Too Bad, 'Cause Love is Blind....

As beautifully stated by my girl Alicia Keys in Love is Blind, there are some ideas that cannot overpower the heart. I only say that racism is an idea because it has become a condition of some that is sadly still present today. It has proven to have stayed within society because of public violent acts or a quiet racial comment when it's assumed that no one is listening. It is also an idea because interracial couples, thankfully, still exist. There are not that many stories documented years ago to prove interracial dating and marriages, but I just have one that (sadly) only happened a few years ago…

While arriving back in Detroit, MI from San Diego, CA with my parents in 2007, we had a late and interesting flight. Once the plane touched down in Detroit, and the “seat belts on” light was off, everyone stood up to get their bags to get off the plane. As the crowds started to disperse towards our section in the back of coach, I noticed there were two cute little kids, a boy and a girl, that ran toward the front of the plane because they were excited that it was their turn to leave. In a panic, their mom, an Indian girl, ran and yelled after them to slow down. She just had a purse around her shoulder so I assumed her husband would be right behind her. I looked back and noticed the husband was getting another bag from a top compartment so I didn’t move out into the isle yet…but everyone else around me started to move into the isle assuming he wasn’t with them. At that moment…I didn’t really say, “Hey, the dad is right there, we should probably let him through,” but it also occurred to me that maybe they assumed he wasn’t the dad because he was black. I still to this day believe that the passengers in my section didn’t assume he was the dad because looking at the facts, if a mom runs after a couple kids without any bags, and there is another gentleman rushing to get a couple bags out of the top compartments behind them…is putting two and two together so difficult?

It is difficult to be in an interracial couple these days because of the idea of racism. Family, friends, and the media are what influence and help it spread. Heck, maybe more people should get ready and do the un-thinkable and get rid of prejudice.

I think that the first step to getting rid of racism is to blend all of these colors and cultures together. It’s not such a bad thing right? Let’s make more mixed kids like Halle Berry, President Barack Obama, Wentworth Miller, Alicia Keys, Jessica Alba, Vanessa Williams, Jason Kidd, Bob Marley, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, Keanu Reeves, Sean Paul, and Tina Turner (whew..to name a few of the famous ones) to make this world more beautiful. Since love is blind, and you cannot help who you fall for…it is just an eventual thing.