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If you're that hypersensitive about color and don't have a sense of humor, don't marry out of your race.

I was conscious of the fact that it could be to my disadvantage to marry a white guy - that some folks would hold that against me.

I think it's something that needs to be said - that there are interracial marriages out there, and the couples live happy lives, and there's nothing wrong with it.

I have always, or for the most part, identified myself as a biracial person.

I read so much stuff that black women say, especially about my relationship. 'Oh, he left his black wife to go be with some exotic chick.' First of all, my girl is black: she's Jamaican.

I find myself frequently introducing myself to someone, saying that, you know, I've grown up black and biracial in the United States.

But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there are still many things to be said about a Black person and a White person loving each other in a racist society.

To make an absolutely gross generalization, I think a lot of people feel like if you're mixed, more often than not you're quote unquote white. So if you're mixed, you embrace the mainstream culture more than the African-American culture.

My dad is Caucasian, and my mom is African American. I'm half black and half white. Being biracial paints a blurred line that is equal parts staggering and illuminating.