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[quote=Anonymous]PP who married AA man who is my best friend, who i love with all my heart and who I am not going to apologize for.  I totally hear everything AA moms are saying, and if i werent in an interracial family, I'd probably be sympathetic with your point of view.  However, when it's YOUR family, your relationship, your husband it stops being a conversation about race, rather it feels like a personal attack on the makeup of your family.  And BTW, My family talks about EVERYTHING, including our prejudices and the role we play in racism in this country.  So stop saying that they dont accept my husband, who you dont know, or that im naive to this.  I agree that a lot of people do have prejudices that would surface if their son or daughter dated outside of their race, (as evidenced by this thread) but many dont, or do and work through it-we're all capable of evolving and becoming more self-aware.  Also, my husband never dated exclusively white women, I think that's just narrow-minded.  And I have biracial children now, so I'm sensitive to the issues they may face as people of color in this world.  And I didn't marry or procreate out of guilt.  I have plenty of bias and things to feel guilty about, but that's not one of them.  And to those who don't want their sons or daughters dating outside of their own race, for reasons beyond preserving religion or culture, I feel sorry for you because you are creating barriers and limits when you should be promoting growth and openness for your children.  I'm kind of sorry I got sucked into this conversation, because it's so complicated and hard to delve into on an anonymous thread like this.  All I reallt wanted was information on potty-training.  But here I am, frustrated and no closer to getting my baby on the pot.[/quote]

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