When my husband and I first started dating, the last thing I thought about was our race. In case you didn’t know, he’s white and I’m black. We’ve been married for almost 10 years now, and he’s the love of my life. I always knew that there would be people who disagree with our relationship, but we never let it affect us.
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After all these years we still sometimes get the awkward stare, the double take, and even those who think we don’t notice them whispering about our family.
We’re not the only ones dealing with this type of bigotry. A friend recently told me about an Oprah interview with Tamera Mowry. The Sister Sister star tearfully described the racist comments that were written against her marriage to husband, Adam Housely, on social media sites.
“I get called ‘white man’s whore,’” she said. “The new one was ‘back in the day you cost $300, but now you’re giving it to him for free.’”
Housely responded to those same racial remarks in an interview with TVNewser,
“The fact that in this day and age, we get attacked for our interracial relationship is beyond sad…it is pathetic,” he said. “Yes I am white. Yes she is half black. Marrying a white man does not erase her color and marrying a woman who is half black does not mean I am blinded. The problem isn’t pigmentation…the problem is backwards, bigoted thought from people who should know better.”
It’s crazy that this type of hate still exists. It’s 2014 for goodness sake! Not too long ago I encountered the same issue. I had posted this photo below, which led to an idiot making racist comments about my family. I won’t give this guy the satisfaction of repeating his insults. Facebook has since removed the thread from my page.
I recently learned that there are social media pages and websites that focus on spewing racial hate. I couldn’t believe some of the comments made about my family by people I had never met before. The funny thing is that the majority of them would never say these hateful comments it to our faces. They just hide behind their computers, and whisper behind our backs.
This kind of thing used to drive me nuts. But rather than get upset about it, I feel sorry for these who people waste all of their time and energy bashing interracial couples and families. Just think of all the horrible things going on in the world that deserve our attention.
Here’s a clip of Tamera’s interview
