Short Ethic Study Essay
A bigot is an individual who holds strong, irrational beliefs, and who thinks that everybody else in the society should share his/her perspective. Likewise, a bigot assumes that society members who do not have similar thoughts are wrong, since, arising from the bigot’s narrow-mindedness, his or her perspective is the only correct perspective.[1] Anyone can be a bigot irrespective of one’s race. In addition, bigotry can also be practiced in matters of faith whereby, an individual regards one’s religion as indisputably right, terming any belief or opinion to criticize the religion unreasonable. Another characteristic of a bigot is that he or she tends to judge other people even in cases where they do not know one another, which can raise drama from a very small issue[2].
Interracial relationships occur when two people of different races come together to start a marriage institution. Similarly, it is the marriage between two or more people outside one’s social groupings, mixing of unlike races in a marriage or the existence of sexual relationships between people of different races. Jessica,one of my friends in the university is opposed to such kind of relationships. She strongly believes that interracial relationships are impossible especially in a sexual relationship because different races are not compatible at all.
She further believes that people engage in such relationships perhaps because of some reasons and not love. Bearing in mind that family relationships offer the first model of socialization, she says that she too will model her children not to follow such deception of the possibility of relating with a different race. Jessica strongly believes that interracial marriages and couples cannot receive full attention from their parents and other family members.
Therefore, since the success and the peaceful co-existence of any couple is dependent on the family support, engaging into such a relationship will result into divorce or other related challenges in marriage[3]. Jessica also believes that people who engage in these interracial relationships suffer a lot of discrimination, social stigma, or prejudice from other individuals in society, which is very discouraging. She suggests that the social stigma will not only affect the couple but also their children, who will suffer social stigma and prejudice from members of the community. She believes that, instead of living such kind of a life, where other people do not appreciate you, one should just marry from his or her race. In addition, my friend believes that races such as blacks are inferior, and hence intermarrying with such racial groups is abominable. Consequently, this interbreeding would pollute the white gene pool. Furthermore, she protests that relating with a person a different race or marrying outside one’s race is like betraying one’s family and despising your cultural heritage. She says the reason for such interracial marriages erode the solidarity of their race or community. Jessica feels that interracial marriages undermine the value of a one’s race and introduces one to other cultures, which will waste a lot of time for an individual to adopt a new culture. Additionally, she holds firmly that these kinds of relationships will lead to eradication and death of her culture[4].
Although many people in the 21st century are embracing interracial relationships including marriages, skin color still factors into people’s opposition to interracial associations and interactions. According to research, taboos in some communities restrict such interactions, where members of certain community are prohibited from intermarrying with members from particular communities. Therefore, marrying and associating with different races in some of our communities is a taboo meaning something or action which is strictly forbidden based on the community’s beliefs. I discovered that intermarrying in some races is viewed as too accursed for an ordinary member of the society to do. Likewise, some people have developed this perception because of how other members who fell in love with people from other races were treated and some disowned by their families. According to recent survey, cross-racial relationships appear more restricted than cross-religion relationships.[5] Therefore, this is a force that has led to the development of opposition against interracial relationships since people do not want to join the few who have tried it and suffered for taking that direction. Despite the fact that interracial marriage taboos seem to be breaking, progress towards an enlightened, inclusive society, remains slow. Likewise, parents influence their children to become bigots, since the parents shape the children’s beliefs and behavior during the children’s developmental years. Therefore, disapproval of interracial relationships by the elderly may have contributed to the formation of such perspectives. In addition, research indicates that individuals segregated from other races are likely to become bigots and, more so, find it difficult to intermingle with other races.[6] On the contrary, individuals raised in an integrated society, or who have attended integrated schools, exhibit more tolerance to diverse opinions.[7] Moreover, persisting superiority complex among some communities contributes to the opposition of interracial relationships, whereby relationships with the community perceived inferior are abhorred. [8]
Bibliography
Kelina M. Black Men in Interracial Relationships, 2nd ed. New York: Transaction Publishers, 2006.
Half and half. Directed by undefined P. Produced by Sam Horn. 2006. New York: DVD. 2006.
Lee, Julia H. Interracial Encounters. Washington Dc: NYU Publishers, 2011.
[1] Kelina Michael. Black Men in Interracial Relationships, 2nd ed. (New York: Transaction Publishers , 2006 ) .Print
[2] Ibid.
[3] Half and half. (.New York, Sam Horn 2006). DVD
[4] Kelina Michael. Black Men in Interracial Relationships, 2nd ed. (New York: Transaction Publishers , 2006 ) .Print
[5] Ibid.
[6] Ibid.
[7] Ibid.
[8] Half and half. Directed by undefined P. Produced by Sam Horn. 2006. New York: DVD
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