Black Man Kissing White Woman on Cover of St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Go! Magazine Ruffles Feathers of Bigots

I guess we have a long way to go where interracial relationships are concerned. A recent picture on the cover of Go! magazine, a regular section in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, has shown how divisive and racist the views of many are on interracial dating and marriage. Personally, I could care less what people do. Whatever makes you happy, legally of course, then by all means, knock yourself out. But the deep anger some have over seeing a black man and a white woman kiss is just ridiculous and yes, racist. It has been almost 42 years since the U.S. Supreme Court knocked down a law barring interracial marriage, why is it still an issue to many today?

The photo of a couple kissing corresponded to the story “The 7 Best Places To Smooch.” Nobody really cared what the story was about, they were riled at the picture. Ooooh, a black man doing the unthinkable and kissing the ultimate, a white woman. Give me a break. Who cares? The reader comments at the end of the online version has clearly shown that at least some folks out there are not comfortable with interracial relationships.

Here's a sampling as excerpted from the Post-Dispatch:

From 1buschstadiumplz: “Haven’t read the story but don't like to see blacks and whites kissing;”

From taxpayer came this remark: ”This doesn’t surprise me at all. Libs take every opportunity they can to shove miscegenation in our faces. Now that TV has to show blacks in every commercial, notice that they are always posed beside a blonde woman. Not a brunette, a blonde. Its done for shock value. Sickening that a once proud newspaper would resort to this. Joe Pulitzer is turning over in his grave in shame.”

Reader greggh tried a middle-of-the-road approach: “I’m not judging the concept of biracial couples at all, but in a city as racially polarized as St. Louis, I’m shocked that the PD would go so out of its way to be so gratuitously provocative. This completely undercut the message of the article.” Source: St. Louis Post Dispatch

Thank God for the smart and decent commenters who begged to differ and found nothing wrong with the magazine cover. I would have like to think that we could move beyond race, but apparently we just can't seem to do that. On the flip side, however, there are many blacks who feel the same way as those bigots about interracial relationships and marriages. My family history has been built on interracial relationships and we all love and respect one another. No-one is loved or respected any less. Our goals and ambitions are still the same. I am from a country where the motto is "Out of many, one people." That captures the gist of my being. We are all ultimately one people, whether the bigots care to admit it or not. There are way more important things we should be focused on rather than complaining that a black man was kissing a white woman. Who cares?