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I Live in The South and I’m married to a Black Woman
and It’s all good
My wife and I met when I was in Minneapolis and she was in South
Carolina. We started talking on Facebook, and it went from there.
Two years after we started talking we got married at our church. It’s the
best thing I ever did in my life.
I had friends in Minneapolis who warned me about living with a black
woman in the south. They voiced concerns for my safety because the
south is so “ Racist”.
Nothing could be further from the truth. When we had a car, we went into
town often to go shopping or to have dinner and we never had a hostile word
or glance directed toward us.
The only people that stare are older black people. I think that’s odd. It’s not
hostile. My wife and I have never felt threatened by the looks we get. We think
it’s funny.
The funniest incident happened when we were at Walmart grocery shopping.
My wife was at checkout, so I went to get the car to park by the exit so she
