L WOULD LIKE TO WATCH THE BBC2TV PROGRAMMME FEATURING PATRICK OLIVE IN A INTER-RACCIAL MARRIAGE. sOMEONE IN THE VOICE LETTER PAGE REFERS TO IT BUT WITHOUT SUFFICIENT INFORMATION. wHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS PROGRAMME AND WHEN WAS IT SHOWN?

“By marrying a white woman, you are saying that, you find white women prettier than black women, so in other words, black women are ugly, you are also saying that you hate yourself, you hate being black, you are also saying that you are insecure and that you want your children to be lighter than you because they'll be more beautiful seeing as you feel white is more beautiful than black.”

This is such an outdated, single-minded gross generalisation about the issue, which won’t address other problems within the black community.

Firstly, in any society where multiculturalism is promoted and people of different ethnic backgrounds live and grow up together, interracial mixing is inevitable.

Secondly, people are attracted to others who are similar to them. An Oxford university educated black working professional, often seek someone of a similar social background. Due to the limited number of such peers within the black community with which they can find their perfect partner, it comes as no surprise that they often end up looking elsewhere.

Thirdly, many black people look outside their community due to dissatisfaction within their community. More and more black women seek white men because they feel let down and betrayed by black men. The TV talk show host Chrystal Rose created controversy by saying that because British black men were “no good”, she is going to live in the USA. Black men also complain saying that black women are unapproachable, cold and full of attitude. If black people feel that they mistreat each other, then this will increase the likelihood of looking outside the community.

Yawn! I hear this all the the time. All this creates is a false divide and keeps us fighting. Black and white are false classifications made up by the West Centuries ago to keep us locked in. If people want to marry into the White Race as they feel its a better deal be them male female or from any other Classification they will find out they are playing the same old game.

Voice please print articles that up lift people and give them a new way of looking at the world we live in

I get the impression black men have no problem dating white women, but they black men don't like black women dating white men. Black men why is that?

I have no problem with race mixing it has been going on for centuries and is it not limited to blacks and whites. When it comes to true love it may come in a skin colour different from your own. We do live in a racial diversed society you know. Sure would be nice to see black men and black women stick together, same as white men and white women, but we have the option to date outside our race. We can accept to do so or not. Black men seem to have more stable relationships with white women, while they are quicker to run off on a black woman. Go figure!

If I find true love, happiness and respect in a person of another race and the feelings are reciprocated, I am going for it. We live in modern times when mix race dating is becoming a lesser and lesser issue. Today it is more acceptable and peace and love is always good for the human race. God created us all. Some people may prefer to keep their genes pure while others don't let race be a bother.

I dated a white classmate in college but we always thought that the kids would not look like her or me. We ended up splitting up and found partners of our own race, but we're still great friends and will attend each others wedding, and will be there for each other til the end.

But we cannot change genetics.

Like Mohammad Ali said, red birds fly with red birds, and blue birds fly with blue birds.

I believe all of us are created equal human beings of various races. However, as an educated black woman I haven't in 48 years been able to get over the idea of dating a white man. I do find some white men very attractive eg. Pearce Brosnan (007), but something deep in my logical mind would not allow me to have deep emotions for any of them. I wouldn't care to see any black woman in particular in relations with any white men either.

I don't trust white men in general, they can be very sly and suppositious. It is hard to tell their true intentions. It's not the white skins, it more the race which happens to be of white skin that I don't trust. Based on history, the white race does have a reputation for con and deceit. They are a conning race who stole America from the Native Indians, Australia from the Aboriginals, Hawaii, from the Hawaiians, etc. I have an open trusting nature, but I fear jeopardizing that trust with those known to violate that trust. Futhermore, based on their ancestral abuse of my ancestral people, my ancestral DNA haven't been able to forgive their race. Don't mistake that for hating them, because I don't hate any race of people and I am also not a racist.

I do not care what anyone says, "we are all humans", "it is racist", etc I am against inter-racial marriage.

I can never marry a white woman.

By marrying a white woman, you are saying that, you find white women prettier than black women, so in other words, black women are ugly, you are also saying that you hate yourself, you hate being black, you are also saying that you are insecure and that you want your children to be lighter than you because they'll be more beautiful seeing as you feel white is more beautiful than black.

I have no respect for any black man that marries a white woman, and the utmost disgust for a black woman that marries a white man, she is belittling herself