Brian White Marries Non-Black Woman; Goes Off On Haters Via Twitter

[orejon4]

Germany and France have large sub-populations of Spanish, Portuguese and Turkish immigrants (also mostly in Europe), particularly in the post-WWII period, and from all my personal acquaintances from these groups, they discussed pretty strong social sanctions toward them in Germany and France. It is probably a mix of race and ethno-chauvinism, but that doesn't make it any less real. My ex-father-in-law talked about getting harassed in Germany quite a big. My Turkish friends with relatives in Germany mentioned the same. I am by no means saying it's universal, but many Europeans I have met make a distinction between Northern and Southern/Mediterranean Europe. They do not say they are "not white", but they acknowledge a difference in culture and racial stock. The same way they acknowledge a difference between Anglo-Saxons and Slavs.

 

[orejon4]

Germany and France have large sub-populations of Spanish, Portuguese and Turkish immigrants (a significant portion of whose land mass is in Europe as well as Asia), particularly in the post-WWII period, and from all my personal acquaintances from these groups, they discussed pretty strong social sanctions toward them in Germany and France. It is probably a mix of race and ethno-chauvinism, but that doesn't make it any less real. My ex-father-in-law talked about getting harassed in Germany quite a bit. He also made friends, but he claims it did happen. My Turkish friends with relatives in Germany mentioned the same. I am by no means saying it's universal, but many Europeans I have met make a distinction between Northern and Southern/Mediterranean Europe. They do not say they are "not white", but they acknowledge a difference in culture and racial stock. The same way they acknowledge a difference between Anglo-Saxons and Slavs.

By the way, I am not trying to offend anyone here from Europe or of non-US origin, simply noting personal and familial observations.

A few studies and anecdotal evidence appear to confirm some degree of German and Northern European attribution of "otherness" to Spaniards, Iberians and Southern Europe more broadly:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CCgQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ilo.org%2Fpublic%2Fenglish%2Fprotection%2Fmigrant%2Fdownload%2Fimp%2Fimp07e.pdf&rct=j&q=German%20discrimination%20against%20European%20groups&ei=4A2QTKisL4TGlQeRmcX8DQ&usg=AFQjCNFhTPs-EVcJ_hlPDBxXS5-PxIGEfA&sig2=zw4S3HZRGSnT7rk5HMhIUQ&cad=rja

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4787728,00.html

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CB0QFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fftp.iza.org%2Fdp3140.pdf&rct=j&q=German%20attitudes%20toward%20Spanish%20immigrants&ei=k-6PTK2lG4T7lwe_vK23DQ&usg=AFQjCNH9fR0-IkDHGjtCFEH5oeEkKVacXA&sig2=j1IMjGYZGjPeiSJ93sq7Gw&cad=rja

http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2001/fall/reawakening-the-beast/extremism-across-

http://www.expatinterviews.com/austria/tonicito.html

 

[AnMDBCartoon]

Guess I don't need to offer MY tuppence to this, youse all have said it ALL!



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[Mikey]

i know a brotha i work with who's mami is from Chile. Like some of the tweeters said, when was it 'wrong,' for a brotha to get at someone who's South American/Latin.

Light skin sistas look latina anyway, so what up now?

lol

That's true.

It's hard being in IR among regular folks, but to be a celeb and have people hating on you, is so hard and sad.

I noticed that a Guest was looking at this thread so that's why I came in to take a look. The contrast between their skin doesn't look that much different, and people still show disdain for their relationship. Anyways, I looked on the internet, and their marriage is still prosperous (as of today) despite the negativity around it, mainly because some black women were angry.

 

[flaminghetero]

http://hellobeautiful.com/gossip-ne...oes-off-on-haters-via-twitter/?omcamp=NEWSBAR

Actor Brian White (”I Can Do Bad All By Myself,” “Stomp The Yard”) tied the knot this past Saturday to his new wife Paula Da Silva, who is of Argentianian descent.
Once he began posting pictures from the wedding on Twitter, he received a flurry of reactions from folks who disapproved of his interracial union. While he didn’t respond directly to any of the haters, he retweeted a bunch of other people’s inspirational messages.
Seems that it all started once @AmericaNewsNow asked: “Yes, she’s gorgeous but why you wanna do all the other sisters like that??”

I bet that's nothing compared to the tweets she's been getting from he fellow Argentines.