I'd like honest opinions on if Im being overly sensitive.
Im a 31 year old white male, my girlfriend is a 25 year old black woman.
A few months ago my girlfriends older sister asked me if any of my ancestors were slave owners. I was extremely offended by this. Im at a restaurant when this happened with my girlfriend, her two sisters, her nephew and her cousin. I'm the only one there that is white, i have defended blacks my whole life and i hate to even say black or white, i prefer to not pay attention to race and treat everybody as humans, children of God.
So this situations come back up a few times with us. My girfriend feels like it was a necessary question to ask, her mom feels I'm overreacting.
At this point I've forgiven my girlfriends sister but I'm irritated that my girlfriend still thinks it was a necessary question. Im worried about cultural clashes moving forwards
I come from a middle class family, she wasn't raised in the nicest environment and i understand there's inequalities but she seems paranoid of white's even after almost 2 years of dating. I understand why and it bothers me how the system is, but it puts quite a strain on me being white with white family members. I also wish there was a way i didnt have to keep saying white and black, if it was up to me we would all fly the same flag as humans and children of God.
Im a 31 year old white male, my girlfriend is a 25 year old black woman.
A few months ago my girlfriends older sister asked me if any of my ancestors were slave owners. I was extremely offended by this. Im at a restaurant when this happened with my girlfriend, her two sisters, her nephew and her cousin. I'm the only one there that is white, i have defended blacks my whole life and i hate to even say black or white, i prefer to not pay attention to race and treat everybody as humans, children of God.
So this situations come back up a few times with us. My girfriend feels like it was a necessary question to ask, her mom feels I'm overreacting.
At this point I've forgiven my girlfriends sister but I'm irritated that my girlfriend still thinks it was a necessary question. Im worried about cultural clashes moving forwards
I come from a middle class family, she wasn't raised in the nicest environment and i understand there's inequalities but she seems paranoid of white's even after almost 2 years of dating. I understand why and it bothers me how the system is, but it puts quite a strain on me being white with white family members. I also wish there was a way i didnt have to keep saying white and black, if it was up to me we would all fly the same flag as humans and children of God.