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Blog Posted:8/17/2011 4:17:00 PM

A Rainbow Sky

 I wrote a poem … it was called “JADE” about a woman that I met, and started dating, she is black and I am white, to me I saw no difference in color, I only see what she means to me. In the time that we have been together I have seen people (both white and black) look at us in scorn. I have actually heard black men ask their friends why a black woman would be with a white man and other instances where white women asked their friends why a white man would be with a black woman!!!! RUBBISH

 I have an answer for you, its actually simple … WE ALL DREAM THE SAME COLOR!!!! Close your eyes and wish for a thing and it is all black and white, the perfect thing of imagination is that there is no color … its simply there, and always will be regardless of race.

 I deeply feel sorry for those of you that feel that the color of skin may in some aspect reflect the beauty within a person, it is not their tinge that makes them what they are, however, it is “who they chose” to be, that makes them the person that they are

 Black or white, orange or grey, brown or … WHATEVER!!!!! The woman that I fell for is black, I am white, and I will never apologize for having emotions for another human being, regardless of what color she is …. I only see one color … and that color is LOVE

 Again this has been another edition of Ryland’s Raves …. Thanks for readingA



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Date: 8/18/2011 10:22:00 PM
love on, brother. We're human... all of us. Nothing less and nothing more. namaste ~N
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Date: 8/17/2011 10:03:00 PM
Great blog,rylands. Here is an example of how ridiculous the whole race issue can be. I saw a movie on cable the other day called "Skin" It took place in South Africa before Mandela changed things. A black girl was born of two whites. (called a throwback). Because she was black skin, the school would not let her take classes with the white kids even though her parents proved she was their daughter and her birth certificate said "white" so they had to argue it in court. In the end, she had to go back to being called black just so she could live with a black man and care for her own children "legally." what a joke it all is!!
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Date: 8/17/2011 9:10:00 PM
What a brave, proud, statement and GOOD for you...it is ingorance and disparity of wealth we should concern ourselves with and NOT sex, race, creed, or national origin...imagine that was to be the Equal Rights Ammendment to the USA Constitution...WHICH NEVER PASSED...image that!!! Some states such as Mass. did pass their own..but this country still doesn't have equity under the law..go figure?
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Date: 8/17/2011 7:58:00 PM
It matters not the colour of your skin..we all bleed the same colour. Good on you for standing by each other, it can be hard at times especially in a newly formed relationship..but just enjoy, life is too short to let what others think worry you. Much luv xxx
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Date: 8/17/2011 7:27:00 PM
Whom you fall in love with is no one else's business. Don't give them another thought. I have relatives of every shade and friends of every color. Love, Joyce
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Date: 8/17/2011 5:54:00 PM
Ryland, if you are lucky enough to find someone you love, it doesn't matter what others think. I have no tolerance for prejudice. I see many mixed-race couples here in Florida and have yet to see anyone treat them scornfully. I'm very sorry this has happened to you, but the beauty inside is what counts most. Love, Carolyn
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