This week on It’s Not All Black and White, Matthew and Cera look at the top 7 challenges many interracial couples face. Sometimes, we don’t even recognize the problems and challenges, so we looked to see what other interracial couples struggle with - to see if there was something impacting us that we didn’t even know about.
Some of these affect us for sure. Others, not so much.
- Different expectations and assumptions. By the time we’re 7 years old, we already have many ingrained beliefs from our family and culture
- Different way of communicating - different nuances of words or interpretations
- Family disapproval
- Social judgement (even when positive)
- Greater need for compromise due to different social norms
- “Us against the world” can lead to enmeshment and lack of boundaries
- Shy away from “hot topics” - i.e. racism
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