my name is Ray Ray for sure family calls me Ray if anyone else calls me

Montgomery Alabama I suppose that might be given originally from Georgia so I'm from the south

hear weird noises that's what's going on and she's part of the store and then felt so my friend invite me to do this

am 1/2 of mixed couple and Black Knights men's white rose I

just two people love each other and have the kids it's like the color of

is the South and the us because of those two circumstances that has way more meaning

for years so I can't really speak to hear as much fun in Georgia I know right it looks like so slavery was a

over 200 years right and whenever something crappy happens

you take care of that and you know that you got stabbed and you treated well too get rid of the consequences of that

it becomes festering wound that leaves like this and the ladder it's

races in the south like I mean Civil Rights Movement happened yeah some semblance of equality happen because

after that everything kind of died off literally and figuratively guide yeah

so even in Montgomery in Georgia is specially there's a lot of nuanced racial

walk outside the KKK going to be like why are you doing here something but I don't know it's just I'm constantly

of the fact that I am a brown black person constantly made affect aware of the fact that I'm

a white person that are kid is Dexter mulatto and mestizo or having a crappy on his

to the point where I wonder what it's like for people that don't cuz I've never known anything else growing up

live in a 3 story house in a neighborhood where the only brown people are me our neighbors from India

they could my family was always like you I can certain way and no one will mess with you act a certain way

and no one at least you know at that point that if you get held back it's not cuz married

on the other hand Drew up in like the country like houses are spaced out by a mile of

all his friend group is white and you never really had to think about these things to the point where when he was made aware a racial

to like preacher about it that everyone but they didn't want to hear it cuz I have the luxury of ignoring it

today if there is some semblances residual problems associated with race they don't have to think about

we meant I feel like it's important backstory I never really thought much about race cuz I was raised not to

because other people got it right so I went to this college I started college and

about a year hanging out we started dating and after about 2 years of dating we got married after about three

happened cuz it happened because we like each other but because of the nature of our society sometimes people

us like it's apparent specially around older white couples sometimes even

an outright problem with mixed couples they just are uncomfortable by our presents you could tell cuz

those kind of glare and then when you look back at them they look away real faster don't try too hard to be

they might have done something offencive on my account just because of my presents and I'm like first of all

wrong you're stating what race people are not going to be active fact I can leave I mean if you wouldn't

a larger problem you know I don't know if I'm rambling or not it's really hard for me to stay on track with these things

3 hours but logang Amex Chapel in the south is weird you have to constantly be aware of the fact that you are an

face it we're in Alabama hasn't got the best track record of the wrong City, day we can

it's not but it's common but it happened more than once and that's enough for me to be concerned we can be

people that just want to Jared us and say mean things we could be talking about someone that for some reason

my appearance enough to shoot me and that's a reality have to live with my husband

me into deep deep south places at night in compromising situations

she's black or white about whether she can do certain things that other people can do safely without being

assumption is being made about her based on her parents and I'm not going to have to have this conversation cuz I'm the teacher that crap and have have those conversations

the society is going to bring it up at some point and if I don't who knows what you'll learn. Did I hate that I hate

my husband and I love my kids and I'm not going to live in fear and subject myself to let

it's so it's embedded in the history of the region like people don't even realize they're doing it and that's the most annoying part

a conversation that alleviates the problem with one side of it and then the other issue really there's

and that way but there's certain things if you're black in America their expectations. Who

it's a cultural thing you know people would assume that cuz I'm black it's a lot of

the job market whites and things about him the fact of the matter is I don't even like crap I don't know any songs by

been times when people tell me I know you're not black or they tell John Mark he doesn't act White and that annoys me to no end cuz

that we're together people make assumptions about us as a person or is it people

backhanded jokes about how I'm with a white guy cuz I want like the privilege in the

didn't want to date a black guy because I don't like my guys are good I don't know if something stupid

that white culture or some crap and I've heard you was back in like because he was always out with my kid that cared about

like each other like I don't understand why it has to be so complicated and that's annoying you and it's not that

all the circles that would CS like that but they're still plenty of them we still get a lot of mixed couple jokes

why we can never not be aware of the fact that this is what we are because no one will let us

not bothered by it I just wish that you know eventually

be seeing his people happen to love each other instead of all the Conte shins that people bring to the

like I am I am really the basis of all my frustration here is that on the Christian right

a verse that says there is no differentiation between people with no Jew or Greek or Hebrew

no male or female everyone's equal this is supposed to be a Christian Nation but that is the opposite of how

there is a God that is against all of these things that is constantly being associated with these

people make it about and they're politicizing people with lies are politicizing people's appearances are politicizing

the whole pool with ideology that affect people of life and the conversation can't be had to fix it because of your

regards to being right and not being racist and more white people aren't always like this and it's frustrating to

the middle of that because of consequences beyond my control and beyond our control collectively as a couple cheer mix couple in

the man he loves me our kids amazing life is great I am blessed beyond words

don't know if I was early I have a baby with me I apologize but it makes it but that's my story I guess

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