This weekend is Loving Day, a celebration of the Supreme Court decision outlawing bans against inter

This weekend is Loving Day, a celebration of the Supreme Court decision outlawing bans against interracial marriage. Our readers have been sharing their stories of how interracial marriage has affected their lives.

Being multiracial today means that you don’t have a racial group to identify with. For me, it means that I don’t blend in with my white friends and family, but I also stand out amongst minority groups. It means I’m an outsider because, “[I] don’t really know what it’s like." 

On the other hand, being mixed race is fantastic! My parents raised me with all of my racial/cultural traditions. In one month, I could go to a Swiss Days festival and then dance at a Buddhist temple for Obon. I took both ballet and hula classes; I grew up with the biggest palette; and a pidgin English that included, Finnish, Swedish, Danish, Japanese, Tagalog, Hawaiian, and Lao. 

While I don’t fit in completely with any one group, I have some "claim” to so many beautiful and unique traditions.

– Sarah Brown Rupper

More stories at latimes.com/loving. Share your story using #myLovingDay.