Dating black guy: parents in shock

nbg127
Sat, 07 Mar 2009 11:45:29 +0000

I have heard my mom tell your story in her own house growing up. She was the daughter of Irish immigrants who were discriminated against. Her sister (my aunt) brought home her homecoming date- first year of high school. He indeed was black. My mom said she couldn’t believe it when her dad was upset! Growing up she and her sisters had been taught to be “color/religion blind” due to how her parents grew up in Ireland but here it was. Well, many years later, my aunt is married to my uncle and you guessed it, he is black. We all love my uncle dearly and really missed him last Christmas when he was serving overseas - including my grandparents who can’t speak highly enough of him. My aunt just sort of side stepped her parents - not really fighting with then but lived her life reassuring them that everything would be fine - they came around once they got to know him and no longer think anything of bi-racial couples. Hang in there!