I grew up in a small town that was mostly white. I grew up in an environment where all of my friends and most of my family was prejudice. My parents never admitted to being prejudice, but they also told me that they would not want me to date a black man because the kids would not be accepted by society. Personally, I don’t see anything wrong with having bi-racial kids. I never had any black friend, just because there weren’t many around. So, when I met my girlfriend, while it didn’t bother me that she was black, I couldn’t help but wonder if race would come between us. When I started bringing her around, some of my family and friends were ok with it, but some were not. My mother never said anything directly, but at first she asked me why I hadn’t told her that she was black. One of my uncles really didn’t like it, we don’t talk anymore and one of my friends didn’t like it either, we don’t talk anymore either. My grandparents weren’t crazy about it, but they know that it isn’t their business. Some of my friends are okay with it but still make racial comments occasionally that piss me off, but they constantly tell me "there is a difference between black people and niggers, your girlfriend goes to school and her family owns a nice house so she is a black person. Niggers are those low lives." That comment pisses me off more than the racial comment that was made. The word "nigger" refers to the black race and puts it down. These comments always pissed me off though, not only because my girlfriend is black. Me and my girlfriend do listen to different music and like different movies, we do have stupid arguments about racial issues sometimes, but our love goes beyond color so we are able to over look these differences.