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Race, dating, sex and marriage
The heart wants what the heart wants and racists need to butt the heck out
Do children care about race? Innocent and free, unless they are otherwise coached by adults, they play happily together.
Does God care about race? If you believe in a deity, why would you think He’s made a mistake in creating different types of people?
Yet race continues to play a role in society and how we treat each other. It’s ridiculous but it’s unfortunately part of reality.
When I was in graduate school, I dated a man who was in love with me. He came from a wealthy family, which was a problem. Why was it a problem, you may ask. It was because he would have lost his inheritance if he married me, because his parents made it very clear he needed to marry a white woman if he wanted to be in their will.
You see, he wasn’t a racist, he was a coward. Which is worse?
He had friends of other races, ran a company which hired people of all races, and he fell in love with me. But when it came time to introduce me to his parents, he chickened out.
It’s not that I even wanted to marry him. But when he brought it up in that context… well, I couldn’t be with him any longer.
