[kristloken]

Ama aslinda iyi birsey, disaridan devamli iyi genleri tukiyeye getirmek lazim.

Ben zaten bu gidisle getircem gibi bir sey

[Lymnempomma]

Familiarity,

People trust what looks the same as them (including family and identical twins).

Xenophobia is the sociological phenomenon responsible for distrust between different groups of people, including ethnic & racial biases, based on differences in phenotype/appearance.

[Dreaming]

Ben zaten bu gidisle getircem gibi bir sey

Getirmisken uc dort tane getirebilirsen iyi olur http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/3377...ate-womens.htm

[bashansasasasa]

Why not?

Unless people don't like their own culture or group, there's no reason to go look for something else.

Wtf
It's ppl not animals

[Bounce]

Familiarity,

People trust what looks the same as them(including family and identical twins).

Xenophobia is the sociological phenomenon responsible for distrust between different groups of people, including ethnic & racial biases, based on differences in phenotype/appearance.

You sure? Look at turks and armenians, they look very alike on average, I would say for most it is cultural and religious. Most marry and have children within their (very) small world.

[Hofonom]

Wtf
It's ppl not animals

We are animals just more spoiled and self-entitled.

[doksSirmAdods]

Cultural mostly...with an Armenian for example it's different, there's a more culturally metaphysical connection, we both belong to the same nation and we will extend that nation with our children. Though as a patriot, I'm all for having many kids to increase Armenian race

[mirzaterak]

You sure? Look at turks and armenians, they look very alike on average, I would say for most it is cultural and religious. Most marry and have children within their (very) small world.

Turks and Armenians probably would marry each other rather than an ethnic & racial outsider who vastly differs from both of them, based on appearances.

Xenophobia and familiarity applies to behaviors (ie. Religion) too.

People are first attracted to similar appearance (like an identical twin, or your own reflection in the mirror), and then second to similar behavior.


The analogy of your reflection in the mirror is the best example of Familiarity. You look like yourself. You act like yourself. But sexuality requires a male and female. So men & women (most often) marry each-other according to this standard of familiarity. There are sociological & biological reasons for this.

Ethnicities/Races tend to form breeding rites & requirements.

There exist biological taboos reinforced by sociological standards.

However individuals sometimes defy these sociological, cultural, and religious norms, at great personal risk. It generally is abnormal for different tribes to mix, or different religions (behaviors) to mix.

To reiterate the point, religion & culture is about behavior.

Familiarity applies to –both– appearance and behavior.

[iodillalm]

Cultural similarities is a huge factor, but also because i want my children to look like me.

Big reason for me. And it creates problems if someone has a mixed child, then gets divorced and re-marries to a person of their own race; two white parents and a half-black child just looks sort of odd. Though, supposedly love conquers all (I'll believe that if ever I experience it).

Never say never and all that, but I don't see myself dating or marrying a woman who is not white.

[erubresen]

We are animals just more spoiled and self-entitled.

Well still lol
Some ppl think that to marry someone outside the race is inbreed or idk lol
It's such a weird mentality
It's like they are brainwashed and a lot of ppl in this forum are

[glazgoR@]

Turks and Armenians probably would marry each other rather than an ethnic & racial outsider who vastly differs from both of them, based on appearances.

Don't be so sure. You can actually get killed for marrying a Turk or Armenian on either side by the family relatives. The animosity is that high. Marriage with a Turk is the biggest stab in the back thing you can do to the Armenian nation and you will be right away expelled from Armenian community. So both you risk your life and you forfeit your identity as a Armenian and place in Armenian community. It's pretty harsh.

[neictscek]

I want my children to be of my same ethnicity.

[Dwemadayday]

I want my children to be of my same ethnicity.

Does that mean Spanish or a specific region in Spain? Like Galician, Basque, Catalan, Andalusian, Valencian, etc.

[milfovoxapl]

Is it because its human nature to marry and have children with someone who looks similar to you, or is it because of cultural similarities?

The bolded

[disappointment2]

I think compatibility with values and even sense of humor is so much more important than say religion or ethnicity for me.

So now, I'm more open to other cultural group as long as we both see eye to eye in certain things.

[dhYTvlAv]

Culture, religion, language.

[enfoires]

A) People usually hang out most with their own kind, hence easier to meet

B) People are usually attracted to their own race

C) People prefer to have a relationship (and even more os marry i think) with someone who share their own culture, because it's easier to function as couple so.

All of these factors combined.

[Loxaeed]

I think compatibility with values and even sense of humor is so much more important than say religion or ethnicity for me.

So now, I'm more open to other cultural group as long as we both see eye to eye in certain things.

Same here for me, and I also see nationality as much more important in this regard than race/ethnicity.

[desmond001]

to me, it's a cultural thing.
i do like the way i look, so of course i'm going to like someone that looks like me? lol

[pymnConyelell]

Like it was mentioned earlier that Culture, Religion and Language are some of the main reasons people marry their own. And for me shared personal experiences, whether those be good or bad that comes with being of particular race/ethnicity, Especially in a country where you are part of the minority is important.

2 popular mainstream choices in north america(by mainstream I mean what majority of white guys like), are always either white women and east-asian women, but they are also the opposite end when it comes to privilege in many ways. Just imagine having my indian-looking children from a white woman or western east-asian woman. when my children go through racial discrimination a typical white girl or asian girl(being their mother) here in canada wouldn't know what to do since they never went through similar experience themselves.