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When Your Partner Cannot Handle Conversations About Race

My white husband gets defensive every time I try to talk about racism I experience and I am starting to feel completely alone in this marriage.

Mira
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The refusal to witness suffering isolates the sufferer and reveals the limits of love without courage.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Interracial and Cross-Cultural Partnerships?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.