Morals in families generally are like we are not racist, we think everyone have the same rights, and stereotypes are wrong. Yet dating and intimate relationships are completely different in the minds of parents and the whole family. It's interesting how the race of people matters when a friendship becomes a relationship. One of the other factors that parents could worry about is rejecting one's own culture/race.
On the other hand we watched the beginning of a documentary about the science and social-psychological facts about race. By science there is no such thing as race. Scientists have tried and tried and tried to prove there is some difference in different races but were faced to a dead end. Social-Psychological view shows that we in the past have tried to use race as an excuse for saying a certain race in inferior.
So what do you think a reason is for this parental fear of rejection from the kids? I think parents just see this way because they like the things the way they are. It is often said throughout media and life in general that people are afraid of change, so I suggest that hidden racist parents are just afraid of changes a new culture could bring.
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