Interracial relationships are, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful types of relationships in the world. Part of their beauty, obviously, radiates from their physical appearance, but what is even more riveting is the openness they represent. People who date interracially understand what some people don’t: that love has no color.
For centuries, the stigma of dating outside our race has haunted and hindered us in more ways than one. Race has been a big issue in America for a very long time. Because many people aren’t comfortable with seeing mixed couples, they feel it’s necessary to voice their hateful comments. For instance, during the 2013 Super Bowl, General Mills released a Cheerios commercial featuring a biracial child, with a white mother and black father. Though this seemingly innocent commercial was merely trying to market its cereal in a way that reflects today’s society, many close-minded people were highly offended by the public display of interracial love. This commercial drew so many racist comments on the Internet, it was repugnant. YouTube even disabled comments on the video because the posts were so incredibly disrespectful. There was such a monumental amount of backlash that the commercial was actually temporarily pulled off the air for a while. It’s absolutely sickening that in today’s society, instead of acknowledging and accepting love in all forms, people would rather focus on the trivial difference of color.
Another revolting incident was when Danielle Watts, a black actress who starred in “Django Unchained,” was detained for kissing her white husband in public. Reportedly, an onlooker called the cops saying a white male was with a black prostitute. Prostitute? Is it that unfathomable to see a white man with a black woman affectionately being intimate in public that the only way to understand their relationship is to assume that it’s a business deal?
This issue society has with interracial couples, ironically, has nothing to do with skin color. The issue is the conditioned mentality to reject and hate anything that isn’t traditional or that we don’t understand. The obsession with labeling people by their age, weight, class, religion and color has caused people to separate themselves, placing themselves in groups competing for superiority. When is society going to realize that we are all the same? The only thing that makes us different is our inability to see people for who they truly are: humans, beautiful soul-dwelling bodies capable of loving in its purest form.
While many people are busy hating interracial relationships, others are basking in their greatness. Celebrity couples like Halle Berry and Oliver Martinez, Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes, and Zoe Saldana and Marco Perego have all done a wonderful job in making these unions more public. Seeing celebrity couples marry and start families is absolutely gratifying and heartwarming.
The more society is exposed to the idea of interracial relationships, the more acceptable it will become. Decades ago, it was highly uncommon to see a couple from different racial backgrounds in a relationship. Today, people are witnessing the change but are still uncomfortable with the idea. In the future, with the embracing of our melting pot and a shift in our mentality, interracial relationships will become the new norm.
