I'm white and my partner is of SE Asian heritage (her parents are from there) but she's grown up here (white country) and has only ever been back to her parent's home country a couple of times on vacation.
I seem to be the only person here that notices race. I'm happy to admit that I'm not blind to race at all. I see white people, I see black people, I see Asians and I see Indians, I see Aboriginals, I see everyone. I'm proud of my partner, I'm proud of her heritage, I'm proud of her Asian roots, just as I'm proud to be who I am. I'm human, and I'm proud of that; I'm Australian, and I'm proud of that; I'm of Irish/English decent, and I'm proud of that. There seems to be some great taboo about acknowledging somebody's skin color, but I don't see why there is such a problem with it. I think people should be proud of their heritage (heritages? I'm unsure if this is singular or plural!) and be proud of their skin color. Yes, we're all human, and yes, we have different ethnicities. Embrace everything
