2019-04-18
21 分钟Modern.
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From the New York Times and WBUR Boston.
This is modern love stories of love, loss and redemption.
Im your host, Magna Chakrabarti.
Interracial relationships come with their own complexities.
I know because I happen to be in one.
So I know 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 doesnt?
Kim McLaren writes about race and dating in her piece race wasnt an issue to him, which was an issue to me.
Its read by Lorraine Toussaint.
Shes starring now in the shows the village and into the Badlands.
And you might also know her as v in Orange is the new black.
His name was Jerry.
A nice Mandev, late forties, funny and smart, divorced with two grown children, a social worker who had dedicated his professional life to working with troubled kids.
He was also, let's be honest, the first to come around.
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.
Funny and smart and dedicated to troubled kids is all admirable, but in truth, I would have said yes to a drink with a four foot, gap toothed troll, had one smiled in my direction.