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Originally Posted by RealJames
I see what you're saying but I'm not sure I agree, hear me out a sec:
If I were a parent, and spoke only English, and my daughter spoke English and lets say Thai, and she met a Thai guy who spoke little to no English, would it be racist for me to say that her marrying him will create an awkwardness in the family, or to put it differently, it would be much nicer for everyone in the family if her husband spoke English.
I'm not sure that I see opposition to a language barrier as a racist thing. In the above situation I personally wouldn't oppose the marriage but I wouldn't be upset at someone who did, certainly not call them racist, maybe selfish though.
Culture would just be the same but to a lesser extent, and while it might be selfish as hell to want to associate with the same culture for the sake of ease, it's not a prejudice.
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Someone doesn't marry someone to make their parents comfortable. They marry them because they love them. Sure it would be "nicer" if we all spoke the same languages, but if she speaks Thai, and he speaks Thai, then who am I to say don't get married?
The language barrier is not between the daughter and her husband, but the husband and her parents. In short, it's none of their business.
And it is absolutely prejudiced to want your daughter to only marry within your culture.