Much Appreciation:

As always your eloquence has illuminated a particular error in my judgment of the circumstances surrounding miscegenation.

“The women, on seeing an African female with another species, felt sorry for her, they would say "she has probably been through some terrible times at the hands of African men, that is why..." But, when they saw the African man with his bit of vanilla, they spoke of feeling the anger that comes from being betrayed.”

I confess to being guilty of this perception, though my sympathy is in equal measure for both, there was a willingness to accept the offspring of maternal African parentage rather than one who came by that heritage paternally. There is also in me, empathy for the mother of the African male who chooses for a wife/mate, a female so completely antithetical to the female who gave him life. Being both wife and mother, this sense of betrayal and rejection is doubled, making the anger or rage almost visceral

"And when I see a woman doing it I feel betrayed because I know that the first and best teacher is the mother. If she had a son, he would have to fight through a big confusion and this confusion would be even worse if she had a daughter. What example has she set her daughter? What lesson has her choice imparted? Even if the daughter rejects the lesson, at what cost to the respect that every body NEEDS to feel for a parent will this rejection have come?"

My willingness to accept the offspring of the mothers coincidently amongst to some of the same reasons you’ve listed in this sentence. I figured that under the guidance of an African mother the child could not help but be more Afro centric making him more sympathetic and thus more acceptable to the liberation movement. However, I now see that this could be a double-edged sword resulting, not only in familial betrayal but a betrayal of the entire African race.

Thanks for providing clarity. Those who propose love as an acceptable excuse for this betrayal have no understanding of the term. The paedophile always maintains the belief that his victim loves him.