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Interracial Relationships

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Giving God a deadline
Interracial Relationships

Giving God a deadline

I met Suhail and it was mutual disinterest at first sight. But when he hugged me I thought, “I could get used to this.”

  • Carol Mansour
    Carol Mansour
1 min read
A choice for the ages
Bahai Community

A choice for the ages

My grandparents could have passed for white – but they were proud of being African-Americans and were active in Civil Rights.

  • Karen Streets Anderson
    Karen Streets Anderson
1 min read
South and North
Bahai Community

South and North

Even though I avoided lunch with some white Baha’is, my family was my Baha'i community.

  • Sue St Clair
    Sue St Clair
1 min read
Unready to say yes – unwilling to say no
Interracial Relationships

Unready to say yes – unwilling to say no

Jack Guillebeaux: There was something special about her and I told one of my friends that I'm going to marry that one.

  • Farnazeh & Jack Guillebeaux
    Farnazeh & Jack Guillebeaux
1 min read
Life as an interracial couple in 1960s North Carolina
Interracial Relationships

Life as an interracial couple in 1960s North Carolina

Jack Guillebeaux: The worst thing that could happen is for Fafar or I to show fear.

  • Farnazeh & Jack Guillebeaux
    Farnazeh & Jack Guillebeaux
1 min read
Dreaming of the future
Interracial Relationships

Dreaming of the future

Farzaneh Guillebeaux: The news of our marriage was like a bomb in Tehran because it was just so rare.

  • Farnazeh & Jack Guillebeaux
    Farnazeh & Jack Guillebeaux
1 min read
Looking for a legal way to marry
Interracial Relationships

Looking for a legal way to marry

Farzaneh Guillebeaux: Many of the townspeople showed up at our wedding reception to see if it was really going to happen

  • Farnazeh & Jack Guillebeaux
    Farnazeh & Jack Guillebeaux
1 min read
Changing hearts through grocery shopping
Interracial Relationships

Changing hearts through grocery shopping

Farzaneh Guillebeaux: We were looking for somewhere to live and I told landlords, I’m white, my husband is African-American, is that a problem? They would bang down the phone.

  • Farnazeh & Jack Guillebeaux
    Farnazeh & Jack Guillebeaux
1 min read
The rewards of an inter-racial marriage
Interracial Relationships

The rewards of an inter-racial marriage

It may have been easier to marry someone of our own ethnicity. But this is one of the best ways to break down barriers.

  • Bob James
    Bob James
1 min read
No easy boxes to check
Racial Identity

No easy boxes to check

If you lined my family up we’d look like a little United Nations.

  • Robin Chandler
    Robin Chandler
1 min read
Identifying with the black and immigrant experiences in America
Racial Identity

Identifying with the black and immigrant experiences in America

Maya Mansour: People get thrown when I say I am Persian because they don’t expect Persian people to be black.

  • Maya Mansour
    Maya Mansour
1 min read
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