Challenges to Preserving African American Identity in an Era of Interracial

I am a white woman, married to a black man. I must say that I am proud of who he is and where he came from. I believe that a person will fall in love with whomever they are attracted to. I am not attracted to only black men, but all men, with a certain personality that I found in my black husband. I love him and don’t look to him as black, but as a person. The truth is I don’t want him to forget who he is because he is with me, I don’t want him changing who he is and what he likes because he is married to me. We share our likes and dislikes together. He teaches me things from his culture and I teach him things from mine. We like alot of the same things and enjoy spending time with each other doing these things. My husband’s family had a hard time accepting me because I am white. I know he was taught certain things about white people and I think that being married to me that he has realized that not all the things he was taught is true. My in laws accept me now and I have become part of the family.

I have three white children from a previous marriage that my husband raises as his own. They call him Daddy and they love and adore him. My children are learning from both sides of our culture differences and what is to truly be in love. I am not teaching them to date only black men but find a man who loves you like you love them regardless of color. In fact you can’t tell my youngest daughter that he is not her ” real” father. She is color-blinded when it comes to people. I hope they live on like this and treat people fairly.

People need to be proud of who they are and where they come from. Every single race has made positive changes to this world and they should be honored.
I don’t like the things we face from this world, people treat us unfairly and different. We are different and we are in love, no one is a sellout because they choose some one out of their race. I get alot of comments like I stole a black woman’s man, but I just say that I found him first. He didn’t come to me out of spite and I didn’t go to him out of spite of our races, we just met and knew we wanted to be together. The really big thing that bugs me is that I get along with black people and black women really wheres the problem is coming from but when they find out I am married to a black man they treat me different. Why is that? I am the same person no matter who I am married to. As well as he is the same person also. This really ticks me off when a black woman will flirt with him because he is with me. He is a man and if any woman flirts he is going to like it white or black. Black women treat me differently and with contempt when we are out and about together.As well as white people treat my husband differently when they see him with me. We choose this life and you need not get mad at either of us. We are who we are and are going to contuine to love each other.

Well I just wanted to say people shouldn’t change who they are because the person they are married to. It really disgusts me when I hear that person is acting black or white, no they are not they are being themselves. Everyone has what they like and if I decide to listen to gospel music it is because I enjoy the music not because my husband is black. So don’t put me out there that I am acting black. I am only enjoy music made by black people. People needs to respect other people and then the world will be a better place for all to live. I just want to reemphasize that I am Proud to be married to a Black man and He is Proud of who he is…