Bruce Feiler - Where God Was Born, Abraham, Walking The Bible

"As the Wife of a Black Man"
Monday, April 23, 2007

A reader writes a poignant note in response to my post about inter-racial marriages.

I agree that interracial marriage has become more accepted over the past forty years. It was not an easy journey, especially for those of us who have been in interracials relationships for forty years. I have seen the worst and the best treatment from people across the U.S. I am very happy to see that today, my children and grand children do not go through the pain and segregation that I did in the late sixties, seventies, and eighties, as the wife of a Black man. For many years the Black women in my life accepted me, while my mother, grandmothers,and aunts did not. I was closer to my mother-in-law, before she died, than I am with my mother even to this day.

Over the past ten to fifteen years, my mother has finally accepted my children and grand children, but my sons still remember how they were treated compared to how she treated their cousins.

We are on the path where race is not an issue, however I believe we still have some road to travel.

Posted by B Feiler at 8:00 AM
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