I was having a discussion with a few friends yesterday. I told them emotions aside, intertribal marriages shouldn’t be ENCOURAGED.
Why? To preserve our culture, our identity is in our culture. I know alot of products of intertribal marriages that are torn between the question of identity.
I once read where a lady from an intertribal marriage said her mom insisted she married her own tribe as against her dad’s.
In many intertribal homes there is this cultural neutrality, and many times there’s a power play on the kids among the two in-laws.
Even the bible doesn’t encourage intertribal marriage, remeber the instructions Abraham gave to his servant and the fact that Jesus was sent to the jews ONLY initially.
Have you wondered why the Chinese and Koreans do not marry outside their race, why do you think there is that cultural cohesion and reverence with them anywhere they go.
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My take is INTERTRIBAL MARRIAGES SHOULDN’T BE ENCOURAGED.
What’s your take? Please be factual and intelligent DO NOT APPEAL TO EMOTIONS.
P.S:-
Alot of people are saying “culture evolves”. Yes cultures evolve. But fundamentals like identity remains same.
Culture evolves. Identity doesn’t. The fact that the Yorubas believe they descended from Oduduwa is UNIQUE TO THEM ALONE AND CAN NEVER EVER EVOLVE.
THE MOMENT IT DOES WE HAVE LOST WHO WE ARE.
So with this few points of mine, what’s your own say?
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