Interracial Dating Then and Now

It is a known saying that “Time and Tide waits for no one”. This is completely true as time keeps moving at its pace, without giving any chance to pause, stop, fast forward or rewind it. With the change in time, there also arise a lot of changes, which develop or evolve over the passage of time.

 

One such phenomenon that has evolved over time is interracial dating. Although it had been in existence ever since the 1967 era, the acceptance and desire that it has experienced off late is completely exceptional to what it was before. In earlier times it was considered as a sort of taboo and those who even opted for it were not accepted so positively by the society. Also, in most of the cases, people did not even give it a serious thought knowing the disheartening response of the society and relatives.

 

In present times, such is not the case. Growing number of people are venturing for interracial dating, as they no longer are stuck to the orthodox that black women dating white men or white men dating a black men is beyond the pale. The 20’s generation is more driven by emotions and the call of the heart than by the conservative ideologies of the past.

 

Many factors are responsible for this paradigm shift, some of which are mentioned below:

 

·         Change in the outlook: The biggest factor that has contributed to this change is the change in outlook of the people towards interracial relationships. There is no judgment that is made in today’s time by people on those dating someone from another community and culture. With people have a broad minded mindset, interracial dating is considered as normal as any other kind of dating.

·         Interracial dating sites: Another thing that has contributed extremely to this change is the emergence of interracial dating sites. These websites are solely dedicated to bring together people from all nationalities and culture to one common platform, wherein they can meet, connect and form long term relationships. There are several websites now, which offer free and paid membership to encourage people to take interracial dating to the next level.

·         Moving out of the native country: With lucrative career opportunities available to a person in a different country, people have become comfortable in moving to a new country all together. When they explore a new city and its culture, they become open towards accepting different cultures and forming relations with those belonging to a different community than theirs.