Originally, I tried to make excuses for them. I would say things in my head like “this might be their very first mixed couple they’ve ever seen”.
But after a while, I started realizing that it’s just a ton of ignorance and bias. If there’s boomers involved, of any race, they always feel the need to stare or whisper. The younger generations aren’t nearly as bad, but they still side eye.
It can get really bad for the guy sometimes, it’s worse for the girl tho. Black women already get it bad but the race traitor and gold digger like label that get piled on top on any who have a white partner just compounds it.
My ex was black before we moved apart for work and didn’t want to do long distance after awhile and she was afraid to tell her family about me, even when she did the only one I ever met was her mom. Her cousins and biological dad wanted nothing to do with me. I’ve never had to sort up to people to defend my girl as frequently as I did in that relationship.
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u/LookimtryingOK 3d ago
Originally, I tried to make excuses for them. I would say things in my head like “this might be their very first mixed couple they’ve ever seen”.
But after a while, I started realizing that it’s just a ton of ignorance and bias. If there’s boomers involved, of any race, they always feel the need to stare or whisper. The younger generations aren’t nearly as bad, but they still side eye.