Cosmopolitan_Australia_October_2017

Hello!

I’M ONE HALF OF A

MIXED-RACE COUPLE.

It’s weird to describe us like

that because my husband’s

background never crossed my

mind when we got together

three years ago. I’ve learnt a

lot about the different things

he faced growing up that I can’t

even imagine experiencing –

like getting stopped at every

single airport because of his

Egyptian heritage. The last

time we went through LAX,

he was randomly selected for

a bomb search (that went on

for over two hours) and we

missed our connecting flight

while I strolled right through

security in five minutes.

Being one of the most

ethnically diverse generations

in history, it’s really strange

to many of us millennials that

prejudice still exists. But it

does. And it’s bad.

I dare you not to shed a

tear over some of the stories

in our Celebrating Diversity

feature. Khadija Gbla is a

refugee from Sierra Leone

who came to Australia when

she was 13. She didn’t choose

to come to Australia – though

she absolutely loves it here –

she came because there was

HUBBY & I AFTER

SAYING ‘I DO’.