Love Doesnt Discriminate

He speaks to her softly and calls her beautiful every day. He’s there for her when she just needs someone to talk to and accepts her for the way she is. He always holds her hand when they’re together and sneaks kisses when she’s not paying attention. Don’t they sound perfect together so why is everyone keep staring at them and whispering about them?

I’ll tell you why, it’s because she’s white and he’s black. Despite how many years have gone by since slavery and the discrimination against blacks has been over, people still believe that they do not belong with white people. In my opinion they are wrong for even thinking that. How can you decide that just because I’m white and he is black that we cannot be together and in love?

It all started when I was a kid my parents always told me that I should never date out of my race. I never really understood why they thought this, so I just always listened. Until my freshman year I never thought to go against them and do it, until I met him. He was amazing and I had never met anyone that spoke to me the way he did. Politeness and manners just radiated off of him and he respected me in every way possible. The only problem was that he was black; not a problem in my eyes but in my parents. So I always kept it a secret, until I just couldn’t anymore. I told my mom and she was sketchy at first about the whole situation. I explained to her that I was in love with him and he was one of the best guys I had ever met. She told me that she’d be there for me as long as I was happy because if I was happy then she would be too. She also explained to me that my family might have a problem with this but if that’s the way I was going to live then they’d just have to get over it and accept me for me or not be involved. I knew that was always going to be a problem but I just didn’t see people for their color it was who they were inside that always had mattered to me.

Even though we did not stay together, it was the first time I had realized that I could be happy with a person of any color and that it did not matter in reality. Love comes in all different ways but has no color preference. You fall in love with someone because you feel a connection with them on the inside not the outside so why should color matter to anyone. It shouldn’t, therefore love does not discriminate.