NATIONAL NEWS - Former South African TV personality‚ Precious Kofi (now Schamel) has detailed some of the pressures placed on couples who are in a mixed-race relationship or marriage‚ which is something that Precious knows first-hand.
Precious‚ who once lit up our screens as the host of Precious Africa‚ is married to a white American man. The couple have two children.
Taking to Instagram recently‚ Precious reveals that even though race is not a big issue in her family‚ they are not immune to discriminative comments made about them.
“We're definitely not immune to race issues and do experience our share of prejudicial comments more often than I care to count‚” Precious wrote.
“I'm not going to pretend like colour isn't a thing‚ as even the most well-meaning human loving individuals in our lives aren't able to truly see passed the colour of my skin.”
Taking to Instagram recently‚ Precious reveals that even though race is not a big issue in her family‚ they are not immune to discriminative comments made about them.
“We're definitely not immune to race issues and do experience our share of prejudicial comments more often than I care to count‚” Precious wrote.
“I'm not going to pretend like colour isn't a thing‚ as even the most well-meaning human loving individuals in our lives aren't able to truly see passed the colour of my skin.”
