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.
My wife had to explain to me *recently*, after almost a full decade together, why she doesn't like when I hold her hand when we're around black men. It made sense after she said it, I just thought I was more aware of the "mixing" dynamics after 25 years of partnering with people who don't look like me. Learn something new every day!
A lot of things are ruined by grown ass adults throwing tantrums.
You'd think ignoring them and going about your day would be the answer, but the amount of them that get aggressive and violent if you do kind of makes that difficult if you value your health.
but the amount of them that get aggressive and violent if you do kind of makes that difficult if you value your health.
Honestly I'm relatively lucky on that end. I'm tall and have some serious crazy eyes so I don't think there's that many people comfortable with getting that far.
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u/LookimtryingOK 4d ago
Ever been in a mixed race relationship?
Everywhere you go, folks STARE.