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.”
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.
Bahai Community South and North Even though I avoided lunch with some white Baha’is, my family was my Baha'i community.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Racial Identity No easy boxes to check If you lined my family up we’d look like a little United Nations.
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.
