Kamala Harris’ marriage could challenge a racial taboo

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The Ohio woman had been told all her life she was supposed to marry a strong Black man and build a strong Black family. But then she met Tyler Buskirk, a self-assured White man who shared her love of “The Phantom of the Opera” and Dungeons & Dragons. Their marriage shocked some members of both of their families, and Buskirk says she’s gotten plenty of icy, “how-could-you?” stares from Black women and men in public.

“When I see Vice President Harris and her husband, I see us.”
Will more Black women begin to see the same potential for romantic love with White men? Harris’ next four years in the White House could help provide an answer.
Harris is the first female, Black and South Asian vice president of the United States, but she could also become another type of pioneer. She could inspire some Black women to reexamine a racial taboo that has shaped many of their private lives.
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Article URL : https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/15/us/kamala-harris-interracial-marriage-blake/index.html