When Black and Brown Fall in Love Not Everyone Likes it but Play "Platanos & Collard Greens" tells How to Deal with Rejection of Interracial Couples

When we talk about interracial couples, we tend to think of Black and White partners, not so much of other races. Also we immediately picture the controversy that too often couples of different backgrounds can sparkle among racist, ignorant, prejudicial individuals who even today choose not to respect the love of people that oversees different origins and ethnic heritages.

However and especially today, interracial couples facing controversy are Black and Brown individuals -or African Americans and so called Latinos- who also have to deal with racism, sometimes self loathing racism. Sometimes these couples are both Black peoples but because one of them comes from a Spanish-speaking country, they are seeing as different.

You would be surprised of the racism among people who deny their race and want to think they are white Latinos or Hispanics, or from Black people who want to see Brown people as white Latinos. Many Black Americans think that Spanish speaking Afro descendants are too different from them.

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David Lamb is a play writer from New York City and he is the author of "Platanos & Collard Greens" a theater play that tells the love story of two young Newyorkers of different backgrounds, who after falling for each other have to face the rejection from friends and relatives. In the process of fighting for the survival of their relationship, they realize they are not as different as they thought.

This successful and inspiring play is presented mostly in high schools around the country. I spoke to David Lamb briefly in DC, after a panel about African American History and here is what he said:

Please share your ideas if you wish. Also if you want to book this play for your school go to the Platanos & Collard Greens website


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