"There are some things in this world, captain Niobe, that will never change." – Morpheus From the Matrix Reloaded
Back in the early 1970’s I recall meeting a friend of my mother, a woman from the South. I recall her for many reasons, her nickname, her personality, and her husband. At the moment I’ll share a bit about her marriage.
As I mentioned, ‘Kitty’ was a woman from the South that moved to New York City when she got married. Neither she, nor her husband, had family in the City. They didn’t move for a better job or to gain a better education. They left the South because it was the safe thing to do.
Kitty and her husband were an interracial couple (they were married to the day that Kitty died of cancer and a bad hospital – well over 25 years after I first met them). That may not sound like a big deal in 2007, but in 1972 it was. That isn’t very long ago, and since that time things have changed, and then again as Morpheus states some don’t.
Case in point is the Fiesta Bowl. It was a great game and I wrote a bit about it. I recall that it was the first post for 2007. After the very close win, by the undefeated Boise State Broncos, there was a bit of a surprise for all the nation to see. Ian Johnson, the running back responsible for the overtime win, went over to his girlfriend and proposed with ESPN and other national television cameras catching every second. Chrissy Popadics said yes, without hesitation. They are an interracial couple.
Fast forward to today, and it’s being reported that death threats are part of the negative comments being hurled at the soon-to-be newlyweds. So vicious and troubling are the threats, security is required for the wedding.
This is hardly a unique case. I know of other interracial couples that are also running into difficulty like this today as well. Not to mention that back over a year ago I wrote a post about Ms. Sanaa Lathan in the film Something New. Since that time I have noted the continuous views of that post, though only 1 woman has bothered to comment. I have seen that every month, interracial dating is on of the topics my blog is found under ever month. To be exact, the terms being searched are accusatory and negative towards interracial dating.
Continued in Part 2...
2 comments:
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Randy Sheridan Says:
September 30th, 2007 at 4:40 am e
It’s very simple to me. There’s just some people that don’t like black people, and they don’t like the possibility of having someone black in the family. White people need to quit being vain about being white and learn to respect others different from themselves…
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me Says:
April 4th, 2009 at 7:59 pm e
My BF is african and I am white european. To be honest with you I thought this black/white debate had been long finished… some 100 years ago… to my astonishment it hasn’t and there’s still some sad human beings that think higher of themselves for any reason… (money, skin colour)
If black is such a bad colour pls explain to me all these blondies looking orange from the tanning shops trying to be darker…
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