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Cultural difference plays another part in limiting Black interracial relationships. For example, when Andrew Kao, a former UNC student who is Taiwanese, told his mother he was dating a Black female. She initially opposed it less because of race and more because of cultural differences. “My parents would like me to marry a Chinese woman mainly because of the cultural familiarity,” he explained. These ideals, ones that have been perpetuated across generations, are very much still present in our society today. The questions that remain are when will we break the stereotypes that haunt who we sit with at lunch, who we befriend and who we love?
My dad’s side of the family opposes me dating Black men and doesn’t know I’m gay; I can only imagine how they will react to find that I’m dating a Black female. – Cheyenne Solorio