only accepted people that God found, Moses’ marriage to a Black (Cushite) woman from Cush a part of Ethiopia whose name was Zipporah acceptable as a wife to Moses. Moses being married to a Black woman is also very hard for people to accept even this very day being also unwilling to admit that they are racist.
http://www.kol-ami.org/rabbi/archive/2006/06/parshat_behalot_1.html
Even Christian Pastors such as John Hagee are in denial of their truly racist hearts. The interracial union of Moses drives Hagee nuts and I have witnesses this fact during one of his sermons on television during the time he was raging continuously about the Middle East and marketing his book titled “Countdown to Jerusalem” and telling his flock and audience that we should bomb Iran to east Jesus.
Cute couple.
Welcome to the 21st century!
I believe the P-D knew very well what the outcome would be of posting such a picture. Guess what the topic is on “Conversation about Race?”
Mr. Greenbaum, whether you like it or not some people are still not comfortable with interracial relationships. In St. Louis this group happens to include many black women. I hear black women express this opinion quite openly; white males, on the other hand, may whisper it occasionally with one eye glancing over the shoulder.
I too am surprised and saddened that so many people were shocked by this picture. I think it’s pretty much the norm to see inter-racial couples. I am disgusted by the racially charged remarks but also find dwilliams response to those remarks just as bad. She didn’t let her education shine through. She instead stooped to the same level of those she was so disgusted with.