Are interracial relationships the new Jheri Curls? (REVISITED)

Posted on 22. Nov, 2009 by GoRealer in Life and Style, Men & Women

Are interracial relationships the new Jheri curls? – Because everybody and their broke uncle seems to have one

Here at Pbleepd we love all types of people: black, white, Hispanic, Asian, albinos and even Arsenal fans. But there seems to be some friction within our community towards interracial relationships. This time last year a rumour hit that P.Diddy had been seeing Cameron Diaz on the down low for a whiiiiiiile.

While most of us here at the barbershop -and we are sure Wesley Snipes- are saying ‘you go brother!’ the ladies at the hairdressers section are having a bit of a problem stomaching this revelation.

After encountering so many facebook groups promoting “anti black and white relationships”, I seem to sense a very disturbing trend of black women populating these groups with at times offensive messages, claiming that interracial relationships are ruining the community, I wonder how? Isn’t integration the best antidote against segregation? So why is it that a certain segment of society has a problem with interracial relationships? Why do we choose to hang on to the myth that white women are stealing all the good black men? Isn’t Barack Obama with a black woman?

I hope interracial relationships are not the new Jheri curls, because love should never be a trend. If you like someone -or even a certain style-, you should go out there and get it, not caring what anyone has to say and that goes for all types of relationships. All relationships should be more like cane rolls rather than jheri curls, something we engage into once we have shown growth and maturity, allowing our partner to then knit together the roots in an attempt to recreate something beautiful. Our friends and families should act as supportive barbers, even if they feel that those roots have began to lose its way, they are there to shape us back into place.

I have been accused of being too optimistic at times, so that is why I would like to hear different people’s opinion on the issue.