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I'm white and dated a Kenyan man in college. I was shocked by the reactions people had to our relationship. On a few occasions black girls would follow us and say some pretty mean things to me. I found that when we were in DC we had problems, but when we went north (NYC, Boston) nobody really cared.
Now, DH is Canadian, blond, and waspy and MIL thinks I'm too ethnic being brown-haired and all. (My family is Spanish and Dutch) She's a little nutty though

DH is black and I am half Cuban/half white. I think I am brown enough to not get a lot of eyeballs, but we have definitely gotten them, especially in my hometown in the South. I think its more just checking out DH because he is a handsome black man & my hometown is very white!

I am in one. My husband is black and I'm white (Italian). I am very aware when, in conversation, I am being judged. Or maybe not judged, but there have been so many conversations with others where it seems they're just trying to see how it works. Ignorance really, but not always malicious. Either way I was always defensive and felt I had to justify our love. We live in a community now where it doesn't seem that this happens as often as it used to. Or perhaps I just don't care as much as I used to.

This is one of those things that gets me really fired up! I'm not in a interracial relationship, but some of my friends are/have been. We live in the South and a LOT of people still have issues with it. My mother and grandparents have really strong opinions on interracial relationships/marriages. I don't even want to post some comments they've made because they're so offensive.

I am 100% supportive of interracial relationships!

I sort of am (is that weird to say?) I'm white and DH is 75% white, 25% Native American (his grandma is full blood). Though, I've never thought of us as interracial.

Lots of interracial couples in Boston!