How Do You Accept A Family Members Interracial Relationship?
Learning to accept a family member’s interracial relationship is imperative if you wish to remain a part of this person’s life. Though you may feel your cultural and religious beliefs may give weight to your objections, it’s most important to love and understand your family member and hopefully grow to embrace the love that exists in her relationship. Remind yourself that interracial relationships are extremely common. Not only do interracial couples live happily throughout current society, people from around the world have married and had relationships across religious, national and economic lines for hundreds of years. The United States was founded on the idea of a melting pot, so it is only appropriate that we would see this diversity expressed through personal relationships as well. Talk to your family member about your concerns in an open and non-confrontational way. It’s important that you are not aggressive or emotional in discussing your beliefs about the relationship, as it is
