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Originally posted by Materialboy215
I think blacks and Ricans both equally love each other! Puerto Ricans think they're black anyway and lots of blacks view them like they are too lol #Sorry4Ranting
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Depends where you are. Here in New York it's definitely true, we live in the same areas and share some culture (definitely more than probably any other two ethnic groups in this city), so yeah. I'm half Puerto Rican nd half Black, so I'm living proof of that
I think one aspect people are neglecting to mention is that it might not even have to do with preference as much (at least not in the exclusionary sense), but familiarity with other races. Data has shown that people are attracted to people who look like their parents, but I've also heard that the people you grew up with plays a role as well.
Again, I'm latino/black and part native american, I grew up with cousins who were fully black, fully puerto rican, black/chinese and black/white (and by extension, fully chinese / white uncles and aunts)... I really have NO racial preference
But most people don''t have a similar experience. Here in NYC, Blacks and Dominicans/Puerto Ricans/other hispanic races live in much of the same areas, so we've grown up with each other and as a result, it's pretty common to run into interracial relationships and mixed race kids between those groups. Just keeping it real, whites live in mainly affluent neighborhoods in which they are mostly segregated from other races in housing and schooling, so as a result, the kids grow up becoming attracted to what they're exposed to: white.
And of course, even if you ARE attracted to people of a certain group despite not being exposed to them throughout your development, this can still lead to misconceptions about groups of people that might deter you from pursuing them. For me personally, just based on my perceptions of other groups and where I grew up, I definitely feel more comfortable striking up conversation with someone who is also latino or black (due to living with them), or asian (I went to school in Chinatown and 100% of my friends were Chinese for the first 11 years of my life
). I love my white sistren just as much, but I generally assume they're racist or not down with the swérl unless they approach me first, even though I'd treat them totally the same as everyone else after conversation has started and all. I'm sure the same works in reverse