23 jul Selecting love: Interracial partners talk white privilege and ‘colour blindness’
Sunday Breakfast host Sara-Jayne King chats to two interracial partners about their individual experiences.
Peter Phillip and Veronika Komarkova came across in Cape Town after matching on a dating application.
Peter, whom identifies as black colored, came to be in Malawi and Veronika, whom identifies as white, was created within the Czech Republic. They've both stayed in quantity of various nations in their everyday lives.
Nicola Bruns and Bryan Bergsteedt came across while their studies at Stellenbosh University. They are together for six years and they are involved to be married.
Nicola, whom identifies as white, was raised in Paarl and Bryan, whom identifies as colored, spent my youth in Johannesburg.
The two partners open on how battle and identification have actually shaped their relationships and just how they have been addressed by buddies, family members, and strangers. (tune in to the discussion that is full the sound in the bottom)
The way they felt about interracial relationship if they first came across:
Unfortuitously, just how our everyday lives had been put up, you do not think you are going to get love through the extremely race that is same often treats you extremely defectively when you are out to town for the evening. It absolutely was never ever an option whenever Nicola began taking a look at me personally a particular method.
Bryan BergsteedtI must say I fancied this person but [ I thought to myself], 'What are my buddies likely to say?'. Interestingly, a prior to meeting bryan all my friends joked saying that i would definitely fall in love with a person of colour year.
Nicola BrunsI did not actually care, become quite truthful. My loved ones is extremely available. I do not care what folks need certainly to state or think. It had been never ever one factor for me personally.
Veronika KomarkovaIt absolutely was a non-issue due to the surroundings that I spent my youth in, I decided to go to lots of worldwide schools from an early age - just in Southern Africa were things different.