Rachel Lindsay Says She and Bryan Abasolo Have Had “Tough Discussions” About Being an Interracial Couple
Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay says she and her husband Bryan Abasolo have had “tough discussions” about being an interracial couple.
Rachel says she wants their future kids to experience both of their cultural backgrounds.
Rachel Lindsay is opening up about “tough discussions” she’s had with her husband Bryan Abasolo about being an interracial couple and how they’ve had to develop a thick skin due to people not being receptive to their relationship.
“People were not receptive to our relationship at the end of [The Bachelorette],” Rachel told Entertainment Tonight’s Lauren Zima. “So, we’ve always had to develop a thick skin and figure out how to navigate this world as an interracial couple. We did that from the very beginning.”
She added, “What the world is going through right now, we’ve had the tough discussions about presenting ourself as an interracial couple before and how we want to raise our children. Bryan has always gotten it.”
Rachel added that she wants her future children to experience their Black and Colombian cultural backgrounds: “We’ll educate them on both,” she said. “They’ll be bilingual and they’ll understand both cultures.”
The couple has been attending protests together, and Rachel says they’re marching for their future—and their future child. “Communication has always been the foundation of our relationship and we always have those tough conversations, so watching Bryan protest and scream ‘Black Lives Matter’ and really get emotional in the whole experience...of course I look over and am like, ‘Gosh, I made the right decision, because he understands me and I understand him,” Rachel said. “It was also marching for our future, our future child, who will be Black. I don’t know if they’ll be a male or female, but they may face some of these injustices that we’re experiencing right now. So, we’re marching for our future family, and that’s what was representative of what we went out there and did that day. And now Bryan’s like, ‘So, when are we going again?’”
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