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If anyone has an adverse reaction to that - they should honestly get the hell outa Canada...I've never dated someone of my "race" before. My last GF was Brunette from Vermont, before that it was an Italian-American girl from New Jersey - before that, a 3 year live in relationship with a blond haired, green-eyed bombshell from Germany - before that a girl from Colombia, before that two girls from Spain - before that, a friend of a friend from France, etc..... This is North America. If you want to stick to your own - go the hell back to where-ever it is ya come from... Just my two cents. Ethnocentricity is a form of social and cultural inferiority.

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If anyone has an adverse reaction to that - they should honestly get the hell outa Canada...I've never dated someone of my \"race\" before. My last GF was Brunette from Vermont, before that it was an Italian-American girl from New Jersey - before that, a 3 year live in relationship with a blond haired, green-eyed bombshell from Germany - before that a girl from Colombia, before that two girls from Spain - before that, a friend of a friend from France, etc..... This is North America. If you want to stick to your own - go the hell back to where-ever it is ya come from... Just my two cents. Ethnocentricity is a form of social and cultural inferiority.

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Ridiculous! I am surprised there have been no comments to this post.

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anti desi...what r u doing in the desi forum....dont u guys have any gora or ur so called forums of ur gf's ethnicity

i hate these bastards who would call themselves anti desi and wud still wander about in desi neighbourhoods, give us a break and stop boasting

On a different note i dont have any issues with kids going for inter racial mariage as long as they choose partners of opp sex

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Let me address a few of these comments in one post. I said those in Canada who have ADVERSE reactions to dating outside of ones race should find somewhere else to live. It's in plain English. I refer to people who have an issue with interracial dating. Unfortunately the Indian community in Canada IS ethno-centric, and it can be VERY backwards and closed minded. This type of ethno-centricity and cultural closed mindedness fuels racism from other groups in Canada - and it's a damn shame more of you aren't intelligent or cultured enough to see it. Don't move to North America if you don't want to integrate or associate with other groups - point and form.

I have never dated a "desi" because I simply haven't met that many - NOT because I have anything against desi girls. I don't give a damn where someone is from. I don't go out of my way to date one group - or NOT date another. For those of you who only feel comfortable dating "your kind" - well, that's your prerogative - but it's rather pathetic, I feel sorry for you, and no - I don' consider you Canadian.

As for why I decided to exchange ideas in a desi forum? Mainly to see if anyone can change my mind - and convince me that ethno-centricity is actually a positive feat. I'm open minded. I enjoy exchange of ideas - and I'm willing to discuss differing opinions. I fit the definition of a "desi" - so it's very appropriate that I'm discussing these issues. These are politically charged issues that effect East Indians in Canada. Also, I didn’t start the interracial marriage thread - I merely responded in it.

As for why I "left" Canada? I didn't. I'm 4th generation Canadian - my family arrived in Canada between 1907 and 1913. I work for a multi-national European based organization and I live between New York (where I am currently) and Montreal. So while I am living in New York now, I also still live in Canada; I have offices and directorships in the US and Canada. I also love both the United States and Canada - yet I have absolutely no affinity for India. I've never been there and I hold no ties to it.

My family is very mixed blooded - we have people of all sorts of races and religions in the family. My great-grandfather fought vicious racism when he came here at the turn of the century - and my grandfather and great-uncles fought even more as some of the first East Indians to graduate American and Canadian universities during the 1920s.
So yes, I do take offense to people coming to Canada and having the audacity to still maintain that one should date "within their race" or maintain a certain level of Indian friends, etc.....

MANY of you have allot to learn about Canada and what it is to be Canadian. I stand against ethnocentricity and bigotry in all communities and share the same opinions towards all ethnic groups. It's one thing to belong to a certain ethnicity as a first generation immigrant - it's quite another to promote ethnic bias amongst generations born Canadian. You're the first to complain when whites are told not to associate with with Indians - yet you defend those call themselves "jatts" and other bizarre references to a now illegal caste system in India, and those who still question interracial relationships and complete integration into North American life. It's no more ok for a white father to tell his son to avoid dating a non-white - then it is to discourage someone of Indian ancestry from dating a black, korean, white, hispanic, etc.


FYI: I named the diverse types of people I have had RELATIONSHIPS with. The fact that some of you in here equate a serious relationship to a "sexual exploit" just because these people were of different origins shows how culturaly bigoted you truly are.

Hypocrisy without limits; Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

If you are a fouth generation Canadian what are you doing on this forum ?
Get a life and date anyone you want, leave us alone with our preferences.

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