Black opposition to interracial marriage reflects shared valuation of whiteness, not antiracism

Evidence

This form of resistance hardly represents a rejection of whitening or a revaluation of blackness. On the contrary, it is a recognition of the power differential likely to exist in a relationship in which both whites and people of color evaluate physical beauty and cultural superiority on the basis of traits that reflect predominant European descent. Thus the parents of both Rafael and Luis were resistant to their sons’ relationship with white women because they recognized that the racial hierarchies involved in interracial relationships in Cuba were so powerful that they trumped patriarchy. They realized that their sons’ white partner would be able to use her racial privilege as a weapon against them (see Burdick, 1998b:29; Twine, 1998:96), Such a position does not constitute a rejection of whitening, as Fernandez implies, but rather represents a recognition of blacks’ shared valuation of whiteness. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3630 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

In some cases, black or mulatto families also rejected the interracial pairing of their children. Aliana [a white woman] felt that Rafael’s family [who was black] didn’t treat her well, “because they said that I would always humiliate their son, and that my family would always humiliate him.” … Luis [a black man] commented that, in general, his family got along well with Irena [a white woman]. However, he noted that at the start his mother had had reservations about the relationship. “My mother said that when a black man is with a white woman, the black man makes a fool of himself. He is very jealous and is always running after the white girl, and so he lowers himself to be with her.” — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3629 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Opposition to interracial marriage in Cuba reflects shared valuation of whiteness, not antiracism — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3630; Interracial marriage can serve the colored spouse as a bid for deracialization and equality — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 263; The value gap shapes white and black attitudes alike — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 90 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Opposition to interracial marriage in Cuba reflects shared valuation of whiteness, not antiracism #corroborates (0.92) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3630
• Black families reject interracial pairings from dignity concerns, not whitening critiques #complicates (0.84) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3629