#race problems

“You guys are so brave”- are we really though??

“Wouldn’t it be easier to date someone your own race”- it might be but you can’t help who you fall in love with.

“Your babies will be so cute” thanks? Kind of a weird thing to say to people

“Aren’t you worried your future children will be bullied for being mixed?”- teach your kids not to be assholes and this won’t be a problem.

“Your families must hate your relationship”- every family is different and this can be a very sensitive area for some people. We’ve been lucky enough to come from supportive families.

“Have you two ever considered making porn? Interracial is so in right now”- our sex life in none of your business just like every other couple.

Any comment that involves slurs or stereotypes

Day after day, week after week, the cars pulled up outside the Ethiopian embassy in Beirut and ejected their passengers: tired-looking black women, their modest possessions stuffed into cheap suitcases (pictured). With the economy in free fall, many Lebanese families could no longer afford to pay their domestic workers. Nor could they easily send them home. The price of repatriation flights had surged because of covid-19. So their solution was to dump the women outside their embassy. Dozens were left to fend for themselves.

Egypt is thought to host around 5m African migrants, many of whom fled war and oppression in places like South Sudan and Eritrea. They have faced years of abuse. About two dozen Sudanese were killed in 2005 when police raided a protest camp. In years past some tried to reach Israel, a long journey across Sinai’s desert that left them prey for human traffickers. Those who crossed the border met discrimination and frequent attempts to deport them—regardless of conditions in their home countries.

Being black in America is not what it used to be during the time of their parents. During their parents time, they were making history. Fighting for their civil rights. Fighting to be heard. Fighting for hope. Dr. King’s dream that they were to be treated equally was the hope, but still, to this day...the fight continues. The hope that their parents had fought for is still out of reach.

Blacks are dying in the streets.

They’re dying in their cars.

They’re dying in their homes.

And that’s why Sadie said nothing when her brother and his boyfriend decided to go to the rally. Their friends didn’t understand the harshness that they, as blacks or people of color (whatever you wanted to call them!) faced everyday that they didn’t have to consider. To them, the protests the Kanes and Godsons attended were only because of the current elections coming up. They think it is different from the regularly scheduled programming that was a black person’s life.

But, in all honesty, it’s not.

A fight meant a confrontation.

Something loud, violent, and fast.

Blacks were no longer fighting.

Their reality was someone’s else’s darkest nightmares. But don’t think, not for a second that they’ve given up.

Before I start, I want to warn that I’m not claiming that this happens in all only-white countries, but it happens in where I live and in surrounding areas. I think it’s important for me to write this because a lot of people are not aware of this, especially people from the USA, so please do take your time and read it (it won’t be long anyway).

Last night my parents and I were watching the movie “Loving” that just came out recently. The moment the movie started I knew what kind of problem is going to arise, but the only thing my parents saw at first was a couple having a baby and getting married. 

At about 15-20 minutes into the movie I asked them: “Do you know what this movie is about?” The answer I got was “No”. Now let me tell you that my parents aren’t ignorant and when the Loving couple got arrested in the movie, my parents weren’t (too) shocked either, but them being a interracial couple isn’t something they perceived problematic from the bat, despite the plot obviously being set in the 50s (they even commented on it).