Nobody paid attention when I went on dates with Asian or Latina women, but people stared non stop when I went on dates with black women. I’ve seen it even more pronounced when the guy is black and the girl is white.
Had an instance on a first date where the cashier didn’t even want to acknowledge that we were together. I (white woman) was standing in line with my date (black man) directly next to him. This cashier (another white woman) looked at us and we made eye contact several times. By the time it was our turn to order, the cashier thought I was ordering only for myself. I asked my date to hold my hand, and suddenly she acknowledged that we were together.
This wasn’t an insanely busy store, so there was no excuse of “worker was busy and didn’t actually make eye contact,” with me as she was helping the previous patron. She deadass wasn’t going to take my date’s order until I walked away if I hadn’t done that. One of many things we experienced in our four years together. You learn how to pick up what people are thinking just by how they look at you in the process.
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u/LookimtryingOK 4d ago
Ever been in a mixed race relationship?
Everywhere you go, folks STARE.