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Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.22,0:00:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Race is not an issue \Nfor me,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.31,0:00:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.26,0:00:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whenever I met him, \Nsince the end of high school,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.80,0:00:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,middle of high school I \Nbeen in interracial relationships,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.02,0:00:16.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so when it came to him, \NI've dealt with it for a long time
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.95,0:00:18.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.35,0:00:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's something that I don't see \Nas a problem anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.06,0:00:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(male speaking) My family, \Nthey don't see color so...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.63,0:00:28.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think, like, she was well \Naccepted.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.62,0:00:31.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't a big deal, \Nit was kinda like "hey, this is Lacey."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.05,0:00:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't like "Oh lord, he done \Nbrought a white girl here."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.18,0:00:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[giggles]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.44,0:00:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My grandmother loves her, \Nmy mom loves her,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.84,0:00:42.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All my family accept \Nthe whole interracial deal.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.49,0:00:44.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have any problems \Nwithin the family
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.87,0:00:46.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or pressure or anything \Nabout it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.59,0:00:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My family, when it comes to \Ninterracial relationships,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.86,0:00:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at first, I think I was\Nmore nervous about
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.46,0:00:54.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming out to them about \Nit.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.18,0:00:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I heard so many stories \Nfrom other friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.72,0:01:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few friends that were interested \Nin black guys and um,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.03,0:01:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some stories that had happened\Nto them,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.63,0:01:06.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, their parents would \Nkick them out the house,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.15,0:01:09.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, you know, \Nthey said "if you ever like,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.16,0:01:11.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bring him home again, \NI'll disown you."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.96,0:01:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Lacey) and, I felt that,\Nfrom everybody else's
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.55,0:01:18.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bad experience, I would \Nbe disappointing if I came
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.58,0:01:21.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and told them that I was\Ninto a black guy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.31,0:01:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just, it was something I\Nprayed about.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.30,0:01:26.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was at church a lot in \Nhigh school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.44,0:01:28.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never really was into\Nthe clubs,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.41,0:01:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the whole night life scenes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.16,0:01:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I spent a lot of time before \Ncoming out to them, I guess,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.82,0:01:40.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talking to some mentors\Nof mine, some friends
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.33,0:01:42.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at church.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.30,0:01:44.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just a lot of praying, \Nand they showed me in
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.71,0:01:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the bible where it said, \Nyou know, it never says
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.64,0:01:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when a man chooses a white wife, \Nor a black wife, or an Asian wife,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.54,0:01:53.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, its just a wife. \N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.95,0:01:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God never specified a color.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.13,0:02:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just, when you choose, when \Na man finds a woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.80,0:02:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think the more I talk \Nto people and surrounded myself
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.80,0:02:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with positive people, \NI gained the courage
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.92,0:02:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tell them, \Nand when I told them,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.83,0:02:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it went well.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.12,0:02:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(male) She's actually learning\Nhow to cook soul food right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.39,0:02:15.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[both laugh]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.97,0:02:19.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tell them what you were doing\Nin the kitchen this Sunday.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.54,0:02:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My cornbread dressing for \NThanksgiving.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.28,0:02:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.83,0:02:26.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, my grandmother was \Nwilling to teach her some stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.95,0:02:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she can carry on the...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.28,0:02:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All guys like grandmother's cooking, \Nnobody can cook like a grandma.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.38,0:02:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's been said that, you know, \Nwhite people can't cook like
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.20,0:02:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,black people.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.68,0:02:39.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They put soul in their food.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.01,0:02:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[chuckles]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.23,0:02:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still haven't figured out \Nwhat the soul part is all about,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.56,0:02:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but... I'm willing to learn \Nfrom his grandmother
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.23,0:02:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to cook the food \Nthat he likes, to make him happy\N
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.02,0:02:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to keep him happy, so.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.97,0:02:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll be in the kitchen with grandma \Nlearning how to make pig feet
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.89,0:02:58.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all kinds of stuff\NI never grew up eating.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.53,0:03:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Lacey) As far as the child's\Nconcerned, being an interracial child,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.84,0:03:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do always have concerns about \Nit.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.16,0:03:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think about it a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.33,0:03:09.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it'll be something \Nwhenever she does get to the age,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.14,0:03:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where she starts understanding, \Nand seeing the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.27,0:03:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, the world is a \Ncruel place these days,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.16,0:03:18.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and especially when it comes \Nto a topic like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.45,0:03:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(male) I'll do my best-\Nwe'll do our best-
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.10,0:03:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as parents to make sure \Nwe put her in the right
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.52,0:03:24.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.72,0:03:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, even if we put our daughter \Nin the right environment,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.58,0:03:30.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it doesn't mean anything \Ncan't happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.35,0:03:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, I do worry, \Njust thinking about-
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.54,0:03:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'cause there's all possibilities, like \Nthings that could go wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.30,0:03:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some can be sad, \Nand taken the wrong way or
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.40,0:03:42.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just... anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.09,0:03:43.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(lacey) I think as parents \Nwe're gonna do our best
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.65,0:03:46.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to explain to her, \Nwhat she has to look
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.89,0:03:50.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forward to and expect, \Nand kinda prepare her
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.52,0:03:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the best that we can \Nfor it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.36,0:03:54.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just as long as she \Nknows that she can come
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.24,0:03:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to us if anyone has hurt her, \Nor said anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.66,0:03:58.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we go from there.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.61,0:04:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll worry, but I mean\Nwhat parents don't worry?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.00,0:04:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, it's just something\Nthat we're gonna have to
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.50,0:04:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prepare her for.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.00,0:04:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make her strong\Nand support her. \N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.43,0:04:11.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we'll get through it.