Where I live, I've noticed a lot of Nigerian men dating and marrying outside of their race, whether they were born in Nigeria, or are 2nd or 3rd generation. I am not opposed to miscegenation by any means, since I too am a product of miscegenation, but I am really curious as to why this is. I rarely see Nigerian women marrying outside there race. So why is it common among the men.

Miscegation? Eek that sound like a really bad thing oo

anyway @topic I dunno.

I guess they want to experience other things and life apart from that which they know

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Miscegation? Eek that sound like a really bad thing oo

anyway @topic I dunno.

LOL miscegenation is just another fancy term for race mixing. Honestly, I don't mind, but my friends and some family members are complaining that they're losing men to women of other races.

@Poster: Firstly, simply call it inter-cultural marriage, no need calling it a word that only you knows the meaning of.
As regards the reasons why, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that people marry people they are compatible with irrespective of race. Only bigots and jilted lovers go around touting that Nigerians marry foreigners because of papers!

I see absolutely nothing wrong with marrying outside your culture.
Love knows no borders.

LMAO@race

Pardon me. (walks out of thread)

geez claremont, why are you attacking me. I'm sorry I used the word miscegenation, I hear it used all the time in regular diction, and I think any one with a mid-level college education would know the word. *kanye shrug* And who said anything about them marrying for papers? not me. I was born and raised in America, and I'm talking about men like myself who were also born here, or are legal American citizens. My question was not a personal attack against Nigerian men, like I said I find nothing wrong with interracial relations, since I am a bi-product of that type of relation. Anyways like I said, the majority of American born Nigerian males marry and date outside their race, largely disproportionate from American born Nigerian females. Are males more open to the possibilities of expanding outside of their race?  Oh and Claremont if you can't respond to me in a manner that is not rude/disrespectful you can keep your thoughts to yourself. Not all of us are as bitter about life as you are, so if you see any posts by me, kindly skip it, or pretend like you never saw it #sityocrustyazzdown

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geez claremont, why are you attacking me. I'm sorry I used the word miscegenation, I hear it used all the time in regular diction, and I think any one with a mid-level college education would know the word. *kanye shrug* And who said anything about them marrying for papers? not me. I was born and raised in America, and I'm talking about men like myself who were also born here, or are legal American citizens. My question was not a personal attack against Nigerian men, like I said I find nothing wrong with interracial relations, since I am a bi-product of that type of relation. Anyways like I said, the majority of American born Nigerian males marry and date outside their race, largely disproportionate from American born Nigerian females. Are males more open to the possibilities of expanding outside of their race?  Oh and Claremont if you can't respond to me in a manner that is not rude/disrespectful you can keep your thoughts to yourself. Not all of us are as bitter about life as you are, so if you see any posts by me, kindly skip it, or pretend like you never saw it #sityocrustyazzdown

Bitter? Nah, very much far from it mate! Sorry if I sounded cruel in my initial post, but there has been a general misconception here in Nairaland and everywhere else as well, that Nigerian men marry foreign ladies in order to secure papers to live permanently abroad, nothing could be further from the truth. This misconception has become so entrenched that people tend to question every marriage between a Nigerian and a foreign lady, which is the worst kind of stereotype a person can ever get. Some Posters here on Nairaland (not yourself) are so narrow-minded in their thinking that they fail to see how a multi-cultural marriage will work based on their own relationship failures. I and a few others are very passionate about this issue, hence the vituperations in my initial post, sorry if it sounded harsh or cruel, I didn't mean it that way.

nice lips BTW.

^^^ aah see that is the type of response I appreciate. And yes, you make good points. Oh and thank you.

@poster
could it be that a fair number of Nigerian women out there play hard to get/holier than thou and when that happens, Nigerian men either go and get the women that are available in their surroundings OR (if they have some money) go home to get themselves a jungle sista that will inevitably turn worse than the ones he so wanted to run away from. aaaaaaaaaaah!

also if that guy just came from Africa, he surely wants to taste that "forbidden fruit", and he may get hooked by the way this person treats him "differently" than any 9ja sista ever treated him.

and if he was born and raise abroad then he will see ALL women as potential mates rather than just 9ja ones.

I find it hard to belive you noticed this in Nigerian men only.

it's well known that black men get in cross-cultural relationships much more than black women. Irrespective of nationality.
Anyway, in addition to that, it's well known that most ethnic groups only allow miscegation for the male child and not the
female. Greeks, italians, Arabs, Indians etc often do this in the u.s

I think it comes from the belief that the child is always the ethnicity of the father.

Race what do you mean by race a Gambian is that different from a Nigerian in terms of race?