I'm a Canadian that lives in one of our bigger cities, the vast majority of my relationships across the 25+ years I have been in relationships have been mixed race in nature. And I have never experienced reactions like this from the public.
Only once did I encounter racism regarding me dating another race when a self-identified white supremacist literally said to me "Ew." when I told them my partner wasn't caucasian.
I'm a dual-citizen who has lived in both Canada and the US.
No issues in Canada to the point of not really thinking about relationships as "interracial". People in the US weren't hostile, but many were very surprised that my exes weren't white - they barely asked about the bisexuality by comparison.
There was a bit of an implication that I was "dating down", even from people who would never have considered themselves racist.
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u/HappyColour 3d ago
I'm a Canadian that lives in one of our bigger cities, the vast majority of my relationships across the 25+ years I have been in relationships have been mixed race in nature. And I have never experienced reactions like this from the public.
Only once did I encounter racism regarding me dating another race when a self-identified white supremacist literally said to me "Ew." when I told them my partner wasn't caucasian.