1: Mixed Race Marriage
Welcome to the first Episode of Evolving Diversity with your host Carol Hamilton!
This podcast is the place where guests are invited to express themselves freely and share their glorious, diverse selves. Be ready to laugh, shed a tear, or even join in a virtual hug with Carol and her guests as they explore ways to keep Evolving Diversity.
Episode one is with Christy and Daryle Wilson, a mixed-race, married couple of two years. With courageous transparency, they share their moments of joy, moments of awkward discovery as well as encounters with social injustice. Each story is told with what they gleaned from those experiences, and what you may learn from them as well.
As the conversation continues they also share in some comedic situations between the two families, who have two very different styles of social gatherings. Daryle shares his perspective of visiting Christy’s family for holidays, and the comic whirlwind that he was thrust into. Christy shares her view of visiting Daryle’s family in Detroit where she experienced a much different situation ultimately leading her to find peace in the flow. The conversation will find you laughing with Carol as you become a fly on the wall in both comedic, and heartwarming scenes.
Main Ideas
The Evolving Diversity Podcast
- Introduction to Carol Hamilton
- A place to share stories about diversity and acceptance
- A place where fun and sometimes awkward conversations abound
The DEIB Landscape
- D - Diversity
- E - Equity
- I - Inclusion
- B - Belonging
Where is mixed raced being tolerated more?
- Is it staring at a younger age, because of the internet
- How different parts of the United States have completely different perspectives on interracial couples still today
- Closing the gap on interracial couples as something that is out of the ordinary
How have things changed
- The challenges of marriage in general
- What happens when you add the mixed-race component
- The awkwardness that does often arise in public
What’s important ultimately
- How do we feel around each other
- Tolerance and patience
- LOVE is a beautiful thing
Key Quotes
01:40- “I like stretch ideas because they start us thinking, and that’s what this podcast is all about. I want to bring on people I know as well as those I haven’t met yet, and just have conversations.” - Carol
03-10- “What is DEIB? Let’s make sure we’ve got our terms straight, D is diversity. E is equity. I is inclusion, and B is belonging.” - Carol
06:00- “Carol, I think if I was 20 years old, it probably would be a little harder because sometimes you can see judgment on people’s faces. Or you can see, like a disapproving look”. - Christy
16:25- “I think that’s something important to pay attention to, the concept that there are people out there saying, Well, I’m either with blacks and against police, or against blacks and for police. That polarization scares me.” - Carol
27:02- “Looking at things in a totally different lens. I think challenging individuals to do that, is the
best way for us to help. Because maybe call me naive or whatever, I think that there’s goodness in everybody. And I think sometimes folks just need to be challenged to be able to look at things differently in order for them to see the other perspective. I think it might help change the way that they feel about certain things, or open them up, at least to understanding,” - Daryle
38:34- “I don’t think this [our love] has anything to do with race at all. I think when I knew I wanted to get married and I wanted to marry him, it had nothing to do with black or white. I just really liked the way I felt when I was around him.” -Christy
LINKS:
www.HamiltonThinkTank.com