Is The Interracial Marriage More Difficult Than Same Race Marriage?
Many people feel that interracial marriage is very difficult to sustain and therefore more liable to end in divorce than a same race marriage. However, do you think this is correct? If you look at the statistics, you will actually see a larger number of divorces in favor of same race marriages. You would argue here that this would be because there were more same race marriages than otherwise.
Let us compare the possible problems stemming from an interracial marriage as compared to a regular marriage.
The Differences In An Interracial Marriage
It is true that there would be differences in cultures, backgrounds, religions and even language sometimes. However, the same could be true with the same race marriage. Then there is the possibility of facing strong opposition from the families of those who choose to marry interracially. The same would be possible with regular marriages ? this is highly accentuated when the societal strata or educational background differs. Lastly, the society in some places might not fully accept the association. This is the only problem that a regular marriage may not have to face.
Now, for one moment forget about the racial issue. Let us say that you cannot see the exterior and at the same time, imagine these two people studying together at Harvard or working together in an office shoulder to shoulder, falling in love and marrying. Don’t you think that a marriage between two people who share such a lot in common (educational background, official duties ? for a long time) would be successful?
An interracial marriage is a difficulty only when there are other differences in the relationship, such as mentality, economic background, educational background and religious beliefs. These are the same in regular marriages either. Similar criteria apply in any same race marriage. In fact, there are possibilities that the spouses would be more dedicated to the marriage because it is interracial and they would be afraid that they would loose one another because of this difference. Otherwise, marriage is normally first a union of minds and the bodies.
Therefore, no one can really say that an interracial marriage is any worse than a regular marriage. This is a marriage like any other ? which requires a lot of love and toil to make it work. Whatever the differences, it all depends upon the approach to make it or break it. Very often big differences such as religion, culture, and ethnic background pale into comparison to the smaller day-to-day differences that the new couple has to negotiate. The success of marriage depends upon how they resolve these seemingly small problems more than those larger than life differences.
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