DATING OUTSIDE YOUR RACE

      Queen B and AKA happy than never before

Inter-racial relationships are evident that love does not discriminate. It does not matter which race you will belong to when there’s love. Interracial relationships in South Africa are facing many challenges. People find it hard to accept interracial couples, it is often that it is these kind of relationships that are forbidden by families, friends and groups in society. Interracial relationships symbolizes unity, love and rainbow nation. The rate of interracial dating has grown rapidly over the past years.

Majority of these relationships starts in Varsities and Colleges because that is where you get to meet different kinds of people with different cultural backgrounds than yours. Studies show that people who are either married to each other in an interracial marriage or who are in an interracial relationship are more likely to stay attracted to each other than those in a same race. This is because of each other’s different features that create a certain “spark”.

Most youth think that engaging in interracial relationships is good way of getting to know people from different cultural backgrounds. We have seen many of our South African celebrities who are in inter-racial relationships the likes of Bonang Matheba and AKA, some of them are now married for example Minnie Dlamini and Quinton Jones, Linda Mtoba and Steve Meyer,Connie and Shona Ferguson and they are happy. These kinds of relationships signifies a better world.

These relationships represent a form of race-status exchange, it also assume that these relationships do not often lead to long-term commitments. But that is proven to be false by many inter-racial married couples in our country. Inter-racial relationships can help reduce the increasing rate of racism. However it’s not something that can happen overnight but they are slowly becoming a norm in South Africa.

Racism is real and it is not something that can be forfeited just like that, but with the pace that interracial relationships are going in some countries including South Africa there is still hope for a better harmonious society for all. All that is left is for members of the society to realize that interracial relationships are the same as any other types of relationships they are used to. Let’s stop discriminating and rejecting our fellow brothers and sisters but rather support them and show UNITY.