I just remembered this practical joke my mom and I played on my dad. My dad is rather conservative and doesn't believe in interracial relationships. My senior year of high school, I started dating my boyfriend. My mom is more liberal and doesn't mind interracial relationships, but knew it was a topic that irked my father. My boyfriend is white, but my mom came up with this idea to tell my dad that my new boyfriend was black. He was rather bothered and frustrated with the situation. He never said I wasn't allowed to date him, but you can tell in his eyes that he wasn't happy about the situation. My mom told me the joke she was playing on my father and asked me to go along with it. I did and when he asked me if my boyfriend was black it was quite humorous to see how pissed he was about it but was holding it in. About 2 weeks later, he finally met my boyfriend, and realized what my mom and I had been doing.
It's very interesting how people see these issues differently and can get so bothered. I don't have a problem with interracial relationships, and I don't really understand why people do. It is part of the reason I am in this course, to help me better understand things like this.