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LOVE WITHOUT BORDERS: loving, dating, marrying someone from a different race, culture and country.

By Godfred Mensah

Relationships, marriages and love affairs become a challenge when those involved have to deal with the problems that arise as a result of their racial or religious backgrounds. This book breaks it down and shows you what to do. Focus on doing the following:

  1. Open Communication: Ensure open and honest communication about your respective cultural backgrounds, experiences, and expectations. This helps in understanding each other’s perspectives and fostering a deeper connection.
  2. Respect Diversity: Embrace and appreciate the cultural differences between you and your partner. Respect each other’s traditions, customs, and values, fostering a supportive environment for both.
  3. Educate Yourself: Take the time to educate yourself about your partner’s culture. This demonstrates genuine interest and can prevent unintentional misunderstandings or insensitive remarks.
  4. Family Inclusion: Be aware that your families might have diverse cultural expectations. Discuss how to navigate these differences and work towards mutual understanding, if necessary.
  5. Celebrate Both Cultures: Incorporate elements from each other’s cultures into your relationship. This can include celebrating holidays, enjoying traditional cuisine, or participating in cultural events together.
  6. Handle Stereotypes: Be prepared to encounter stereotypes and address them constructively. Support each other in challenging these stereotypes and promoting a more inclusive perspective.
  7. Handle Discrimination: Unfortunately, interracial couples might face discrimination. It’s essential to stand together, support each other, and seek allies who understand the challenges you may encounter.
  8. Create a Safe Space: Ensure that your relationship is a safe space where both partners feel understood, valued, and supported. This involves actively fostering trust and empathy.
  9. Explore Shared Interests: Focus on the things you both enjoy and have in common. Shared interests can be a powerful bond, helping to bridge cultural differences and create a strong connection.
  10. Be Patient: Building a successful interracial romance takes time. Be patient with each other, learn and grow together, and appreciate the unique strength that diversity can bring to your relationship.

WHY WE FOCUS ON THE UNDERSERVED, UNDERREPRESENTED AND THE UNDERPRIVILEGED COMMUNITIES.

By Kofi Quaye

Indigenous people have been subjected to neglect, discrimination and abuse all over the globe. It has been ongoing throughout the ages and continues to this day. The question that has been asked is why? Why have the indigenous people been underrepresented, underprivileged and underserved all over the world?

Check out the ethnic flavor portrayed in their costumes. That is the power of culture and how it manifests itself in various communities around the globe.. Indigenous is assumed to represent that which departs from the norm, which in most instances is determined by standards based on European or American models. And when that happens everything else is indigenous and primitive and therefore relegated to the background.

Africans are the indigenous people of their continent and proud of their various ethnic and tribal affiliations. They have preserved the languages that make it possible for them to communicate with each other. They wear the costumes that identify them and give then that sense of tribal identity. Their general lifestyles reflect the ways they have adapted to their environment over the ages.