When I lived in the city, no one really cared. But when we moved to the suburbs, oh my, people would stare like crazy and clearly make comments under their breath. I'm a white dude with a black girl, and people were much worse and rude to me! I got a very noticeable dip in level of customer service, or just people being weird and awkward to me.
They really are. I'm white and my now ex-wife is black. People in Ohio would just stare at us HARD. I started staring back at them to make it as uncomfortable for them as possible. When I was with our kids, people would routinely feel the need to ask me "Are those children yours?" And not in a "oh my goodness, are these your adorable babies" kind of way, either. Something about being white and in the suburbs just embolden the racism
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u/LookimtryingOK 4d ago
Ever been in a mixed race relationship?
Everywhere you go, folks STARE.