What It’s Like To Be In An Interracial Relationship
Buzzfeed has recently released the video above that sheds light on how interracial couples are viewed within society. Did you know that in 1980 only 3% of married couples were interracial? This has been steadily increasing and in 2010 it was reported that 1 out of 12 of all married couples in the United States are interracial.
There has been significant change since the “Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner” era and interracial couples are become more widely embraced by the rest of the world and it’s about time! Watch as Rose and Len share their personal story about how they view their relationship, how others see it and what truly matters – love.
Have you and your significant other ever received stares from strangers in public? Or felt uncomfortable telling your conservative family members? This is a struggle that the Mixed Nation community is all too familiar with. The important thing is to understand that mixed couples are no different from any other type of couples.
Check out other great content from Buzzfeed such as 21 Things Asian People Are Tired of Answering and 16 Things You Should Never Say To Mixed People.
Do you have a love story you would like to share with Mixed Nation? Comment below!
In the seventies, my husband and I suffered more blatant prejudice in the north than we did when we moved to the south. We were referred to as ‘salt and pepper at table 5’, we both lost jobs or accounts, countless birds flipped at us, refused service in places and very ugly comments. We were together for fifteen years. He is gone now so I can only comment on the present as an observer, I will give a second look to a mixed race couple, but hopefully they will see my eyes are saying, good for you! The best advice I can give you is the response I gave my mother when she asked me why I couldn’t find a decent white man. I replied, “It’s not about decent white or black man, it’s about decent man, period.”