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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.47,0:00:05.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My names Warren Crock and this \Nis my wife Sherri Crock
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.03,0:00:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we've been married for \Nseventeen years.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.74,0:00:08.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sherri and I both worked together, \Nwhen we were-
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.97,0:00:11.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was seventeen, she was sixteen.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.13,0:00:13.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Worked at a movie theater\Nright off a CN lane.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.59,0:00:16.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was our Summer job.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.45,0:00:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, you know, that's kinda \Nhow it all started.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.05,0:00:19.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[both chuckle]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.91,0:00:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought he was funny.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.17,0:00:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why I like him.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.68,0:00:23.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And cute.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.39,0:00:24.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.78,0:00:25.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't forget that part.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.69,0:00:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[both laugh]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.01,0:00:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Warren) I was pretty much the \Nfirst guy that she had ever-
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.92,0:00:34.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a shy kinda kid, you know, \NI didn't venture out too much.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.97,0:00:37.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that was my first job and \Nthen it was just,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.23,0:00:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we all got along, \Neverybody that worked there,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.10,0:00:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had a good time.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.04,0:00:43.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's how we dated \Na lot too, everyone would go in \N
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.76,0:00:45.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, a group.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.18,0:00:49.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We would all go out, and so \Nit didn't look like we were together.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.11,0:00:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Cause there was other, you know, \Ncouples, and... so but yeah
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.80,0:00:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was kinda that way, \Nyou don't really tell me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.12,0:01:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I can do.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.00,0:01:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I just wanted to \Ndo whatever I wanted to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.78,0:01:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I liked him,\Nand he was nice and protective
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.24,0:01:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was funny and \Nhe reminded me kinda
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.44,0:01:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of my daddy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.82,0:01:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was just, it worked it's way out\Nand you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.68,0:01:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he asked me to marry him, \Nand we did, and we did all of it
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.14,0:01:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a kinda... undercover.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.14,0:01:23.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was just, worked out like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.53,0:01:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Warren) I've always told \Neveryone and anybody that will
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.99,0:01:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listen if you're gonna get in an\Ninterracial relationship,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.06,0:01:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's something that you really want, \Nyou gotta work twice as hard
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.92,0:01:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the average relationship.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.04,0:01:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of the things that you're \Ngonna face.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.02,0:01:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, you run the risk of \Nlosing your family, your friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.16,0:01:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you got the social pressure.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.50,0:01:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, it's extremely, extremely \Nextremely a lot more difficult
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.11,0:01:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than just a normal relationship.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.27,0:01:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've had offices before \Nwhere I wasn't really even comfortable
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.50,0:01:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with putting pictures of my wife \Nand my kids up.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.47,0:02:00.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, you know, not sure\Nhow management or upper
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.81,0:02:02.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,management is gonna take that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.83,0:02:06.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially back when we were young, \Nwhen we first had kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.100,0:02:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At our jobs, you were kinda..
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.26,0:02:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember first putting \Na picture out- like, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.30,0:02:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's your baby.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.74,0:02:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.58,0:02:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah she was caramel. So-
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.23,0:02:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm like yes, and it kinda \Nbreaks the ice but you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.92,0:02:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're kinda nervous to put \Nit out like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.58,0:02:32.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sixteen years ago, but yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.07,0:02:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sherri) When we got married, both of \Nour mothers were there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.62,0:02:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody else, but we didn't invite\Nanybody else I don't think.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.40,0:02:43.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if they would have came anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.25,0:02:44.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[both chuckle]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.97,0:02:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had a small inner circle initially,\Njust due to the fact that of the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.76,0:02:51.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whole interracial deal.\N(Sherri) yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.59,0:02:55.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We, you know, when we got \Nstarted it was different
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.61,0:02:57.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than it is now.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.61,0:03:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sherri and I would go to the mall \Nto work, she would walk
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.08,0:03:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,five steps ahead of me, \Nthat type of stuff,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.64,0:03:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we just had to keep\Na- we kept our relationship
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.54,0:03:08.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the background.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.67,0:03:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just due to the environment \Nwe were in.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.15,0:03:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And her parents were \Nreluctant initially,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.18,0:03:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, once we got married, \Nand they got to meet me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.87,0:03:25.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see who I was and \Ngrandkids started coming along,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.31,0:03:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything pretty much played\Nitself out.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.24,0:03:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her daddy died in '06 \Nand at the time of his death,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.52,0:03:32.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean me and him were like \Nbest buddies
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.67,0:03:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whereas I didn't meet him \Ntill we were married.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.11,0:03:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-Right.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.84,0:03:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we went from that point to--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.35,0:03:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the first time they met, \Nwe were already married.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.03,0:03:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[both laugh]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.96,0:03:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, so.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.53,0:03:45.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's true, when \Nwere dating we wouldn't
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.59,0:03:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hold hands, we wouldn't- \Nwe walked apart from each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.02,0:03:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We didn't have no public display\Nof affection.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.05,0:03:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Warren) My mother was \Nreally worried about us initially
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.32,0:03:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the fact that she thought \Nsomebody would come in
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.88,0:03:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and slaughter us in the \Nmiddle of the night
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.55,0:04:00.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all that kind of stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.68,0:04:02.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was concerned for my\Nsafety, not knowing-
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.49,0:04:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like I said, she didn't meet Sherri's \Nparents until way down the road
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.12,0:04:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didnt meet them until \Nwe were married.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.17,0:04:11.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we really didn't know what \Nwe were up against.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.73,0:04:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not that we were afraid of \NSherri's parents were gonna
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.68,0:04:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hurt us, but we just \Ndidn't know, I mean, \N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.46,0:04:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, I moved from \NGlenn Oaks in Baton Rouge
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.68,0:04:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where my parents have lived \Ntheir whole life to
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.74,0:04:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prairieville, where they were \Nhosting KKK meetings and stuff,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.53,0:04:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so, there were some concerns\Ninitially, on my families behalf
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.32,0:04:32.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about our safety, \Nbut I mean, I was concerned.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.95,0:04:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to have nightmares about \Nsomeone coming into the house,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.70,0:04:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hurting us.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.19,0:04:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know, the funny thing- \Nit sounds really funny,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.10,0:04:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when I put my family \Nin a car, we travel somewhere,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.34,0:04:48.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I make sure the path is a \Nsafe path.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.61,0:04:51.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't go off to backroads, \Nwe don't do any of that kinda stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.21,0:04:55.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't stop in the lil' mom \Nand pop gas station off the road
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.26,0:04:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or anything like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.42,0:04:59.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We stay on the main highway, \Nand that's due to the fact
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.89,0:05:02.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you don't know how people \Nfeel around the country,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.49,0:05:05.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about our circumstances.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.24,0:05:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Warren) I mean, we do not \Nventure off track.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.88,0:05:12.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I mean, we say everything's okay\Nbut we still have those deep rooted
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.01,0:05:15.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fears regarding.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.31,0:05:17.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody has fears, but we \Nhave those pertaining to our
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.81,0:05:19.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,status.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.75,0:05:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even like buying a home, \Nnervous about the neighbors,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.06,0:05:25.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they would think, \Nare they're gonna be ugly.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.87,0:05:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Warren) My thing about it all \Nhas always been that if
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.52,0:05:31.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a closed mind, or \Nif Sherri would have had a closed mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.71,0:05:33.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this wouldn't exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.81,0:05:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wouldn't have met someone \Nthat I've been with now for
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.89,0:05:37.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,twenty-two years.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.25,0:05:39.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could have been on my \Nthird marriage now,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.29,0:05:42.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or my fourth marriage, \Nbut, you know, we were open.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.49,0:05:46.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We saw love, we found love, \Nwe embraced love and
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.21,0:05:50.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, twenty-two years later, \Nwe've got each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.97,0:05:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've got our family, \Nand it's not something that
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.44,0:05:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we feel that we should necessarily \Npromote.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.40,0:05:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, I just kinda think it \Nis what it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.23,0:06:04.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You find that someone, \Nno matter what race they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.46,0:06:06.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's who you love.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.28,0:06:07.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's that simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.76,0:06:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think it's a thing \Nwhere you need to hang
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.27,0:06:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a banner and say "Yay, interracial love"\Nand all that kinda stuff
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.82,0:06:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, if that happens, \Nthen you need to open minded
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.06,0:06:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enough to embrace it \Nbecause with a closed mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.48,0:06:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, there's people walking \Naround every single day
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.35,0:06:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's closed minded, that \Nmay have possibly passed
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.62,0:06:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up on that love of their life, \Nfor whatever reason.