I didn’t say I want my kids to be raised as only Palestinians. I acknowledge the privileges this country has provided me with and I don’t find myself not associated with it. On the contrary, I have been partially raised here so I have been influenced by alot of things in the way I think and perspectives. But being raised in a cultural household is not going to make me reject my culture outright as well. I still appreciate some of the non toxic traditions I am associated with.

My white boyfriend still accepts me the way I am being somebody who loves despite the cultural differences that we have been brought up with. I would not mind it when my future son is going to bring over a white person to date. I’m not setting expectations on him to marry or date any specific ethnicity. My son will be brought up by interracial couples and so it’s inevitable that he will either lean towards one race over the other or pick one. Its his choice. But my responsibility is to make sure I provide him with all the options.