Still learning, messing up, and loving
Zara, Minneapolis, MN My husband is Latinx, I am white. We come from different worlds but have built a life together. We both see how...
Si Senor! I am US citizen
Heidy Avila Murillo, Baltimore, MD. My marriage is biracial, I am Hispanic and my husband is a Caucasian born in Maryland. This year after obtaining...
Privilege is Ability to Choose Blindness
Hannah Oh, Provo, UT I grew up thinking that “colorblindness” was laudable. To be colorblind was to be “not a racist”. When people brought up...
Yes, I married a Vietnamese man.
Kaylin Nguyen, Williamsburg, VA My husband and I have been together for four years now. I am white, he is Vietnamese. I am originally from...
A Southern Belle? No. Korean husband.
Leah Lee (now Leah Durst-Lee), Chicago, IL. Keeping cultural heritage is very important to me, so when I married my husband, Sihyun Lee, I wanted...
Caucasian in Hawaii, treated as outsider
Annie H, Honolulu, HI Even after living in Hawaii over 25 years (moved for employment – my husband was recruited for a hard to fill...
FLEW through Security :) …husband stuck behind. :(
KB Louisville, KY I can’t count how many times I have been through airport security, worldwide, including dozens of times with my husband. I’m a...
Not Mexican Looking “You know Spanish!?”
Daisy Reyes, Rialto, CA. Even as a little girl in Mexico I was the “Chinita” (little Chinese). When I came to the U.S., I was...
I hope he’ll look “American” enough.
Katrina Nye San Jose, CA I am full Asian and my husband is a quarter Japanese. Once our son was born I asked my husband...
Do not kiss the taxi driver!
Anne Sanasy, Bradford England In 2012 I suffered a brain hemorrhage, I am white British, my husband is from Mauritius, we married in 1977, he...
White husband became Iranian September eleventh.
Maren Robinson Chicago, IL I watched how my American-born half-Iranian husband went from being perceived as white (Iranians are Caucasian) to being perceived as vaguely...
Raising Romindian boys: Sure, Smart, Kind!
Vasvi Babu, Scottsdale, AZ. Romindian: 50% East Indian, 50% Romanian. Married 21 years at a time when few Indian women married outside their own. Boys...
Thank you for pointing that out.
Lani Broederlow, Salt Lake City, UT. I am Polynesian. I have been told that my appearance does not reflect my last name. It is of...
I’m done with all the fights
Cara, UT. I have been having debates with my husband for a long time. We have spoken about how there is trained racism and acknowledge...
Just because my husband is white.
Ferguson Police Officer Wife, O’Fallon, MO. Just because he is a white police officer, doesn’t mean he’s a bad person. He grew up in this...
Sorry, I Just Have to Ask
Dominic, Minneapolis, MN. As the saying goes, if I have a quarter for every time… In my case, if I had a quarter for every...
