I am born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. Down here it seems that everyone is multiracial. Most people I knew were 'mixed'. So it would seem that interracial couplings are not looked down upon in all places in the South. I don't think it's fair to lump all places in the 'South' as being one way or another. Technically Florida is part of the South, but has a totally different racial dynamic than say Alabama. I've found there is racism wherever you go, but you shouldn't let that be a reason to not move somewhere. In fact I've found racism more prevalent in Texas.
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Name : Bianca Rey, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Gay, Race : German/Irish/Cuban/Columbian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 20, City : new orleans, State : LA Country : United States, Occupation : eBay Seller, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Lower middle class, living in tennessee there are a lot of untrue stereotypes about the south that i have heard, and i think that that is one. i'm in high school and i know a lot of mixed kids and kids dating people of other races. there will always be racist people who have a problem with it, but you shouldn't bother with them. also, some people wouldn't personally date someone of another race because they think that the bible says it is wrong, but from what i have seen, even they aren't hostlie or condescending towards people who do
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Name : beth23182, City : n/a, State : TN Country : United States, It's not just the south (although I would avoid small towns in the deep south), but everywhere people are unused to interracial couples that this will happen. I'm married to a black man and here in San Diego no one even thinks twice about it. We get more reaction in the small town in Wyoming where I'm from, but the people welcomed him because he's a good man. We had no reactions from people in Houston where he's from. You'll have less reactions from cities where there's lots of military since interracial couples are more common where the military is. The worst experience I had was when I was dating a Turk in Germany, never here in the US.
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Name : Ericka, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Disability : Bipolar, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : non-practicing, Age : 36, City : San Diego, State : CA Country : United States, Occupation : computer specialist, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, I wouldn't worry too much about being an interracial couple in South Carolina. There are many interracial couples in South Carolina who get around alright. You may get a few strange looks but I wouldn't let that bother you. There are racists in the south just like there are racists everywhere- and people who won't want you to date outside your race. That said, the vast majority of people in the Carolinas are not bothered by interracial dating. Interestingly enough, when I dated African American girls back in my high-school and university days it was the girl who got the most criticism. None of my friends were concerned that I was dating outside my race but on each occasion when I dated an African American, there was always one African American friend of the girl I was dating that had an issue with me being white. I never encountered any resistance to dating Asian girls.
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Name : Eric, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 26, City : Greenville, State : SC Country : United States, Occupation : Programmer, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, I come from Texas, and I have dated interracially before. I never got weird looks or disapproving stares. I have heard people's parents (mostly evangelical Christians) talking about how it is a sin to date outside your race. I encountered none of these problems from people in my own generation. Texas is so racially diverse, and the schools are so integrated (my school is literally a third white, and third hispanic, and a third black), that the younger generations have become much more accepting and open on race issues.
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Name : Jess30767, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 14, City : Lubbock, State : TX Country : United States, Social class : Upper class, I am a wm married to a bf. It all depends on you and where you live. We have had no problems at all in the Atlanta area, and actually have never had a rude comment what so ever. That said we took a trip to New Orleans one summer and were amazed at the number of stares, and comments made to us and at us. All by african americans btw. Just my two cents.
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Name : Richard D. Lee, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, City : Atlanta, State : GA Country : United States, Social class : Middle class, My aunt and uncle are a biracial couple (she's Asian while he's white) and we're in Jacksonville. They've had more than their fair share of comments and stares, but this usually comes from older people. I think people my age (I'm 22) consider love to be love, regardless of race, age, sex, etc., so more than likely you won't receive negative comments from us.
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Name : Christy, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : american, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 22, City : jacksonville, State : FL Country : United States, Occupation : starving college student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class, I have lived my whole life in Sacramento, Calif. I have never been to the Carolinas. I have a son in the Marine Corps and he was stationed in North Carolina about five years ago. He was struck by two things in Carolina: 1) You can smoke any damn where you want! 2) White people are openly racist back there. They say anything they want, anytime they want, anyplace they want, to anybody they want. And they smoke while they do it. Now, to your question: do I think it's a bad move for you to go to Carolina? You damn right, it's a bad move to go there.
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Name : Richard-H, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Religion : Christian, Age : 55, City : Sacramento, State : CA Country : United States, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class, I used to live in North Carolina, in both a small town (Wilson) and in Raleigh, and I grew up in rural Kentucky. My advice is to stay out of small towns. The KKK is still around in rural North Carolina, they marched twice the year I moved there. Move to Raleigh, Durham or Charlotte. People in Southern small towns can be very bigoted and small-minded, but this is not necessarily true for all.
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Name : Karen P., Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Lesbian, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Methodist, Age : 45, City : Houston, State : TX Country : United States, Occupation : Postdoctoral Fellow, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, My friends have had trouble in NC even though her husband is almost passant blanc. We never had a problem in the cities or on the coast anywhere we have been in the South. I am vampirishly white and my husband is from sub-Saharan Africa, so there is no uestion of anyone being passant. The worst we were ever treated was in Cincinnati where we were given our food to go in three restaurants and our expensive hotel room was never cleaned in the entire time we were there. Here in New Orleans, no one looks at us twice.
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Name : Vivi, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Hispanic/Latino (may be any race), Religion : Episcopalian, Age : 43, City : New Orleans, State : LA Country : United States, Occupation : teacher, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
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I grew up in the deep south and it's no where near as rascist as people in the north make it out. In the few years I've lived in northern states I've seen and met more rascism than I ever did in over 20 years of living in the south. You'll meet people in EVERY state that have problems with interraical dating, it's not localized to the south.
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Name : Ty, City : chicago, State : IL Country : United States, 
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