I"m saddened and ashamed tonight.

Recently I put up a profile on this dating site. I've been chatting with this really nice man. He is very intelligent, and generous. He has offered to tutor me in organic chemistry for free. He has a degree in biochemistry.

I told my Mom I met a really nice guy and I just mentioned that he was black. Then my Mom told me I would absolutely not date a black man. She said black people are lazy, uneducated, and poor. She said she didn't want ugly black grandchildren.

I was horrified. Although, deep down I knew there was racism against blacks in the Chinese culture. Chinese people are always saying how it's better to be paler skinned, that you are prettier the whiter you are.

I'm going to continue chatting with this man. Hopefully one day my Mom will realize that black people are not inferior, but even if she doesn't I will still chat with him. I will see where it takes.