Race Wasn't An Issue To Him, Which Was An Issue To Me | With Lorraine Toussaint

Modern Love

The New York Times

Love, New York Times, Nytimes, Essay, Loss, Storytelling, Society & Culture, Redemption, Nyt

4.3 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Interracial relationships come with their own complexities, and there are a lot of questions that come up. Questions like: How does your partner think about race? How do you talk about it? What works, and what doesn't? Kim McLarin writes about race and dating in her piece, which is read by Lorraine Toussaint ("The Village").

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0:00.0	Modern Love The Podcast is supported by
0:04.0	Produced by the ILAB at WBUR Boston.
0:18.0	From The New York Times and WBUR Boston, this is Modern Love.
0:24.0	Stories of Love, Laws, and Redemption
0:32.0	I'm your host, Megna Chakrabardi.
0:42.0	Interracial relationships come with their own complexities.
0:45.0	I know because I happen to be in one.
0:48.0	So I know there are a lot of questions that come up.
0:50.0	Questions like, how does your partner think about race?
0:53.0	How do you talk about it?
0:55.0	What works and what doesn't?
0:57.0	Kim McClaireen writes about race and dating in her piece.
1:01.0	Race wasn't an issue to him, which wasn't an issue to me.
1:04.0	It's read by Lorraine Tussant.
1:06.0	She's starring now in the show's The Village and Into the Badlands.
1:10.0	And you might also know her as V in Orange is the New Black.
1:15.0	The New Black.
1:20.0	His name was Jerry, a nice man, late 40s, funny and smart, divorced with two grown children,
1:28.0	a social worker who had dedicated his professional life to working with troubled kids.
1:35.0	He was also, let's be honest, the first to come around.
1:42.0	He was the first man after my own divorce to raise an eyebrow to take an interest after my ex not only moved out, but moved on.
1:53.0	Funny and smart and dedicated to troubled kids is all admirable, but in truth, I would have said yes to a drink with a 4-foot gap tooth troll had one smile in my direction.
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