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January 9, 2006, 8:05 pm PST
another success story right here
Quote From: hawkzwife
I have been in a biracial marriage for 24 years, we met when we were 13 years old. We are now 45 years old. We have two boys that are 24 and 21. My children are well ajusted to being biracial. My family and my husbands family get along fine, they have never had to feel like they stood out from anyone else. Yes, I'm sure they have had to deal with racism in their lives but, we all do sometime or another. We live in a town of about 20,000, everyone knows everyone. I would like to hear of more biracial family's that have a success story. My father is Hispanic and my mother is white. When my mother and father were dating my mom's mother did not approve at all. Infact, she didn't want them to get married. But my mother knew that she loved my father and didn't care what her own mother thought. Sure, there were tough times they went through, but they made it. And when I was younger I had some people who were racist against myself. Hispanic girls would ask me if I was for sure Hispanic and white people would ask me what I was. Of course I learned to respond with," I am me, no one else." I dealt with it and was uncomfortable for awhile because I didn't really know who I was. It wasn't until I learned more about my heritage that I realized that I was infact lucky to have such a unique background. My parents turned out okay, they have been married for 25 years and have a son and two daughters and three grandchildren (two of which are mine). They never gave us grief about who our mates are. Color does not matter to my family. All my parents care about is that we are happy and healthy, not the color of our mates or their grandchildren. So yes, I think my family was successful. Like I said before, color is only that, a color. Glad to hear your family is doing good also.
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