I read discussions all of the time about interracial

I think that whomever is sending those threatening letters to your friends are complete and utter ignorant a$$holes! I think it's a shame that racism still exists....or that it ever existed in the first place really.

We would often watch movies about your culture. Interracial and stuff and honestly I hate it. I believe that regardless of what color you are or what your ethnicity is all men are created equal. There is NO superior being among other beings. The ONLY ONE SUPERIOR is the Creator. It's not right for other people to treat this family this way. They live the way others live. I don't they're doing anything illegal so why should they deserve this treatment. Please, why can't you just live together peacefully.

It would depend on what my neighborhood was like. I do not live in the States, so here many of the neighborhood have mixed populations, but we are mainly white. Only the white people have blond hair and blue, gray, or green eyes, or brown eyes as well as brown hair, red hair and brown or blue eyes. So our ancestors come from all parts of Europe. But it is different in the States (Yes wonder where the German/English Austrian Welsh wind up - I guess if we had to move to the States, we would have to live in Maine. I would not mind, but my husband loves flat. ) So I think if the neighbors where all blond or red Irish, Scottish, English, etc. then seeing someone who is black and white would be a shock. I do think it depends on the little girl and how black the father is. If he is only part black, then they would be won over by the little girl. I always says it does matter. I think people should marry because they love each other and are of the same beliefs, and ethnicity is secondary. Also it depends on who you are attracted to. I am attracted to white men with dark brown or almost black hair and brown eyes. My husband is that type. But I wonder whether the threats are not because they are mixed, but because the husband is not working. I mean they are showing the stereotypical what people think of black men not being productive and the wives making all the money.

I think your friends need to get the cops involved if they are receiving threats. I am white and my husband is mostly of Mexican descent. I haven't run into anything like that thankfully. When my husband was a kid they moved into an all white upper class neighborhood. Though they weren't threatened or anything like that but my husband said that he "Always knew the white people were afraid of me." Being white myself, no I wouldn't think that my house was losing value because a black family was moving in. I probably wouldn't think anything of it really.

Hi sudalunts. What I think about that? well, I think that some people are never going to change. I am a 33 yr old white woman with a wonderful puertorican husband 4 italian/irish children from my previous marriage and a biracial daughter from this marriage. As of now, we recently moved to this neighborhood that is a middle-classed nighboorhood. I have experienced racism myself. For example, my one teen girl brought over a friend from school to stay the weekend. She was a very nice girl.(a white girl) But, when her father came to pick her up two days later I could tell by the expression on his face that he was definitely surprised when he seeen our entire family. The girl ended up not coming over again. Everytime my daughter asked the girl there was an excuse until finally their friendship ended. Now, this wasn't the only time either.There is also a lady a a few doors down from us that stares at us and...well you can tell why. It is very unfortunate that we cant just live in a neighborhood and have peace. Unfortunatly some people still believe that races other than whites should be living in lower class neighborhoods! I am not saying everyone, but some people still do .I guess they cannot acccept that other races can do well in life also. We do not bother anyone,we are clean,law-abiding neighbors yet people still have their ignorance! I lived in a lower-income area at one point and I didnt have this problem at all. I got along fine with my neighbors...probebly because they didnt have a "better than" attitude like some of these snippy people do around here. I feel bad for that situation. Burning crosses...Those people need to wake up and get over it. I am not saying that everyone has to like everyone but nobody has the right to do that! They could keep their opinions to themselves. And if they dont like it, they should move! The people that I dont want in my nighborhood are theives,child molesters, murderers.Who cares what race they are? Sorry if I am rambling on, it just gets me upset because it affects me at a personal level!Good discussion!

I live up north in massachusetts, for years our neighborhood was a "white neighborhood" about 5 years ago a very nice black couple and family moved in across the street. Alot of the neighbors you could see getting nervous doing things they have never done before. Which actually suprised me for the simple fact they all seemed so nice. They would tell thier kids not to play with thiers and stupid crap like that. My children always played with the children, we had them playing in eachothers homes and so on. I had one neighbor ask me how could you let your child play with a ( I will not type his ignorance.) Since then many families have moved and the neighborhood is very diverse including my own home. I have grandchildren that are biracial, Oh how I would love to hear someone say something about that. The ignorance of some people is rediculous. I can honestly say that NEVER EVER IN MY LIFE HAVE I THOUGHT BECAUSE OF SOMEONES ETHNECITY THAT IT BRINGS DOWN VALUES OF A NEIGHBORHOOD.

To me, it seriously does not matter. If you love each other, and you both have the same goals and you treat each other right, then, nothing else should matter. There were a lot of people in my community who are of mixed races. Many of my friends, myself included are all mixed. Some of my friends were half-White and half-Black, some were half-White and half-Latino, some were half-Latino and half-Asian, some were half-White and half-Asian. I am a mixture of many different races, mostly White. Some of my cousins are half-White and half-Black, half-Asian, half-Latino, or half-Native American. All I have ever known is people of mixed races. Knowing people that are full blood anything is rare to me. I can never use the "N" word, I was told as a little girl that I would be killed if I ever did, so I never used it.

you know i already no about this i posted a question a few weeks ago with very small responses are answers it don,t matter when i know it does it just they are trying to hide it are just don,t talk about it from fear of being found out.i feel where you are coming from.racism exist i see it all the time.i thank god iam not prejudice it somthing that can eat away at you but know this i know it out there. you have a bless day

sudalunts hi I think its just horrible that after your friends movied into a white neighborhood of expensive homes, they get threats by mail. this is 2008 doesnt prejudice ever stop. I am not prejudiced, I have friends of many nationalities and I cannot understand this meanness towards a black person, man or woman. we have several mixed marriages in our locality and they seem really happy, but I do hope that they are not getting threats like that. If I were living in a posh neighborhood,cannot imagine that as we are working class, but if I were and a black family moved in it would not bother me in the least. I would not think that the v alue of the neighborhood had deteriorated one iota. I would be honored to be friends with them. I grew up in South Dakota, my school had a mix of indians, scotts, germans, mexicans and nordic people plus just plain old americans, and it did not bother me at all. we are all just human beings alltrying to make our way.

I think that people who do things like that are what word can I use here? Stupid? think they're superior when really they are inferior and a prosperous black person threatens their superiority complex? I just don't get it. If a white person moved into the neighborhood and trashed the property and brought down property values, they wouldn't even be that harsh on them. It's just not right. I'm white, but my family is multi racial. I have 4 half Japanese nieces and nephews, 2 black grandsons-in-law, 6 mixed race great grand children. I think it is the person that counts not the color of their skin. My granddaughter's husband works as hard as anybody, makes a good a living as anybody and is much more respectful, loving and caring toward my granddaughter and their children than some people of her own race she could have opted to marry, and that is what is important!

I have lived in many countries in my life and all humans to me are equal. There are, however, some very nasty people out there, and they will get what is due to them. I really pray that your friends get themselves a place where good people (like those who have responded here) reside and they can have a peaceful life as we all wish and deserve, black, white, yellow or any other colour or creed. Please give them my heartfelt thoughts.

Get to the cops if they are getting threats.. I mean racisme is long over.. It is just stupid to do that.. Have a nice day :)

I wouldn't care. I don't see the color of a person's skin, only their soul. We all have the same hopes and dreams in our soul and the color of our skin makes no difference. I just find it sad that as far as we have come that people are still like this. The world still has such a long way to go when it comes to racial equality. I just wish it would happen sooner rather than later, but it seems that is wishful thinking.

That is not really fair. I guess some people can be mean to other race. I dont understand it honestly. I have experience that too when me and my hubby went to tennessee for a vacation. Some people have disapproving look and i just hate it. I feel like why this people cant just mind there own business. I guess some people are just narrow minded and they feel they are better than any other race. But i really thought this kind of mentality is long gone. But i guess there are just some people who still have this kind of mentality. I feel nothing but pity for them though. I think low of those people who treated other race badly.

Well I don't know where your friend lives but I've never had anything like that ever happen to me. I am a Black/Hispanic female and my husband is White, and in my entire life the only discrimination I've ever faced have been from folks of my own race and background. Granted there are probably some White folks who've talked crap about me but they've never done it to my face, nor have they ever made any threats toward me or mine. I've lived in many different areas and neighborhood types. I think the only people who have issues with anyone's race are people who have issues with their own. They lash out against others because they are insecure about themselves.

Hi sudalunts, It is very sad that this sort of behaviour could be happening in the twenty-first century. I don't have an answer except to say that I think your friends should remain firm, and I know that is much easier to say then to do, especially when they have a child. I have a son who is married to someone of a different race and they too have a little girl. They have never had any problems like this although they are living in a good,but I would not say affluent neighbourhood. It would appear that those who think of themselves as the richest, and therefore in their way of thinking the best, are the least tolerant. Blessings.

I guess that issue is between white and black people. I've seen many African students here in the Philippines and I'm even friends with some. They're really nice people. I do notice people staring at them whenever we go out but I think mainly because they look different than Filipinos. I've met a Nigerian guy who really got to my nerves but its not like all Nigerians are like that. What one person does doesn't really define his/her race. I think those people who make judgments about other races are ignorant. If only they could take the time to get to know people.