Why do people call me a racist for choosing my own blood?

Question

I am French American and I am proud of it..

I am proud of the French history in America and can trace my family roots all the way back to the Champeau Region of Northern France.

I am proud of how the French carry themselves in the world.

When I find a woman to marry, I will look to marry another French American. ( people call this racist ) A few French tidbits for you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Descartes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4-yfdAznJs

Answer 1

It doesn't make you racist.  You can't help who you are attracted to.

Answer 2

Well, bully for you.  What brought this tirade on?  I don't give a continental cuss who you marry.

For your own safety, you probably should not marry the 1st poster.

Answer 3

French American isn't a race, so preferring French American women isn't racist.  It's a bit short sighted, though.  What if you fall in love with an Scottish American woman, who can trace her family roots all the way back to Culloden?  Marry who ever you want, but having great, great, great grandparents from a particular country isn't going to make a huge difference.

Answer 4

Hey, if you are proud of descending from a nation, France, that my ancestors, the English, whooped the **** out of for centuries, then be my guest.

Most French Americans do not live in Maine. Maine has a sizable minority of people of French Canadian ancestry. They pretty much trace their ancestry to Quebec and leave it at that.

Answer 5

Don't permit anyone to label you or steal your joy.

Do well, love others, and do what you feel is real.

Answer 6

I would call you an autovampire.

Answer 7

First, why are you so proud to be French again?? Did you take a French history class?? Not too much to be proud of. Second, Marquis de Sade, go to France and find a french girl and let me know if her hygiene is up to par with the same standards you grew up with in America. Third grow up numb nuts....

Answer 8

if that's what you believe, then go for it. don't let people hold you back. be proud of your heritage!

Answer 9

I don't think your aspirations or your pride make you racist.  A very high percentage of Americans have European ancestry which they can trace back to a particular country or countries of origin, and they seem to take pride in that heritage.  I'm sure if they meet a fellow American who shares the same heritage, they feel connected in some way to that person. I have some French ancestry,  along with German, Irish, and English, and I am proud of all of them.

Wanting to marry a French-American makes sense. It would be someone with whom you share another background and another language. It would be a person you might be able to feel more connected with and someone with whom you would want to raise children.

As long as you don't look down on other Americans based on their heritage, or totally rule them out as being "unworthy" of you or something to that effect, I see nothing racist with what you wish to do. Bonne chance!

Answer 10

Into harry armpits are ya?...LOL... I am just kidding. But seriously, do what you want. People can call you what ever they want for what ever reason. It doesn't make it true. Besides they must be pretty boring people to feel they have to make a race drama around your spousal preferences. Tell'em to p**s off. It's no different then wanting to only date blondes or someone with a college education.

Answer 11

It's probably the attitude. There's nothing wrong with marrying another French woman, but the way you word things... "my own blood", for instance... sort of gives the impression that you think people who are not French-American are inferior to you. Which, of course, is likely to make people who are from different heritages feel defensive, if they're the defensive type.

Answer 12

I am a black man, a New Yorker born and raised.  Whether you are a racist or not, you have the unmitigated right to choose what kind of people you associate with, regardless of whether it is politically correct or not.

I would not consider it racist, or even if it were I would still support your right to be one, when it comes to whom you associate with, especially whom you prefer to marry.

Now if this attitude gravitated to whom you would hire, then I would have some issues with that, depending upon the type of organization.

Answer 13

They call you "racist" because they are just a brainwashed majority of American society that are bred and raised to be what we call "guilty whites".

Is it "racist" when jews only allow their children to marry other jews? Of course not, because jews aren't white, so in the eyes of the masses they can not be "racist".

I'm proud of you for choosing your own kind. I support you 100%. As a proud white I am completely against inter-racial marriage, and consider it genocide (it is in fact genocide, look it up in the dictionary). White women are the most beautiful, and so they are often desired by all races; but inter-racial marriages destroy not only one but two cultures; both involved.

You can be a proud part of the 9% of the world's population that is still truly white. Why would you want to change that? I know I will continue my culture by having white children, and I hope that you do too.

Answer 14

Everybody's blood is the same, buster.  I hope you get exactly the mate you deserve.

I used to prefer men who could appreciate good Polish food and good Polish music.  That's not what I got, thank God, and I couldn't be happier.  The Universe will send you what you need.

Answer 15

I'm surprised anyone cares.

Answer 16

You can do whatever you want. Why do you have to post about it?

Answer 17

I don't think you're racist.

I hope people don't call me racist, towards my own race, for liking women of another race predominantly.

My ancestry? I can trace it clear back to... Oh, nevermind. My heritage isn't very illustrious.

Most French Americans live in Maine, btw. Easier to find a French girl in Canada.

Answer 18

Because your blood is not actually any different from anyone else's blood.

Birth and ancestry, and that which we have not ourselves achieved, we can scarcely call our own.

-Ovid