The Middle Distance

You don't know me so I hope you don't mind me commenting. I've found my way to this post through ibarw and so much of it rang a cord.

I'm mixed - Jamaican/Welsh. Like you I'm on the whiter end of the spectrum, but every member of my non-white family has experienced racial slurs and prejudice. Even my husband - who's as white as they come - has suffered from being married to someone 'not quite white' .. though that probably should read as 'not white enough'. He's even been disowned by his family.

Though not an American I was overjoyed when your new president was elected. To me it seemed like a personal victory - even though I don't even share your politics. It just seemed like one more rung on a global ladder of equality had been reached ... one more. I mean I know there're a hell of a lot more steps on that long bloody ladder but, well, it's a lot higher than was ever reached before.

Like you, I'm a white chocolate truffle - and I couldn't be happier.