For example, he would corner me in the kitchen and grill me with questions ranging from name of states to the mixing of colors. When I would answer the questions correctly, he would only get angry and storm off to complain to another family member. My mom, who is the minority, has the majority of the problems with interracial dating than my dad. Her reasoning is that she understands what she had gone through and wouldn't want me to go through the same thing, had I dated someone of a different race. When I discussed this with my dad, he stated the same idea, but he also mentioned that if I truly loved the person, he should in no way try to stand in the way.
Love is blind to color.
My mom is the one who is the most adamant about sticking with whites when it comes to dating. Even in her family, the white person is the more beautiful person. Perhaps this is another tie to what was discussed earlier with social status, and also with stereotypical standards of beauty. A white person is perceived as more attractive and higher up on the social scale. When I dated a black person, my mom was extremely bitter and angry with my decision.