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. 
We are the human race, friends, and it is the 21st century. We are smarter than to be so close-minded. For those who continue to feel offended by other cultures, ethnicities, religions and mores, you are free to have your beliefs but I fear you will soon find yourself very much alone and without anything to watch or read if you shun all media.
We’re all one race! A race to the bottom!
It should be two men kissing because those are the morals that the media wants the public to adopt and if you’re offended, the liberals tell you it’s because only their morals matter and what you want doesn’t matter because they’re in control and you’re a mentally unstable hater.
It’s offensive, it’s disgusting, it’s putrid, it’s the Post Dispatch and Greenbaum.
Wasn’t there just (yes, there was) one of the interracial success stories highlighted in the media where the black man stalked his white wife for years, consistently beat her and brutalized her until last week when he slashed her throat while they were in the car together, all the while a child was in the backseat and sat watching the entire brutal murder?
Anyone who lives in St. Louis knows there is still lots of racism out there. Having a black man kiss a white woman shouldn’t bother anyone unless its their wife/husband or girlfriend/boyfriend that’s doing the kissing.
Greg Sendelbach- the “noble cause” was the defense of their homeland against the invasion from the North, and the war did not kill millions; both sides lost approximately 300,000 dead. You might want to brush up on your American history. As far as your remarks on slavery, you could make an equally effective case that the slaves were much better off in the South than they would have been in their homeland.They were sold into slavery by their own people in Africa. As an agrarian asset, it would have made little sense to mistreat slaves, just as a farmer today would not mistreat his livestock.
Just as I thought. So far, no one has addressed my question. One person got irate and attacked confederates. Many posters are explaining why I should accept their view. I thought this was to be a forum for debate. There is no debating here. People like to make assumptions about others and attack. I merely pose the question as to why we can offend one group but cannot offend another. I would also believe that there is not as much acceptance as one would believe. Society has become scared to death to voice their “real” opinion for fear of law suits, defamation and personnal attacks. I am completely sick of all of the politically correct garbage. Speak your mind and be convicted in your beliefs, I always say.
I thought we were all the human race? Did I miss something?
Well John, don’t you think your comment just offended someone? The photo offends you and you’re saying the Post shouldn’t publish it, what if a white man and a white woman kissing offends me. Just because you think that is the norm, it is not the norm for everyone. Things offend people on different levels and sometimes the person being offended just needs to move on to the next thing. Isn’t life to short to worry about petty things?