Transit Tales

[browngirl]

Despite the crowding and occasional rudenesses I do like public transit. Today I was standing next to an adorable, sweet-natured family who were being nice to each other: pale, pretty blonde mother, sweet-faced Black father, and two adorable caramel-colored children, an effusive 2-year-old and a shy 1-year-old. I joined several other women in cooing over and waving to the children, of course. *grin* I always make a practice of smiling at interracial couples, especially ones where one partner is a Black man, because a disproportionate amount of the disapproval such couples recieve is often from Black people, especially Black women, and I try to do my part to counteract that kind of thing. This family would have been impossible *not* to smile at, though. They were just darling.

Later, I arrived at Wolf and Tigerlily's to pick up and drop off and so on, and when I walked down the hill a couple pushing two strollers waved at me: it was the family from the train! I waved back and called hi.

*beam*

(And then, WD not only picked me up but drove me by Wolf and Tigerlily's so I could make sure I hadn't left the door open. *smooch for WD*)

Comments

[mittelbar.livejournal.com]

{smile}

Interracial couples always seem to be the center of *some* kind of attention. Might as well be positive once in a while.

Sigh.

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

Couples of any race or combination of races who bring toddlers into public places, especially multiple toddlers, always seem to be the center of *some* kind of attention. Might as well be positive once in a while. :)

[angelovernh.livejournal.com]

ROFLMAO!!!

[mittelbar.livejournal.com]

Hah. Good point.

[papersky.livejournal.com]

If you come to Montreal, your face might crack with all the smiling. I'd say inter-racial couples are the norm, except that the norm is people whose parents and grandparents were inter-racial couples so race almost stops being a relevant concept.

The first night we were here was Valentine's day 2002, and we went out to eat, and the restaurant was full of couples, and the first ones I saw were a white guy and a black woman, both well over retirement age, holding hands. When I said how sweet to still be in love after all that time, Zorinth pointed out that they could have met just that afternoon...

The government sent everyone a nice little brochure last week, explaining how we now have a new form of marriage called Civil Union, by which any two people can get married, not just straight couples. There was a picture with folds, so you could make it two men, two women, or two mixed gender couples. The standard "let's not offend anyone" picture on the front before you started folding to your preferred configuration was a black guy with an ear-ring and a shaved head and a cute blonde woman.

This is one of the things I really like about Montreal.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

There are far worse things that can happen to me than that my face can crack with smiling. :)

One of these days I really must come eat cakelings with you and yours in Montreal. :)

A.