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Highlighting the stories of interracial and multiethnic couples across the United States.

(5/14) “Iranians are the nicest people in the world. Everyone would come up to us in the streets and invite us in for dinner or tea. My [Karl] mom and aunt got the most attention because they look Korean - well everyone thought they were Japane

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(4/14) “I knew it was going to be a pain in the ass for Americans to come to Iran, but his parents are always so down for everything, and they are so adventurous, so they were like 𝘺𝘢, 𝘭𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯! I [Kathreen] started

(3/14) “Probably the biggest cultural thing that we did was get married in Iran. And that was a whole process that I [Karl] had to go through since she has her Iranian citizenship. There were a lot of things we had to do to get visas for my who

(2/14) “I [Kathreen] think our racial and ethnic identity absolutely plays a role in our relationship because both of us are very proud of our heritage, and we share it with one another. Karl’s been to Iran like three times. We even had a

(1/14) Kathreen Khavari was born and raised in Oakland, CA. She identifies as Iranian and Muslim-born, although she is not practicing and identifies as more spiritual. She studied Infectious Disease and Public Health but eventually decided to pursue

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(15/15) “I think the more we learn from each other and we learn about our cultures together, and we raise our baby, a baby that is a mix of both of our cultures, it creates these ripple effects. As we interact more with our families and friends

(14/15) “I’m not saying that it would be the biggest groundbreaking change to the country, because there is always the possibility of hatred between different cultures, between different economic classes. But I would say that seeing two m

(13/15) “Some people are very strict, right, they absolutely want to marry within their own group of people. But if you are going to go outside of that, or are willing to be open, because you don’t care about that, just remember that when

(11/15) “It becomes a relationship when the two people decide to become a relationship as a couple. Block out the noise. There can be a lot expectations coming from all directions. If you want to be with that person, then it is you and that per

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(10/15) “I [Cortez] think growing up being a minority who spent half his time both in the inner city of Detroit and the other half in the countryside of Ohio, I naturally developed a way to just blend in depending on the environment. You learn

(9/15) “When we were pregnant with baby Cash, we knew he was going to be a beautiful blend of both our cultures: Black and Mexican. I’ve been teaching him Spanish and introducing him to my favorite Spanish songs. As soon as he’s old

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