Commentary On Interracial Relationships

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Tina Prater Professor Spalding Eng W131-67C 1 May 2008 Commentary on Interracial Relationships Growing up for me was a divided time share between my mother and father. My mother was stationary in a small town with no cultural diversity at all. My father was in the military and moved around quite often and the diversity was abundant. Growing up I was sheltered form racism for the most part, and I was never exposed to it. I married a white man when I was in my twenties and divorced twelve years later. Moving to a bigger, more diverse city, I met a black man and fell in love. When I became pregnant we thought it would be best for me to be close to my family, so we moved back to Warsaw. That is where it all began. I was for the first time exposed face to face with racism. Walking in a local store, my black boyfriend was followed everywhere he moved, but I was ignored. Trying to shop was very difficult at times, dealing with this behavior and constant staring and sometimes name-calling. My boyfriend, who is accustomed to such ridiculous behavior, graciously deals with it and continues on. How do people become accustomed to such ridiculous behavior from other human beings? Are we not in the 21st century? I thought this behavior had vanished long ago. Well, I was wrong terribly wrong. We need to come together in this melting-pot we call America and embrace each other as individuals all created by the same God. I now raise a bi-racial daughter, and when she is exposed to this nonsense I become very protective of her. I find myself wanting shelter her from these behaviors, but her father is convinced that she needs to experience it so she can “adapt” to society’s views. I disagree completely, and we regularly have arguments about this. I researched interracial dating online and found quite a few interesting articles on

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