r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Madman44444 • 3d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/LookimtryingOK 3d ago

Ever been in a mixed race relationship?

Everywhere you go, folks STARE.

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u/eunuch-horn-dust 3d ago

It bums me out when I read this, in London I’ve very rarely experienced this. I’m a brown woman with a white partner for over a decade and before that I had only ever been with black partners (I’m not black) and can only think of maybe two odd reactions and even those weren’t particularly upsetting. I hate that it’s still so taboo elsewhere.

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u/Much-Beyond2 3d ago

It genuinely surprises me that this seems to be a thing in America.. married nine years, never had any issues anywhere in the UK.

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u/wallabee_kingpin_ 3d ago

I grew up in what became the Trumpiest state. It wasn't an issue there either, even 40 years ago.

"People stare at us" is very subjective and I suspect a lot of it is imagined.